Exchange rate to the US dollar in South Korea
On average in 2025, one US dollar was worth 1,422.441 units of South Korea's currency. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1960.
South Korea, 2025
1,422.441
Change from 2024
+4.3%
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2025
0.942 per US$
Position in 2025
15th of 194
Exchange rate to the US dollar in South Korea over time
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South Korea
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Local currency units per US dollar, annual average. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | South Korea |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,422.441 per US$ |
| 2024 | 1,363.375 per US$ |
| 2023 | 1,305.663 per US$ |
| 2022 | 1,291.447 per US$ |
| 2021 | 1,143.952 per US$ |
| 2020 | 1,180.266 per US$ |
| 2019 | 1,165.358 per US$ |
| 2018 | 1,100.163 per US$ |
| 2017 | 1,131.001 per US$ |
| 2016 | 1,160.768 per US$ |
| 2015 | 1,130.953 per US$ |
| 2014 | 1,052.840 per US$ |
| 2013 | 1,094.983 per US$ |
| 2012 | 1,126.807 per US$ |
| 2011 | 1,108.233 per US$ |
| 2010 | 1,156.460 per US$ |
| 2009 | 1,277.246 per US$ |
| 2008 | 1,100.126 per US$ |
| 2007 | 929.376 per US$ |
| 2006 | 955.341 per US$ |
| 2005 | 1,024.328 per US$ |
| 2004 | 1,146.249 per US$ |
| 2003 | 1,191.646 per US$ |
| 2002 | 1,251.603 per US$ |
| 2001 | 1,290.790 per US$ |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +4.3% from 1,363.375 per US$ in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 1,130.953 per US$, the figure has changed by +25.8%.
- Among the 194 countries with data for 2025, South Korea has the 15th highest value.