Occasional Paper 24 - ECONOMIC GROWTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IN THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA, 1945-1992

Appendix Table
Major Economic Indicators for the Korean Economy, 1954-92
 
      Share in GDP      
  per capita GNP (current $) GDP growth rate Manufact. growth rate Agri. Manuf. & Mining Other Export growth rate Share of Export (% GNP)
1954 70 5.6 18.1 39.8 12.7 47.5 -39.4 2.1
1955 65 4.5 21.3 44.5 12.6 42.9 22.1 2.9
1956 66 -1.3 15.2 46.9 12.7 40.4 -9.0 2.3
1957 74 7.6 7.1 45.2 12.7 42.1 33.9 2.2
1958 80 5.5 10.3 40.7 14.4 44.9 24.6 2.8
1959 81 3.9 9.2 33.8 15.9 50.3 15.9 3.4
1960 79 1.2 8.2 36.8 15.9 47.3 20.8 4.1
1961 82 5.9 4.0 39.1 15.5 45.4 38.7 6.3
1962 87 2.1 11.7 37.0 16.4 46.6 13.0 6.0
1963 100 9.1 16.1 43.4 16.3 40.3 9.0 5.4
1964 103 9.7 9.9 46.8 17.4 35.8 23.5 6.7
1965 105 5.7 20.5 38.0 20.0 42.0 35.9 9.5
1966 125 12.2 17.3 34.8 20.5 44.7 42.4 11.9
1967 142 5.9 21.6 30.6 21.0 48.4 32.7 13.6
1968 169 11.3 27.2 28.7 21.6 49.7 39.5 14.7
1969 210 13.8 21.6 27.9 21.7 50.4 36.1 15.4
1970 243 8.8 19.9 26.9 22.4 50.7 19.6 16.0
1971 289 8.5 18.6 27.2 22.5 50.3 22.1 16.1
1972 319 4.8 14.0 26.7 23.5 49.8 35.9 20.5
1973 396 12.8 29.5 24.9 26.2 48.9 54.3 29.7
1974 541 8.1 17.2 24.8 27.2 48.0 -0.4 28.1
1975 594 6.6 12.4 24.9 27.5 47.6 18.8 28.0
1976 802 11.8 23.5 23.5 28.8 47.7 38.4 31.2
1977 1011 10.3 15.3 22.3 28.4 49.3 20.8 31.8
1978 1400 9.4 22.2 20.4 28.3 51.3 14.4 29.9
1979 1647 7.1 10.1 19.0 28.9 52.1 1.6 28.0
1980 1597 -2.7 -1.6 14.7 29.7 55.6 8.0 34.6
1981 1741 6.2 10.1 15.5 30.1 54.4 15.3 37.5
1982 1834 7.6 6.9 14.4 29.5 56.1 4.6 35.5
1983 2014 11.5 15.3 13.2 30.3 56.5 19.4 36.3
1984 2187 8.7 16.9 12.5 31.0 56.5 7.7 36.5
1985 2242 6.5 6.2 12.5 30.5 57.0 4.6 35.3
1986 2568 11.6 19.5 11.2 31.8 57.0 26.5 39.0
1987 3218 11.5 19.5 10.1 32.3 57.6 21.7 41.1
1988 4295 11.3 13.8 10.2 32.9 56.9 12.5 38.9
1989 5210 6.4 4.2 9.6 31.7 58.7 -4.1 33.2
1990 5883 9.5 9.7 8.7 29.7 61.6 4.2 30.3
1991 6757 9.1 9.1 7.7 29.0 63.3 11.8 28.8
1992 7007 5.1 5.1 7.4 28.1 64.5 11.0 29.5

Appendix Table cont.
Major Economic Indicators for the Korean Economy, 1954-92
 
  Fixed Investment (% GNP) Current Account (% GNP) Unemploy. rate (% GNP) M1 growth rate M2 growth rate WPI CPI
1954 9.2 -1.0 -- 48.3 46.8 21.4 --
1955 10.3 -1.3 -- 38.3 38.6 46.2 --
1956 10.3 0.6 -- 22.3 25.2 23.5 --
1957 10.6 -0.1 -- 16.6 15.6 12.8 --
1958 10.1 1.0 -- 24.9 23.4 -5.4 --
1959 11.1 0.4 -- 8.1 21.1 2.6 --
1960 10.8 0.4 -- 7.5 -3.1 9.5 --
1961 11.7 1.3 -- 36.6 37.8 10.6 8.1
1962 13.7 -1.9 -- 9.1 20.0 9.6 6.6
1963 13.5 -3.5 8.2 6.0 6.9 17.5 20.7
1964 11.3 -0.6 7.7 14.3 12.9 25.0 29.5
1965 14.8 0.2 7.4 25.5 34.5 9.7 12.8
1966 20.2 -2.5 7.1 22.9 38.2 7.9 10.5
1967 21.4 -3.9 6.2 30.8 38.1 5.6 9.5
1968 25.0 -7.1 5.1 30.9 41.9 7.8 9.7
1969 25.8 -7.1 4.8 29.4 38.0 6.5 10.6
1970 24.4 -6.9 4.5 18.1 21.5 8.1 14.0
1971 22.5 -8.5 4.5 14.1 17.2 8.2 11.7
1972 20.8 -3.3 4.5 31.1 25.3 12.5 10.5
1973 24.1 -2.2 4.0 28.9 26.7 6.1 3.2
1974 27.3 -10.6 4.1 22.8 19.4 29.8 19.8
1975 27.1 -8.9 4.1 20.0 22.0 20.8 19.9
1976 25.8 -1.1 3.9 23.5 25.1 10.8 13.4
1977 28.7 0.1 3.8 28.9 28.4 8.4 9.3
1978 32.9 -2.1 3.2 19.9 25.9 10.5 12.6
1979 34.3 -6.4 3.8 17.1 19.7 15.7 15.4
1980 33.2 -8.5 5.2 14.0 21.2 28.0 22.4
1981 29.3 -6.6 4.5 4.4 20.0 17.0 17.7
1982 29.7 -3.6 4.4 31.3 21.3 4.5 6.6
1983 30.5 -1.9 4.1 14.5 13.2 0.1 3.3
1984 30.0 -1.5 3.8 0.5 7.2 0.8 2.3
1985 29.6 -0.9 4.0 9.8 13.5 0.9 2.3
1986 29.1 4.3 3.8 14.2 15.6 -1.4 2.7
1987 29.7 7.2 3.1 12.9 16.0 0.4 3.0
1988 30.0 7.7 2.5 16.8 17.7 2.6 6.7
1989 32.2 2.3 2.6 15.2 16.5 1.5 5.4
1990 37.4 -0.9 2.4 9.9 14.7 4.0 7.9
1991 38.7 -3.0 2.3 26.9 18.0 4.5 8.5
1992 36.9 -1.5 2.4 11.5 13.0 2.1 5.9