Inflation in South Korea
Consumer prices in South Korea have risen 4,713.2% since January 1965, the start of the official series. That means ₩100 then buys what ₩4,813.17 buys in June 2026, so the same basket of goods now costs 48.1 times what it did. Over the most recent year on record, June 2025 to June 2026, prices rose 3.2%.
Cumulative & Yearly Inflation
What ₩100 would be worth today
Each row takes ₩100 at that date and shows the equivalent sum in June 2026, the most recent month on record for South Korea.
| Date | Amount then | Worth today | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 1965 | ₩100.00 | ₩4,813.17 | 4,713.2% |
| January 1980 | ₩100.00 | ₩653.26 | 553.3% |
| January 2000 | ₩100.00 | ₩192.12 | 92.1% |
| January 2020 | ₩100.00 | ₩119.88 | 19.9% |
How inflation in South Korea is measured
The figures above come from the OECD's national CPI dataset, compiled by South Korea's national statistics office. The series is indexed so that a chosen base year equals 100, and the calculator works out the ratio between any two dates you pick.
Coverage runs from January 1965 to June 2026, and updates automatically as each new release is published. Figures for the most recent periods can be revised by the statistics office after first publication.