Korea - Merchandise exports

Merchandise exports to economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise exports)

Merchandise exports to economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise exports) in Korea was 2.57 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 56 years was 11.60 in 1981, while its lowest value was 0.04 in 1966.

Definition: Merchandise exports to economies in the Arab World are the sum of merchandise exports by the reporting economy to economies in the Arab World. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1964 0.09
1965 0.12
1966 0.04
1967 0.09
1968 0.20
1969 0.10
1970 0.18
1971 0.17
1972 0.23
1973 0.63
1974 1.32
1975 2.46
1976 7.42
1977 11.51
1978 9.99
1979 9.03
1980 10.80
1981 11.60
1982 9.58
1983 11.15
1984 6.93
1985 6.42
1986 5.14
1987 4.43
1988 4.27
1989 3.27
1990 2.99
1991 3.83
1992 3.85
1993 3.72
1994 3.30
1995 3.15
1996 3.29
1997 2.90
1998 4.15
1999 3.56
2000 3.20
2001 3.83
2002 3.53
2003 3.18
2004 3.12
2005 3.20
2006 3.36
2007 4.11
2008 5.01
2009 5.26
2010 4.88
2011 4.51
2012 5.28
2013 4.72
2014 5.14
2015 4.85
2016 4.33
2017 3.47
2018 3.01
2019 2.95
2020 2.57

Merchandise exports (current US$)

The value for Merchandise exports (current US$) in Korea was 512,498,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 604,860,000,000 in 2018 and a minimum value of 32,000,000 in 1960.

Definition: Merchandise exports show the f.o.b. value of goods provided to the rest of the world valued in current U.S. dollars.

Source: World Trade Organization.

See also:

Year Value
1960 32,000,000
1961 41,000,000
1962 56,000,000
1963 87,000,000
1964 118,000,000
1965 173,000,000
1966 251,000,000
1967 321,000,000
1968 457,000,000
1969 624,000,000
1970 836,000,000
1971 1,067,000,000
1972 1,625,000,000
1973 3,221,000,000
1974 4,462,000,000
1975 4,945,000,000
1976 7,716,000,000
1977 10,048,000,000
1978 12,722,000,000
1979 15,057,000,000
1980 17,512,000,000
1981 21,268,000,000
1982 21,853,000,000
1983 24,446,000,000
1984 29,245,000,000
1985 30,282,000,000
1986 34,715,000,000
1987 47,281,000,000
1988 60,696,000,000
1989 62,377,000,000
1990 65,016,000,000
1991 71,870,000,000
1992 76,632,000,000
1993 82,236,000,000
1994 96,013,000,000
1995 125,058,000,000
1996 129,715,000,000
1997 136,164,000,000
1998 132,313,000,000
1999 143,685,000,000
2000 172,268,000,000
2001 150,439,000,000
2002 162,471,000,000
2003 193,817,000,000
2004 253,845,000,000
2005 284,419,000,000
2006 325,465,000,000
2007 371,489,000,000
2008 422,007,000,000
2009 363,534,000,000
2010 466,384,000,000
2011 555,214,000,000
2012 547,870,000,000
2013 559,632,000,000
2014 573,091,000,000
2015 526,757,000,000
2016 495,426,000,000
2017 573,694,000,000
2018 604,860,000,000
2019 542,233,000,000
2020 512,498,000,000

Merchandise exports to high-income economies (% of total merchandise exports)

Merchandise exports to high-income economies (% of total merchandise exports) in Korea was 46.54 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 98.95 in 1961, while its lowest value was 46.12 in 2019.

Definition: Merchandise exports to high-income economies are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to high-income economies according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 94.64
1961 98.95
1962 86.93
1963 77.48
1964 87.89
1965 81.97
1966 85.55
1967 89.64
1968 92.55
1969 91.86
1970 92.00
1971 91.00
1972 91.07
1973 91.63
1974 89.35
1975 84.55
1976 90.42
1977 89.91
1978 88.86
1979 87.37
1980 80.77
1981 79.65
1982 81.19
1983 83.65
1984 83.97
1985 84.44
1986 88.06
1987 90.01
1988 89.38
1989 87.53
1990 80.13
1991 78.85
1992 76.16
1993 68.77
1994 68.33
1995 69.15
1996 63.93
1997 62.99
1998 69.24
1999 70.60
2000 70.48
2001 67.57
2002 65.71
2003 62.44
2004 61.02
2005 58.12
2006 57.32
2007 54.81
2008 52.78
2009 50.16
2010 48.45
2011 48.44
2012 48.45
2013 46.35
2014 47.21
2015 47.84
2016 47.41
2017 46.36
2018 46.27
2019 46.12
2020 46.54

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise exports)

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise exports) in Korea was 53.43 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 53.84 in 2019, while its lowest value was 0.32 in 1960.

