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Korea, Rep.

Region: East Asia & Pacific
Capital City: Seoul
Country Code: KR

Purchasing Power Parity (PPP)

Year: 2024 = 872.468736
Year: 2023 = 883.112711
Year: 2022 = 903.998912
Year: 2021 = 960.988192
Year: 2020 = 971.479342

Lending Interest Rate

Year: 2024 = 4.727%
Year: 2023 = 5.189%
Year: 2022 = 4.293%
Year: 2021 = 2.884%
Year: 2020 = 2.802%

Unfortunately, lending rates are from the World Bank and may be outdated, as many countries stopped reporting lending rates after 2019. You may easily get more updated data from the Reserve Bank for the country, or any commercial bank website.

Human Development Index (HDI)

Year: 2023 = 11.150
Year: 2022 = 11.620
Year: 2021 = 11.886
Year: 2020 = 11.527
Year: 2019 = 12.472

The HDI is recalculated every year using the most recent data and functional forms. Rankings in one report cannot be directly compared to earlier editions.


Data Attribution: The World Bank | UNDP/HDRO
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