Korea - GDP per Capita PPP 2015
$39,794
+$1,448 from 2014
Korea's gdp per capita ppp was $39,794 in 2015, increased +$1,448 from $37,032 in 2014. This was the 36th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2015▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Liechtenstein | $127,439 | 0.4% |
| 2nd | Macao SAR, China | $108,657 | -21.7% |
| 3rd | Luxembourg | $107,860 | -2.5% |
| 4th | Qatar | $102,546 | -0.9% |
| 5th | Singapore | $87,156 | 2.7% |
| 6th | Bermuda | $75,943 | 5.5% |
| 7th | United Arab Emirates | $73,986 | 9.6% |
| 8th | Ireland | $71,588 | 24.0% |
| 9th | Switzerland | $65,265 | 0.5% |
| 10th | Cayman Islands | $64,009 | 0.7% |
| 11th | Brunei Darussalam | $62,708 | -2.2% |
| 12th | Norway | $60,738 | 0.6% |
| 13th | United States | $56,849 | 2.9% |
| 14th | Hong Kong SAR, China | $56,043 | 4.5% |
| 15th | Greenland | $55,816 | -1.3% |
| 16th | Saudi Arabia | $53,931 | 3.6% |
| 17th | Faroe Islands | $53,684 | 0.9% |
| 18th | San Marino | $52,247 | 5.1% |
| 19th | Netherlands | $50,957 | -0.4% |
| 20th | Andorra | $50,733 | 0.1% |
| 21st | Austria | $49,549 | -2.0% |
| 22nd | Iceland | $49,201 | -3.9% |
| 23rd | Denmark | $48,897 | -2.9% |
| 24th | Sweden | $48,772 | 3.6% |
| 25th | Germany | $48,545 | -2.9% |
| 26th | Bahrain | $48,034 | -2.9% |
| 27th | Australia | $46,465 | 0.6% |
| 28th | Belgium | $46,072 | -2.6% |
| 29th | Kuwait | $45,267 | -10.4% |
| 30th | Canada | $44,668 | -2.7% |
| 31st | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | $44,588 | 2.5% |
| 32nd | United Kingdom | $42,515 | 0.1% |
| 33rd | Finland | $42,258 | -2.2% |
| 34th | France | $40,905 | -1.9% |
| 35th | Japan | $40,899 | 6.6% |
| 36th | Korea | $39,794 | 3.8% |
| 37th | European Union | $38,549 | 3.2% |
| 38th | Malta | $38,369 | 2.7% |
| 39th | New Zealand | $37,513 | -2.3% |
| 40th | Italy | $37,384 | -4.0% |
| 41st | Oman | $36,058 | 8.3% |
| 42nd | Aruba | $35,973 | 6.8% |
| 43rd | Israel | $35,871 | -0.6% |
| 44th | Spain | $35,229 | 0.8% |
| 45th | Czechia | $34,093 | 1.0% |
| 46th | Virgin Islands (US) | $32,574 | 0.7% |
| 47th | Puerto Rico (US) | $32,324 | 3.4% |
| 48th | Bahamas, The | $32,138 | -6.0% |
| 49th | Cyprus | $31,380 | -1.2% |
| 50th | Slovenia | $31,336 | -0.6% |
| 51st | Slovak Republic | $30,148 | 13.5% |
| 52nd | Trinidad and Tobago | $29,825 | -4.5% |
| 53rd | Estonia | $29,713 | -1.1% |
| 54th | Portugal | $29,608 | 0.9% |
| 55th | Turks and Caicos Islands | $27,485 | 7.6% |
| 56th | Panama | $27,245 | -5.9% |
| 57th | Poland | $26,988 | 5.1% |
| 58th | Lithuania | $26,949 | -5.0% |
| 59th | Hungary | $26,938 | 5.2% |
| 60th | St. Kitts and Nevis | $26,877 | 1.2% |
| 61st | Greece | $26,608 | -1.1% |
| 62nd | Türkiye | $25,890 | 7.3% |
| 63rd | Seychelles | $25,435 | 7.1% |
| 64th | Malaysia | $24,526 | 6.1% |
| 65th | Curaçao | $24,038 | -1.3% |
| 66th | Russian Federation | $23,994 | -4.2% |
| 67th | Croatia | $23,750 | 0.4% |
| 68th | Latvia | $22,544 | -4.1% |
| 69th | Kazakhstan | $22,484 | -4.5% |
| 70th | Chile | $22,468 | -3.2% |
