South Korea Imports

South Korea imports data with historical trend, latest available year, ranking, source notes and country comparison. Latest value: 40.6 percent of GDP.
COUNTRY: South Korea
UNIT: percent of GDP
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
CACHE: live
UPDATED: 2026-09-21 05:09:03
Economy Data Rating
South Korea · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
A
84 / 100
Strong stability
Fiscal stability 21.2 / 25
Macroeconomic stability 18 / 20
External stability 11.4 / 15
Financial robustness 11.7 / 15
Structural stability 10 / 10
Future capacity 10 / 10
Demographic capacity 2.5 / 5
Method: Economy Data 7-pillar stability model with structural financial robustness adjustment. This is a transparent Economy Data heuristic, not an official sovereign credit rating. Data coverage: 90% of weighted inputs available.
Time range: 1960–2025 1960– 2025
1960 2025
Selected year: 2025 · Value: n/a 2025

South Korea · imports of goods and services as a percentage of gdp.

1960–2025
40.6 percent of GDP
40.28 percent of GDP
36.98 percent of GDP
64 selected year
max 8 6 4 2 0
1960 1973 1986 1999 2012 2025
imports rate reference line

Countries by imports

full ranking
Country Rate Class
Hong Kong 196.89
Luxembourg 159.36
Singapore 142.45
Nauru 103.68
Ireland 99.89
Kiribati 97.59
United Arab Emirates 92.2
Vietnam 92.09

Interpretation

short note

This trade indicator helps assess the openness and external orientation of an economy.

Values should be interpreted together with country context, time range, source coverage and related macroeconomic indicators.

Production version: show source, timestamp and fallback status here.

Comparison

latest
China 16.89
India 24.01
Japan 22.87
Germany 38.08

Related indicators

internal links
Exports NE.EXP.GNFS.ZS
Trade Openness NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS
Current Account Balance BN.CAB.XOKA.GD.ZS
GDP Growth NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG

Source layer

planned

Production version should display source, timestamp and fallback status here.

Provider: worldbank · Indicator code: NE.IMP.GNFS.ZS

Cache: live · Updated: 2026-09-21 05:09:03

South Korea Snapshot

country profile
Population 51.75 m
GDP 1872.37 bn
Debt/GDP 48.55%
Inflation 2.12%
Unemployment 2.68%
Currency n/a
Region Asia
Income group High income

South Korea Imports: data context and use

This page is part of the Economy Data indicator system. It provides structured country-level economic data, historical series, rankings and comparison views for researchers, students, journalists and decision makers. The page combines indicator metadata, country context, latest available values, ranking information and source notes.

The selected indicator is Imports for South Korea. The data are designed for quick comparison across countries and for deeper interpretation together with related macroeconomic indicators such as GDP growth, government debt, unemployment, current account balance, exports, imports, population and inequality.

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