Definition: Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies outside region are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to other low- and middle-income economies in other World Bank regions according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 0.32
1962 1.27
1963 6.24
1964 9.54
1965 14.29
1966 9.43
1967 7.36
1968 5.65
1969 5.65
1970 4.86
1971 5.92
1972 4.97
1973 3.84
1974 4.65
1975 5.66
1976 7.67
1977 8.73
1978 9.92
1979 11.20
1980 14.57
1981 14.61
1982 13.02
1983 11.33
1984 12.12
1985 11.19
1986 8.43
1987 7.47
1988 7.95
1989 9.42
1990 10.83
1991 17.66
1992 20.38
1993 25.76
1994 25.61
1995 25.25
1996 29.30
1997 31.15
1998 30.22
1999 28.70
2000 28.84
2001 31.35
2002 33.62
2003 36.76
2004 38.38
2005 41.07
2006 41.85
2007 44.07
2008 45.83
2009 46.59
2010 49.57
2011 49.89
2012 50.51
2013 52.10
2014 51.10
2015 50.51
2016 51.06
2017 53.49
2018 53.68
2019 53.84
2020 53.43

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise exports)

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise exports) in Korea was 42.37 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 42.37 in 2020, while its lowest value was 0.32 in 1960.

Definition: Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in East Asia and Pacific are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to low- and middle-income economies in the East Asia and Pacific region according to World Bank classification of economies. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 0.32
1962 1.27
1963 6.24
1964 8.85
1965 12.78
1966 8.39
1967 4.73
1968 2.95
1969 3.52
1970 2.73
1971 3.09
1972 2.89
1973 2.45
1974 2.56
1975 1.94
1976 1.69
1977 2.53
1978 2.76
1979 3.53
1980 5.19
1981 3.91
1982 4.31
1983 3.76
1984 3.23
1985 3.53
1986 2.40
1987 2.29
1988 2.89
1989 3.95
1990 4.91
1991 7.85
1992 11.03
1993 14.20
1994 14.39
1995 15.59
1996 18.36
1997 19.57
1998 17.60
1999 18.44
2000 19.17
2001 20.41
2002 23.49
2003 26.24
2004 26.89
2005 28.85
2006 28.35
2007 29.36
2008 29.55
2009 31.45
2010 33.36
2011 33.35
2012 34.88
2013 36.82
2014 36.12
2015 37.49
2016 37.97
2017 40.79
2018 41.81
2019 41.06
2020 42.37

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise exports)

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise exports) in Korea was 3.39 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 44 years was 4.21 in 2007, while its lowest value was 0.03 in 1982.

Definition: Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Europe and Central Asia are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to low- and middle-income economies in the Europe and Central Asia region according to World Bank classification of economies. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1976 0.13
1977 0.21
1978 0.45
1979 0.37
1980 0.28
1981 0.13
1982 0.03
1983 0.07
1984 0.05
1985 0.35
1986 0.16
1987 0.15
1988 0.16
1989 0.20
1990 0.51
1991 0.46
1992 0.72
1993 1.67
1994 1.54
1995 1.81
1996 2.56
1997 2.72
1998 2.27
1999 1.39
2000 1.47
2001 1.56
2002 1.59
2003 2.08
2004 2.49
2005 2.98
2006 3.23
2007 4.21
2008 4.17
2009 2.55
2010 3.22
2011 3.60
2012 3.74
2013 3.86
2014 3.70
2015 2.59
2016 2.55
2017 2.75
2018 2.87
2019 3.53
2020 3.39

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise exports)

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise exports) in Korea was 2.93 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 55 years was 5.08 in 2011, while its lowest value was 0.03 in 1967.

