South Korean Consumer Price Index: 1965 to 2024

Historical CPI for Republic of Korea

Updated: December 3, 2024

Next update: December 31, 2024

Base year: 2020=100

Year	jan	feb	mar	apr	may	jun	jul	aug	sep	oct	nov	dec	Annual
2024	113.15	113.77	113.94	113.99	114.10	113.84	114.13	114.54	114.65	114.69	114.40
2023	110.07	110.33	110.52	110.77	111.13	111.16	111.29	112.28	112.83	113.26	112.67	112.71	111.59
2022	104.85	105.42	106.10	106.83	107.50	108.21	108.73	108.63	108.82	109.16	109.07	109.26	107.72
2021	101.04	101.58	101.84	101.98	102.05	102.05	102.26	102.75	103.17	103.35	103.87	104.04	102.50
2020	100.09	100.16	99.94	99.50	99.44	99.71	99.63	100.19	100.74	100.18	100.09	100.33	100.00
2019	98.88	99.31	99.12	99.48	99.65	99.49	99.19	99.43	99.79	100.04	99.48	99.72	99.47
2018	98.11	98.86	98.75	98.93	98.98	98.78	98.59	99.46	100.22	100.04	99.33	98.99	99.09
2017	97.37	97.63	97.57	97.44	97.55	97.34	97.50	98.06	98.17	98.08	97.35	97.70	97.65
2016	95.23	95.64	95.39	95.57	95.63	95.61	95.43	95.68	96.25	96.38	96.24	96.34	95.78
2015	94.64	94.59	94.60	94.63	94.89	94.91	95.08	95.21	94.97	94.97	94.79	95.07	94.86
2014	93.73	93.98	94.15	94.21	94.37	94.25	94.39	94.55	94.49	94.21	94.02	94.01	94.20
2013	92.73	93.04	92.95	92.82	92.82	92.71	92.91	93.24	93.42	93.13	93.12	93.23	93.01
2012	91.24	91.59	91.61	91.61	91.77	91.64	91.43	91.86	92.51	92.34	92.01	92.18	91.82
2011	88.29	88.89	89.24	89.33	89.50	89.67	90.10	90.71	90.62	90.45	90.53	90.88	89.85
2010	85.35	85.52	85.70	86.04	86.13	86.04	86.21	86.65	87.34	87.34	86.91	87.25	86.37
2009	82.45	83.05	83.64	83.86	83.86	83.79	84.09	84.38	84.46	84.24	84.38	84.68	83.91
2008	79.47	79.77	80.52	80.96	81.63	82.15	82.75	82.60	82.67	82.60	82.38	82.38	81.66
2007	76.50	77.02	77.46	77.76	77.84	77.84	78.13	78.21	78.66	78.80	78.80	79.10	78.01
2006	75.23	75.38	75.83	75.90	76.05	75.90	76.20	76.65	76.87	76.50	76.13	76.35	76.08
2005	73.59	73.89	74.34	74.41	74.34	74.11	74.41	74.64	75.01	74.86	74.56	74.79	74.41
2004	71.17	71.49	72.18	72.18	72.12	72.12	72.56	73.19	73.19	73.19	72.75	72.88	72.42
2003	68.84	69.21	70.03	69.91	69.78	69.59	69.53	69.85	70.48	70.54	70.41	70.73	69.91
2002	66.31	66.62	67.00	67.38	67.63	67.57	67.38	67.82	68.20	68.01	68.08	68.39	67.53
2001	64.60	64.92	65.49	65.74	65.68	65.87	65.99	66.25	66.18	66.18	65.80	65.93	65.72
2000	62.46	62.65	62.96	62.71	62.39	62.71	62.96	63.28	64.10	64.04	63.66	63.91	63.15
1999	61.30	61.56	61.66	61.82	61.71	61.35	61.14	61.77	61.92	62.39	62.28	62.18	61.76
1998	60.41	61.45	61.35	61.56	61.25	60.99	60.99	61.19	61.45	61.66	61.45	61.35	61.26
1997	55.79	56.10	56.31	56.57	56.62	56.72	56.83	57.24	57.50	57.50	57.55	59.01	56.98
1996	53.29	53.50	53.86	54.23	54.54	54.54	54.80	55.06	55.16	55.16	55.16	55.37	54.56
