IMF................................................WB..................................................CIA
rank/measure..............................rank/measure...................................rank/measure
33/20,015................................28/19,883..........................................35/19/836
Rank 15th (nominal) / 12th (PPP)
Currency South Korean Won (KRW)
Fiscal year calendar year
Trade organisations APEC, WTO, OECD, G-20
Statistics
GDP Nominal: $1.130 trillion (2012),
PPP: $1.554 trillion (2012)
GDP growth 2.1% (2012)
GDP per capita $32,020 (PPP, 2012 est.)
GDP by sector Agriculture: 2.6%, industry: 39.2%, services: 58.2% (2010)
Inflation (CPI) 4.2% (2011 est.)
Population
below poverty line 15% (2006 est.)[1]
Gini coefficient 31.0 (2010)
Labour force 25.18 million (2012 est.)
Labour force
by occupation Agriculture: 6.4%, industry: 24.2%, services: 69.4% (2011 est.)
Unemployment 3.8% (2012 est.)
Main industries Electronics, telecommunications, automobile production, chemicals, shipbuilding, steel
Ease of doing business rank 8th[2]
External
Exports $548.2 billion (7th; 2012 est.)
Export goods semiconductors, wireless telecommunications equipment, motor vehicles, computers, steel, ships, petrochemicals
Main export partners China 24.4%
United States 10.1%
Japan 7.1% (2011 est.)[3]
Imports $520.5 billion (8th; 2012 est.)
Import goods machinery, electronics and electronic equipment, oil, steel, transport equipment, organic chemicals, plastics
Main import partners China 16.5%
Japan 13.0%
United States 8.5%
Saudi Arabia 7.1%
Australia 5.0% (2011 est.)[4]
FDI stock abroad: $190.4 billion (31 December 2011)
Gross external debt $397.3 billion (31 December 2011 est.).
