Consumer price index in South Korea
The consumer price index for South Korea stood at 135.0 (2010 = 100) in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1960.
South Korea, 2025
135.0
Change from 2024
+2.8points
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2025
144.9 (2010 = 100)
Position in 2025
133rd of 169
Consumer price index in South Korea over time
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South Korea
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
Index, 2010 = 100. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | South Korea |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 135.0 (2010 = 100) |
| 2024 | 132.2 (2010 = 100) |
| 2023 | 129.2 (2010 = 100) |
| 2022 | 124.7 (2010 = 100) |
| 2021 | 118.7 (2010 = 100) |
| 2020 | 115.8 (2010 = 100) |
| 2019 | 115.2 (2010 = 100) |
| 2018 | 114.7 (2010 = 100) |
| 2017 | 113.1 (2010 = 100) |
| 2016 | 110.9 (2010 = 100) |
| 2015 | 109.8 (2010 = 100) |
| 2014 | 109.1 (2010 = 100) |
| 2013 | 107.7 (2010 = 100) |
| 2012 | 106.3 (2010 = 100) |
| 2011 | 104.0 (2010 = 100) |
| 2010 | 100.0 (2010 = 100) |
| 2009 | 97.1 (2010 = 100) |
| 2008 | 94.5 (2010 = 100) |
| 2007 | 90.3 (2010 = 100) |
| 2006 | 88.1 (2010 = 100) |
| 2005 | 86.2 (2010 = 100) |
| 2004 | 83.8 (2010 = 100) |
| 2003 | 80.9 (2010 = 100) |
| 2002 | 78.2 (2010 = 100) |
| 2001 | 76.1 (2010 = 100) |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +2.8 points from 132.2 (2010 = 100) in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 109.8 (2010 = 100), the figure has changed by +25.2 points.
- Among the 169 countries with data for 2025, South Korea has the 133rd highest value.