Overview

This book about the economy of South Korea from the 1970s to the 2010s. Source data from UN Data.Size. In the 2010s, the GDP of Republic of Korea was equal to 1.3 trillion US$ per year; the value of agriculture was 27.9 billion US$; the value of manufacturing was 365.4 billion US$. Since the share in the world is between 1% and 10%, the country is classified as a regional leader.Productivity. In the 2010s, the gross domestic product per capita was 26 270.0 US$; the agriculture per capita was 554.9 US$; the manufacturing per capita was 7 268.8 US$. Since the productivity is between the average and the average of above average, the economy is classified as developed.Growth. In the 2010s, the growth of GDP was 3.4%; the growth of agriculture was -0.45%; the growth of manufacturing was 4.7%.Structure. In the 2010s, the economy of Republic of Korea consisted of: industry (25.6%), agriculture (24.1%), service (20.4%), trade (16.7%), transportation (7.2%), and construction (5.9%).External relations. In the 2010s, the export was 10.7% higher than the import, the net export was equal to 4.8% of the GDP. The technological structure of export is better than the structure of import.Consumption and reproduction. The attitude of reproduction to the consumption is not better than the global average, so the share of GDP in the world will not increase.