| 71st | Uruguay | $22,169 | 3.2% |
| 72nd | Romania | $21,625 | -2.7% |
| 73rd | Antigua and Barbuda | $20,985 | 8.9% |
| 74th | Mauritius | $20,270 | 3.8% |
| 75th | Argentina | $19,899 | -12.1% |
| 76th | Equatorial Guinea | $19,479 | -38.1% |
| 77th | Barbados | $19,186 | 13.6% |
| 78th | Mexico | $19,071 | 0.8% |
| 79th | Bulgaria | $18,896 | 1.7% |
| 80th | Belarus | $18,134 | -1.9% |
| 81st | Libya | $17,903 | 23.8% |
| 82nd | Maldives | $17,875 | -17.0% |
| 83rd | Palau | $17,854 | 30.7% |
| 84th | Costa Rica | $17,525 | -2.7% |
| 85th | Lebanon | $17,046 | -11.6% |
| 86th | Suriname | $16,544 | -13.6% |
| 87th | Montenegro | $16,092 | -6.0% |
| 88th | Thailand | $15,791 | -0.4% |
| 89th | Serbia | $15,546 | 1.2% |
| 90th | Azerbaijan | $15,075 | 3.1% |
| 91st | North Macedonia | $15,034 | -0.9% |
| 92nd | Brazil | $14,821 | -2.1% |
| 93rd | Dominican Republic | $14,804 | 0.2% |
| 94th | St. Lucia | $14,353 | -2.4% |
| 95th | Gabon | $14,306 | -7.5% |
| 96th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | $14,274 | -6.6% |
| 97th | Botswana | $14,144 | -1.1% |
| 98th | Algeria | $13,807 | 8.4% |
| 99th | China | $13,463 | 12.2% |
| 100th | South Africa | $13,398 | -0.7% |
| 101st | Colombia | $13,332 | -2.5% |
| 102nd | Grenada | $13,214 | -0.4% |
| 103rd | Turkmenistan | $12,715 | -5.7% |
| 104th | Paraguay | $12,679 | 0.6% |
| 105th | Albania | $12,387 | 11.0% |
| 106th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | $12,379 | 6.6% |
| 107th | Georgia | $12,270 | 4.0% |
| 108th | Sri Lanka | $12,227 | 5.2% |
| 109th | Dominica | $12,093 | 2.4% |
| 110th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | $11,845 | 3.1% |
| 111th | Peru | $11,600 | -4.5% |
| 112th | Fiji | $11,519 | -1.2% |
| 113th | Guyana | $11,408 | 4.2% |
| 114th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | $10,903 | -3.5% |
| 115th | Ecuador | $10,878 | -3.8% |
| 116th | Tunisia | $10,783 | -1.1% |
| 117th | Namibia | $10,466 | 3.1% |
| 118th | Mongolia | $10,458 | 2.1% |
| 119th | Bhutan | $10,214 | 9.8% |
| 120th | Indonesia | $10,028 | 6.2% |
| 121st | Nauru | $9,955 | 22.1% |
| 122nd | Ukraine | $9,922 | -16.2% |
| 123rd | Armenia | $9,757 | -5.9% |
| 124th | Belize | $9,538 | 2.3% |
| 125th | Jamaica | $9,476 | -3.4% |
| 126th | Iraq | $9,334 | -2.2% |
| 127th | Moldova | $9,198 | -4.4% |
| 128th | Jordan | $8,967 | -9.0% |
| 129th | Guatemala | $8,934 | 1.1% |
| 130th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | $8,757 | 14.3% |
| 131st | Kosovo | $8,715 | 6.3% |
| 132nd | Eswatini | $8,391 | 0.2% |
| 133rd | Angola | $8,067 | -7.3% |
| 134th | El Salvador | $7,934 | -2.3% |
| 135th | Morocco | $7,799 | 3.4% |
| 136th | Viet Nam | $7,672 | 1.0% |
| 137th | Nigeria | $7,308 | 1.8% |
| 138th | Philippines | $6,894 | 2.9% |
| 139th | Uzbekistan | $6,800 | 2.5% |
| 140th | Cabo Verde | $6,773 | -7.2% |
| 141st | Lao PDR | $6,086 | 3.4% |
| 142nd | West Bank and Gaza | $5,770 | 11.6% |
| 143rd | Samoa | $5,682 | 14.0% |
| 144th | Tonga | $5,472 | 10.3% |
| 145th | Nicaragua | $5,449 | 2.5% |
