Consumer price inflation in South Korea
Consumer prices in South Korea changed by 2.1% in 2025.
South Korea, 2025
2.1%
Change from 2024
−0.2percentage points
World, 2025
3.0%
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2025
2.8%
Position in 2025
110th of 169
Consumer price inflation in South Korea over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
Annual % change. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | South Korea | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.1% | 3.0% |
| 2024 | 2.3% | 3.0% |
| 2023 | 3.6% | 5.7% |
| 2022 | 5.1% | 8.0% |
| 2021 | 2.5% | 3.5% |
| 2020 | 0.5% | 1.9% |
| 2019 | 0.4% | 2.2% |
| 2018 | 1.5% | 2.5% |
| 2017 | 1.9% | 2.3% |
| 2016 | 1.0% | 1.6% |
| 2015 | 0.7% | 1.4% |
| 2014 | 1.3% | 2.4% |
| 2013 | 1.3% | 2.6% |
| 2012 | 2.2% | 3.7% |
| 2011 | 4.0% | 4.8% |
| 2010 | 2.9% | 3.3% |
| 2009 | 2.8% | 2.9% |
| 2008 | 4.7% | 8.9% |
| 2007 | 2.5% | 4.8% |
| 2006 | 2.2% | 4.3% |
| 2005 | 2.8% | 4.1% |
| 2004 | 3.6% | 3.5% |
| 2003 | 3.5% | 3.0% |
| 2002 | 2.8% | 2.9% |
| 2001 | 4.1% | 3.8% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.2 percentage points from 2.3% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 0.7%, the figure has changed by +1.4 percentage points.
- Among the 169 countries with data for 2025, South Korea has the 110th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 3.0%.