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The economy of South Korea is a highly developed mixed economy. [ 20][ 21][ 22] By nominal GDP, the economy was worth ₩2.24 quadrillion (US$1.72 trillion). It has the 4th largest economy in Asia and the 14th largest in the world as of 2024. [ 3]
Globalization in South Korea started after the Asian Economic Crisis. The economic crisis during 1997–1998 had created economic regression in Asia, including South Korea. South Korea had a high debt-equity ratio followed by low profitability due to inconsistency in corporate governance, which was the major obstacle.
South Korea's economy was one of the world's fastest-growing from the early 1960s to the late 1990s, and was still one of the fastest-growing developed countries in the 2000s, along with Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan, the other three Asian Tigers. [195] It recorded the fastest rise in average GDP per capita in the world between 1980 and 1990 ...
South Korea's economy beat most forecasts to grow 1.3% in the first three months of this year, though living costs have remained stubbornly high, despite some progress in tackling inflation.
SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea's economy expanded at the fastest pace in 11 years in 2021 helped by a jump in exports and construction activity, tempering declines in capital investment and a slow ...
South Korea's economy returned to growth in the third quarter, recovering from its sharpest contraction in more than a decade, as the government pushed through stimulus measures and major trading ...
Agriculture in South Korea is a sector of the economy of South Korea. Korean agriculture is the basic industry of the Korean economy, consisting of farming, animal husbandry, forestry and fishing. At the time of its founding, Korea was a typical agricultural country, with more than 80% of the population engaged in agricultural production.
Economic inequality in South Korea. According to data from 2010, low-income earners (those earning 12 million won or less) make up 37.8% of South Korea's labour force. [ 1] Conversely, the highest income earners (those earning 100 million won or more) make up 1.4% of the labour force. [ 1]