| 146th | India | $5,425 | 10.3% |
| 147th | Ghana | $5,191 | 11.1% |
| 148th | Honduras | $4,846 | -5.5% |
| 149th | Congo, Republic of | $4,715 | -12.0% |
| 150th | Pakistan | $4,480 | -6.4% |
| 151st | Myanmar | $4,459 | 16.8% |
| 152nd | Cambodia | $4,434 | 5.1% |
| 153rd | Côte d'Ivoire | $4,404 | 10.1% |
| 154th | Djibouti | $4,264 | -2.3% |
| 155th | Sudan | $4,217 | -2.8% |
| 156th | Bangladesh | $4,212 | 3.7% |
| 157th | Kyrgyz Republic | $4,153 | -9.6% |
| 158th | Marshall Islands | $4,125 | 23.9% |
| 159th | Zimbabwe | $4,046 | -1.5% |
| 160th | Mauritania | $3,978 | -24.8% |
| 161st | Tuvalu | $3,776 | 14.4% |
| 162nd | Kenya | $3,678 | -10.6% |
| 163rd | Papua New Guinea | $3,670 | 18.7% |
| 164th | Cameroon | $3,498 | 0.6% |
| 165th | Zambia | $3,337 | 1.8% |
| 166th | Micronesia, Federated States of | $3,289 | 13.3% |
| 167th | São Tomé and Principe | $3,172 | 1.2% |
| 168th | Timor-Leste | $3,108 | -11.1% |
| 169th | Lesotho | $3,035 | 16.5% |
| 170th | Haiti | $3,026 | 0.3% |
| 171st | Senegal | $2,994 | 6.9% |
| 172nd | Tajikistan | $2,975 | 14.3% |
| 173rd | Vanuatu | $2,966 | 19.3% |
| 174th | Nepal | $2,957 | -4.3% |
| 175th | Comoros | $2,949 | -6.4% |
| 176th | Benin | $2,725 | -0.9% |
| 177th | Sierra Leone | $2,560 | 3.0% |
| 178th | Chad | $2,378 | 0.7% |
| 179th | Solomon Islands | $2,354 | 16.1% |
| 180th | Mali | $2,330 | 18.9% |
| 181st | Tanzania | $2,317 | 4.3% |
| 182nd | Kiribati | $2,311 | 15.8% |
| 183rd | Afghanistan | $2,284 | -1.5% |
| 184th | Yemen, Republic of | $2,197 | -29.5% |
| 185th | Uganda | $2,190 | -0.7% |
| 186th | Gambia, The | $1,990 | -2.7% |
| 187th | Guinea | $1,930 | -8.1% |
| 188th | Togo | $1,880 | 5.6% |
| 189th | Rwanda | $1,781 | 1.4% |
| 190th | Guinea-Bissau | $1,730 | -14.3% |
| 191st | Burkina Faso | $1,692 | -7.9% |
| 192nd | Eritrea | $1,603 | -20.7% |
| 193rd | Madagascar | $1,497 | -4.7% |
| 194th | Malawi | $1,403 | 12.7% |
| 195th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | $1,341 | -23.6% |
| 196th | Liberia | $1,340 | -22.8% |
| 197th | Mozambique | $1,318 | 14.8% |
| 198th | Niger | $1,172 | 4.7% |
| 199th | South Sudan | $1,155 | 209.5% |
| 200th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | $910 | -13.8% |
| 201st | Central African Republic | $769 | -5.6% |
| 202nd | Burundi | $722 | -11.4% |
FAQ
What was Korea's gdp per capita ppp in 2015?▾
Korea's gdp per capita ppp in 2015 was $39,794. This ranked 36th globally.
How did Korea's gdp per capita ppp change in 2015?▾
Korea's gdp per capita ppp increased by 3.8% in 2015 compared to 2014.
Which country had the highest gdp per capita ppp in 2015?▾
Liechtenstein had the highest gdp per capita ppp in 2015 at $127,439.
What is the gdp per capita ppp of Korea in 2015?▾
The gdp per capita ppp of Korea in 2015 was $39,794. This ranked 36th globally.
How does 2015 compare to 2014 for Korea's gdp per capita ppp?▾
Korea's gdp per capita ppp went from $37,032 in 2014 to $39,794 in 2015, a 3.8% increase.
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