Manufacturing share of GDP in South Korea
Manufacturing produced 27.4% of GDP in South Korea in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest since 2018.
South Korea, 2025
27.4%
Change from 2024
+0.8percentage points
World, 2025
14.9%
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2025
12.8%
Manufacturing share of GDP in South Korea over time
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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | South Korea | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27.4% | 14.9% |
| 2024 | 26.6% | 14.9% |
| 2023 | 25.5% | 15.2% |
| 2022 | 26.5% | 15.7% |
| 2021 | 26.2% | 16.4% |
| 2020 | 25.7% | 15.9% |
| 2019 | 26.4% | 16.0% |
| 2018 | 27.8% | 16.4% |
| 2017 | 28.0% | 16.3% |
| 2016 | 27.5% | 16.2% |
| 2015 | 27.8% | 16.4% |
| 2014 | 28.3% | 16.1% |
| 2013 | 28.9% | 15.9% |
| 2012 | 28.7% | 16.1% |
| 2011 | 29.0% | 16.1% |
| 2010 | 28.1% | 16.0% |
| 2009 | 26.3% | 15.5% |
| 2008 | 26.1% | 16.1% |
| 2007 | 25.9% | 16.3% |
| 2006 | 25.7% | 16.3% |
| 2005 | 26.1% | 16.4% |
| 2004 | 26.4% | 16.6% |
| 2003 | 24.4% | 16.7% |
| 2002 | 24.8% | 16.9% |
| 2001 | 25.1% | 17.3% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.8 percentage points from 26.6% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 27.8%, the figure has changed by −0.4 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 14.9%.