Definition: Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Latin America and the Caribbean are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to low- and middle-income economies in the Latin America and the Caribbean region according to World Bank classification of economies. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1965 0.12
1967 0.03
1968 0.07
1969 0.05
1970 0.07
1971 0.12
1972 0.17
1973 0.23
1974 0.39
1975 0.19
1976 0.34
1977 0.70
1978 0.57
1979 0.80
1980 1.28
1981 1.76
1982 0.70
1983 0.76
1984 1.09
1985 0.60
1986 0.71
1987 0.95
1988 1.05
1989 1.50
1990 1.68
1991 2.44
1992 2.78
1993 3.23
1994 3.66
1995 3.02
1996 3.10
1997 3.61
1998 4.00
1999 3.61
2000 3.60
2001 3.83
2002 3.30
2003 2.83
2004 2.84
2005 3.16
2006 3.98
2007 4.05
2008 4.67
2009 4.36
2010 4.75
2011 5.08
2012 4.71
2013 4.63
2014 4.54
2015 4.21
2016 3.83
2017 3.70
2018 3.46
2019 3.63
2020 2.93

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise exports)

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise exports) in Korea was 0.82 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 56 years was 3.82 in 1981, while its lowest value was 0.35 in 1968.

Definition: Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Middle East and North Africa are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to low- and middle-income economies in the Middle East and North Africa region according to World Bank classification of economies. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1964 0.52
1965 0.64
1966 0.56
1967 0.38
1968 0.35
1969 0.45
1970 0.61
1971 0.46
1972 0.55
1973 0.51
1974 0.94
1975 2.47
1976 2.77
1977 2.18
1978 2.39
1979 2.46
1980 3.04
1981 3.82
1982 1.84
1983 1.49
1984 1.90
1985 1.87
1986 1.25
1987 1.01
1988 0.92
1989 0.69
1990 0.75
1991 1.69
1992 1.78
1993 1.59
1994 1.29
1995 1.32
1996 1.90
1997 1.35
1998 2.00
1999 1.82
2000 1.69
2001 1.71
2002 1.80
2003 1.81
2004 1.92
2005 1.76
2006 1.75
2007 2.04
2008 2.47
2009 3.14
2010 3.14
2011 2.46
2012 2.83
2013 2.31
2014 2.38
2015 2.06
2016 2.15
2017 1.76
2018 1.48
2019 1.24
2020 0.82

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise exports)

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise exports) in Korea was 2.80 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 56 years was 4.51 in 1984, while its lowest value was 0.06 in 1970.

Definition: Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in South Asia are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to low- and middle-income economies in the South Asia region according to World Bank classification of economies. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1964 0.09
1965 0.64
1966 0.12
1967 0.88
1968 0.22
1969 0.08
1970 0.06
1971 0.23
1972 0.57
1973 0.08
1974 0.10
1975 0.13
1976 0.65
1977 0.97
1978 1.81
1979 1.65
1980 2.20
1981 2.34
1982 2.92
1983 3.43
1984 4.51
1985 2.75
1986 2.69
1987 2.03
1988 1.71
1989 1.68
1990 1.70
1991 1.91
1992 1.81
1993 3.42
1994 2.29
1995 1.84
1996 1.78
1997 1.80
1998 2.25
1999 1.83
2000 1.65
2001 1.90
2002 1.70
2003 2.21
2004 2.05
2005 2.17
2006 2.20
2007 2.21
2008 2.76
2009 2.78
2010 3.03
2011 2.82
2012 2.69
2013 2.50
2014 2.65
2015 2.73
2016 2.77
2017 3.11
2018 3.02
2019 3.24
2020 2.80

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise exports)

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise exports) in Korea was 1.12 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 56 years was 3.31 in 1991, while its lowest value was 0.09 in 1964.

