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South Korea Inflation: 1985 to Now

₩10,000 in 1985 is worth about ₩39,454 in 2025 prices — the most recent year with published data.

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Cumulative change+294.5%
Average annual rate+3.49%

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₩3.95
₩10.00₩39.45
₩100.00₩394.54
₩1,000.00₩3,945.36
₩10,000₩39,454
₩100,000₩394,536
₩1,000,000₩3,945,356

Year by Year

YearCPIEquivalent value
198534.2₩10,000
198635.2₩10,275
198736.2₩10,588
198838.8₩11,345
198941.0₩11,992
199044.6₩13,020
199148.7₩14,235
199251.7₩15,119
199354.2₩15,845
199457.6₩16,838
199560.2₩17,593
199663.2₩18,459
199766.0₩19,278
199870.9₩20,727
199971.5₩20,895
200073.1₩21,367
200176.1₩22,236
200278.2₩22,850
200380.9₩23,654
200483.8₩24,503
200586.2₩25,178
200688.1₩25,742
200790.3₩26,395
200894.5₩27,628
200997.1₩28,390
2010100.0₩29,224
2011104.0₩30,401
2012106.3₩31,066
2013107.7₩31,470
2014109.1₩31,871
2015109.8₩32,096
2016110.9₩32,408
2017113.1₩33,038
2018114.7₩33,526
2019115.2₩33,654
2020115.8₩33,835
2021118.7₩34,681
2022124.7₩36,446
2023129.2₩37,757
2024132.2₩38,633
2025135.0₩39,454

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 1985 — South Korea Inflation Calculator · PNL404