Korea - Imports of goods and services (constant LCU)

The value for Imports of goods and services (constant LCU) in Korea was 661,725,000,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 697,841,000,000,000 in 2018 and a minimum value of 1,299,600,000,000 in 1961.

Definition: Imports of goods and services represent the value of all goods and other market services received from the rest of the world. They include the value of merchandise, freight, insurance, transport, travel, royalties, license fees, and other services, such as communication, construction, financial, information, business, personal, and government services. They exclude compensation of employees and investment income (formerly called factor services) and transfer payments. Data are in constant local currency.

Source: World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.

Year Value
1960 1,422,500,000,000
1961 1,299,600,000,000
1962 1,756,600,000,000
1963 2,195,700,000,000
1964 1,649,900,000,000
1965 1,872,000,000,000
1966 2,799,200,000,000
1967 3,643,300,000,000
1968 5,183,100,000,000
1969 6,535,100,000,000
1970 7,132,300,000,000
1971 8,568,700,000,000
1972 8,583,300,000,000
1973 11,501,000,000,000
1974 13,756,600,000,000
1975 14,333,000,000,000
1976 17,845,800,000,000
1977 21,785,100,000,000
1978 28,423,400,000,000
1979 32,282,500,000,000
1980 31,205,600,000,000
1981 32,663,700,000,000
1982 33,158,100,000,000
1983 35,440,800,000,000
1984 36,971,900,000,000
1985 36,217,000,000,000
1986 48,241,800,000,000
1987 56,970,500,000,000
1988 64,503,700,000,000
1989 74,706,600,000,000
1990 84,743,000,000,000
1991 101,678,000,000,000
1992 106,576,000,000,000
1993 113,763,000,000,000
1994 140,993,000,000,000
1995 172,055,000,000,000
1996 196,376,000,000,000
1997 201,016,000,000,000
1998 152,332,000,000,000
1999 189,860,000,000,000
2000 231,805,000,000,000
2001 223,779,000,000,000
2002 257,103,000,000,000
2003 284,045,000,000,000
2004 318,370,000,000,000
2005 343,052,000,000,000
2006 385,837,000,000,000
2007 429,758,000,000,000
2008 443,781,000,000,000
2009 413,126,000,000,000
2010 485,464,000,000,000
2011 555,914,000,000,000
2012 570,188,000,000,000
2013 579,538,000,000,000
2014 586,859,000,000,000
2015 599,257,000,000,000
2016 630,267,000,000,000
2017 686,089,000,000,000
2018 697,841,000,000,000
2019 684,517,000,000,000
2020 661,725,000,000,000

Base Period: varies by country

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: National accounts