Definition: Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to low- and middle-income economies in the Sub-Saharan Africa region according to World Bank classification of economies. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1964 0.09
1965 0.12
1966 0.36
1967 1.35
1968 2.07
1969 1.56
1970 1.39
1971 2.02
1972 0.79
1973 0.58
1974 0.66
1975 0.93
1976 2.08
1977 2.13
1978 1.96
1979 2.40
1980 2.58
1981 2.64
1982 3.22
1983 1.82
1984 1.34
1985 2.08
1986 1.21
1987 1.04
1988 1.22
1989 1.40
1990 1.27
1991 3.31
1992 2.26
1993 1.66
1994 2.44
1995 1.67
1996 1.61
1997 2.10
1998 2.09
1999 1.61
2000 1.26
2001 1.94
2002 1.75
2003 1.58
2004 2.20
2005 2.15
2006 2.35
2007 2.19
2008 2.19
2009 2.30
2010 2.08
2011 2.59
2012 1.66
2013 1.98
2014 1.71
2015 1.42
2016 1.79
2017 1.37
2018 1.04
2019 1.15
2020 1.12

Merchandise exports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise exports)

Merchandise exports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise exports) in Korea was 0.03 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 16.28 in 1963, while its lowest value was 0.03 in 2020.

Definition: Merchandise exports by the reporting economy residuals are the total merchandise exports by the reporting economy to the rest of the world as reported in the IMF's Direction of trade database, less the sum of exports by the reporting economy to high-, low-, and middle-income economies according to the World Bank classification of economies. Includes trade with unspecified partners or with economies not covered by World Bank classification. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 5.05
1961 1.05
1962 11.80
1963 16.28
1964 2.58
1965 3.73
1966 5.02
1967 3.01
1968 1.80
1969 2.49
1970 3.15
1971 3.07
1972 3.96
1973 4.54
1974 6.00
1975 9.80
1976 1.92
1977 1.36
1978 1.22
1979 1.43
1980 4.66
1981 5.74
1982 5.79
1983 5.02
1984 3.91
1985 4.37
1986 3.51
1987 2.52
1988 2.67
1989 3.05
1990 9.04
1991 3.48
1992 3.47
1993 5.46
1994 6.07
1995 5.61
1996 6.77
1997 5.86
1998 0.54
1999 0.71
2000 0.68
2001 1.09
2002 0.67
2003 0.81
2004 0.60
2005 0.81
2006 0.83
2007 1.12
2008 1.39
2009 3.25
2010 1.98
2011 1.67
2012 1.04
2013 1.55
2014 1.69
2015 1.66
2016 1.53
2017 0.15
2018 0.05
2019 0.04
2020 0.03

Merchandise exports by the reporting economy (current US$)

The latest value for Merchandise exports by the reporting economy (current US$) in Korea was 512,647,000,000 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 605,708,000,000 in 2018 and 31,700,000 in 1960.

Definition: Merchandise exports by the reporting economy are the total merchandise exports by the reporting economy to the rest of the world, as reported in the IMF's Direction of trade database. Data are in current US$.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 31,700,000
1961 38,200,000
1962 55,100,000
1963 86,600,000
1964 116,400,000
1965 171,400,000
1966 249,100,000
1967 319,400,000
1968 454,900,000
1969 622,600,000
1970 842,000,000
1971 1,073,600,000
1972 1,628,600,000
1973 3,227,700,000
1974 4,466,600,000
1975 5,084,000,000
1976 7,714,400,000
1977 10,048,100,000
1978 12,593,400,000
1979 15,036,200,000
1980 17,439,300,000
1981 21,270,500,000
1982 21,827,100,000
1983 24,459,300,000
1984 29,259,300,000
1985 30,291,100,000
1986 34,799,000,000
1987 47,315,500,000
1988 60,704,400,000
1989 60,526,370,000
1990 67,813,910,000
1991 72,369,770,000
1992 77,326,080,000
1993 85,816,000,000
1994 101,362,000,000
1995 131,343,000,000
1996 137,699,000,000
1997 144,120,000,000
1998 132,837,000,000
1999 143,918,000,000
2000 172,179,000,000
2001 150,356,000,000
2002 161,919,000,000
2003 193,731,000,000
2004 253,745,000,000
2005 284,243,000,000
2006 325,173,000,000
2007 371,213,000,000
2008 421,778,000,000
2009 363,280,000,000
2010 466,384,000,000
2011 555,405,000,000
2012 547,870,000,000
2013 559,632,000,000
2014 572,665,000,000
2015 526,757,000,000
2016 495,857,000,000
2017 562,026,000,000
2018 605,708,000,000
2019 542,602,000,000
2020 512,647,000,000

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Exports