South Korea (KR) is covered on EconEarth with economy, market, and country data, including a public EE Score when the country is eligible for the ranking.
A technology heavyweight that punches far above its population, with semiconductors, batteries, shipbuilding and consumer electronics at the core. Households are productive and the export sector can swing the whole cycle when chips recover. The birth rate is extremely low, and the economy remains exposed to China, the United States and the politics of the peninsula.
EE Score: 89.6. EE Score rank: #5 of 165. EE Economy: 92.3. EE Risk: 92.3. EE Growth: 84.3. EE Impact: 87.2. EE Scale: 81.3. EE Score vintage: 2026-10-02. Region: Asia. Population: 52M (rank #29). GDP: $1.93 trillion. GDP per capita: $37,412 (2026, IMF). GDP growth: +1.5%. Inflation: +3.4%. Policy rate: 3.5%. Currency: KRW. Equity market cap: $1.70 trillion.