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South Korea Inflation: 1980 to Now

₩10,000 in 1980 is worth about ₩55,618 in 2025 prices — the most recent year with published data.

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Cumulative change+456.2%
Average annual rate+3.89%

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₩5.56
₩10.00₩55.62
₩100.00₩556.18
₩1,000.00₩5,561.76
₩10,000₩55,618
₩100,000₩556,176
₩1,000,000₩5,561,757

Year by Year

YearCPIEquivalent value
198024.3₩10,000
198129.5₩12,135
198231.6₩13,008
198332.7₩13,453
198433.4₩13,759
198534.2₩14,097
198635.2₩14,485
198736.2₩14,926
198838.8₩15,993
198941.0₩16,905
199044.6₩18,354
199148.7₩20,067
199251.7₩21,314
199354.2₩22,337
199457.6₩23,737
199560.2₩24,800
199663.2₩26,021
199766.0₩27,176
199870.9₩29,218
199971.5₩29,456
200073.1₩30,121
200176.1₩31,346
200278.2₩32,212
200380.9₩33,344
200483.8₩34,542
200586.2₩35,493
200688.1₩36,289
200790.3₩37,208
200894.5₩38,948
200997.1₩40,021
2010100.0₩41,198
2011104.0₩42,856
2012106.3₩43,793
2013107.7₩44,363
2014109.1₩44,929
2015109.8₩45,246
2016110.9₩45,686
2017113.1₩46,574
2018114.7₩47,262
2019115.2₩47,442
2020115.8₩47,697
2021118.7₩48,889
2022124.7₩51,377
2023129.2₩53,226
2024132.2₩54,461
2025135.0₩55,618

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 1980 — South Korea Inflation Calculator · PNL404