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South Korea Inflation: 1978 to Now

₩10,000 in 1978 is worth about ₩84,694 in 2025 prices — the most recent year with published data.

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Cumulative change+746.9%
Average annual rate+4.65%

Consumer price data for this country is published annually and lags roughly a year behind — this is the most recent year on record, not the current one.

At a Glance

KREquivalent value
₩1.00₩8.47
₩10.00₩84.69
₩100.00₩846.94
₩1,000.00₩8,469.40
₩10,000₩84,694
₩100,000₩846,940
₩1,000,000₩8,469,398

Year by Year

YearCPIEquivalent value
197815.9₩10,000
197918.9₩11,832
198024.3₩15,228
198129.5₩18,479
198231.6₩19,808
198332.7₩20,486
198433.4₩20,952
198534.2₩21,467
198635.2₩22,057
198736.2₩22,730
198838.8₩24,354
198941.0₩25,742
199044.6₩27,949
199148.7₩30,558
199251.7₩32,456
199354.2₩34,014
199457.6₩36,146
199560.2₩37,765
199663.2₩39,625
199766.0₩41,384
199870.9₩44,494
199971.5₩44,855
200073.1₩45,869
200176.1₩47,734
200278.2₩49,052
200380.9₩50,777
200483.8₩52,600
200586.2₩54,048
200688.1₩55,260
200790.3₩56,661
200894.5₩59,309
200997.1₩60,944
2010100.0₩62,735
2011104.0₩65,261
2012106.3₩66,688
2013107.7₩67,556
2014109.1₩68,417
2015109.8₩68,901
2016110.9₩69,570
2017113.1₩70,923
2018114.7₩71,969
2019115.2₩72,245
2020115.8₩72,633
2021118.7₩74,448
2022124.7₩78,237
2023129.2₩81,051
2024132.2₩82,933
2025135.0₩84,694

Other Starting Years

How This Is Calculated

Based on the official consumer price index (CPI) for this country — for the US, the Bureau of Labor Statistics' CPI-U, averaged from monthly figures to a single annual value; for Korea and Japan, the World Bank's annual CPI series. A gap in the source data is shown as a gap, never estimated or interpolated.

KR: 19602025

₩10,000 in 1978 — South Korea Inflation Calculator · PNL404