1995	50.85	51.06	51.57	51.89	51.99	51.84	51.99	52.30	52.77	52.51	52.41	52.77	51.99
1994	48.34	48.87	49.30	49.37	49.41	49.76	50.18	50.57	50.41	50.26	50.34	50.38	49.76
1993	45.45	45.76	46.33	46.60	46.76	46.99	46.95	47.10	47.33	47.53	47.45	47.72	46.83
1992	43.49	43.76	44.22	44.49	44.76	44.83	45.03	45.10	45.26	45.22	44.99	45.10	44.69
1991	40.37	40.91	41.41	41.60	41.72	41.98	42.25	42.60	42.83	42.91	43.10	43.18	42.07
1990	36.98	37.21	37.60	38.02	38.45	38.64	38.75	38.91	39.14	39.25	39.29	39.52	38.48
1989	34.46	34.58	34.82	34.96	35.41	35.47	35.44	35.70	36.03	36.12	36.18	36.15	35.44
1988	32.27	32.81	33.28	33.22	33.40	33.60	33.66	33.84	33.93	33.84	34.11	34.40	33.53
1987	30.38	30.44	30.68	30.86	31.33	31.30	31.21	31.65	31.86	31.89	31.83	32.10	31.29
1986	30.12	30.29	30.35	30.32	30.50	30.44	30.47	30.44	30.62	30.32	30.27	30.27	30.37
1985	29.05	29.26	29.29	29.32	29.53	29.56	29.56	29.61	29.94	30.03	29.67	29.85	29.56
1984	28.45	28.70	28.81	28.89	28.85	28.70	28.70	28.85	29.19	29.04	28.98	28.98	28.85
1983	27.95	28.14	28.24	28.16	28.24	28.22	28.22	28.24	28.28	28.26	28.20	28.28	28.20
1982	26.59	26.71	26.96	27.01	27.22	27.38	27.45	27.53	27.66	27.59	27.43	27.74	27.27
1981	23.65	23.84	24.30	24.51	25.06	25.75	26.00	26.27	26.61	26.54	26.31	26.46	25.44
1980	18.37	19.16	19.88	20.02	20.65	20.90	21.07	21.43	21.83	22.44	22.56	23.27	20.97
1979	14.65	15.16	15.44	15.81	16.31	16.46	16.53	16.59	16.82	16.93	17.19	17.60	16.29
1978	12.84	13.10	13.27	13.26	13.39	13.76	13.96	13.99	14.27	14.39	14.47	14.52	13.77
1977	11.33	11.60	11.76	11.77	11.89	12.01	12.16	12.32	12.36	12.32	12.37	12.48	12.03
1976	10.33	10.44	10.62	10.74	10.80	10.91	11.12	11.23	11.31	11.19	11.18	11.25	10.93
1975	8.39	8.55	8.71	8.98	9.30	9.43	9.60	9.81	10.15	10.29	10.21	10.26	9.47
1974	6.69	7.05	7.31	7.45	7.48	7.43	7.59	7.83	7.96	7.88	7.99	8.11	7.56
1973	5.93	5.95	5.96	5.99	6.03	6.01	6.05	6.11	6.16	6.17	6.24	6.42	6.08
1972	5.50	5.68	5.84	5.87	5.90	5.93	5.99	6.09	6.09	6.02	5.91	5.92	5.89
1971	5.10	5.20	5.30	5.27	5.18	5.17	5.26	5.31	5.40	5.36	5.37	5.42	5.28
1970	4.40	4.49	4.59	4.68	4.64	4.54	4.57	4.60	4.72	4.81	4.80	4.97	4.65
1969	3.83	3.85	3.88	3.90	3.93	3.94	3.94	3.96	4.09	4.20	4.25	4.34	4.01
1968	3.43	3.48	3.52	3.51	3.52	3.54	3.53	3.56	3.57	3.67	3.76	3.73	3.57
1967	3.03	3.07	3.12	3.20	3.23	3.20	3.20	3.24	3.29	3.34	3.37	3.36	3.22
1966	2.68	2.75	2.80	2.83	2.91	2.91	2.90	2.96	3.01	3.09	3.01	3.01	2.90
1965	2.49	2.55	2.55	2.59	2.65	2.62	2.65	2.68	2.67	2.65	2.61	2.62	2.61

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The CPI for South Korea is calculated and issued by: KOrean Statistical Information Service. CPI data is calculated and issued monthly.