Korea, Rep.
General information
Capital: Seoul
Currency unit: South Korean won
Area: 100,450 km²
Total population: 51,751,100
GDP (millions of US dollars): 1,875,390
GDP per capita, PPP (current international US dollars): 61,051
Production
Agriculture (% of GDP): 1.6 %
Manufacture (% of GDP): 28.7 %
Industry excluding manufacture (% of GDP): 7.8 %
Services (% of GDP): 61.9 %
Trade
Total exports (millions of US dollars): 846,009
Total imports (millions of US dollars): 764,527
Main exported goods (% of total exports):
Cathode valves & tubes (22.6 %)
Motor vehicles for the transport of persons (9.2 %)
Petroleum oils or bituminous minerals (6.6 %)
Telecommunication equipment; & parts (5.2 %)
Ships, boats & floating structures (3.7 %)
Revealed Competitiveness
This section brings together measures of countries’ revealed competitiveness in international markets, that is, their ability to export to those markets. These measures of export competitiveness are therefore the result of the price and non-price competitiveness factors presented in the sections “National Attractiveness and Sustainability” and “Price Competitiveness.” They are defined on a scale ranging from 0 to 10,000, with a higher value indicating greater export competitiveness in international markets.
| Korea, Rep. | ||
|---|---|---|
| Revealed Competitiveness | - | |
| Global Market Share Korea, Rep.: 368 | 368 | |
| Revealed Competitiveness Index Korea, Rep.: 634 | 634 |