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💹 South Korean Regions by GDP per Capita

Economic output per resident of each province and metropolitan city, in current US dollars.

📅 2024📏 USD per person17 entries🇰🇷 See all of this country’s rankings →
Every dot is one entry, placed by its value (USD per person); the vertical bar marks each row’s median.
1
Ulsan
$59,636
2
South Chungcheong
$47,431
3
Seoul
$42,851
4
South Jeolla
$41,424
5
North Chungcheong
$39,430
6
North Gyeongsang
$36,609
7
Gyeonggi
$32,897
8
South Gyeongsang
$32,585
9
Sejong
$31,227
10
Incheon
$28,831
11
Jeju
$27,940
12
Gangwon
$27,794
13
Daejeon
$26,754
14
North Jeolla
$26,526
15
Gwangju
$26,373
16
Busan
$25,960
17
Daegu
$21,962

Highlights

Within South Korea, Ulsan ranks first in 2024 with $59,636, followed by South Chungcheong ($47,431) and Seoul ($42,851).

Across 17 entries, values run from $59,636 (Ulsan) to $21,962 (Daegu), with a median of $31,227.

Source: Statistics Korea, regional income accounts (2024) (via Wikipedia), 2024. Unit: USD per person.

Source: Statistics Korea, regional income accounts (2024) (via Wikipedia) · CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikipedia); underlying data © the cited publisher · fetched Oct 13, 2026