South Korea vs Türkiye
South Korea vs Türkiye: Inflation
Inflation in 2025: 2.1% a year in South Korea and 34.9% a year in Türkiye, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Türkiye, by 32.8 percentage points, or 16 times that in South Korea.
% a year · IMF
What the numbers say
- Türkiye has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1980.
- In 2025, South Korea ranked 113 and Türkiye ranked 7 of 179 countries, counting from the highest.
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts South Korea at 2% a year and Türkiye at 13.2% a year in 2031.
Every year
% a year · IMF
| Year | South Korea | Türkiye |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.1 | 34.9 |
| 2024 | 2.3 | 58.5 |
| 2023 | 3.6 | 53.9 |
| 2022 | 5.1 | 72.3 |
| 2021 | 2.5 | 19.6 |
| 2020 | 0.5 | 12.3 |
| 2019 | 0.4 | 15.2 |
| 2018 | 1.5 | 16.3 |
| 2017 | 1.9 | 11.2 |
| 2016 | 1 | 7.8 |
| 2015 | 0.7 | 7.7 |
| 2014 | 1.3 | 8.9 |
| 2013 | 1.3 | 7.5 |
| 2012 | 2.2 | 8.9 |
| 2011 | 4 | 6.5 |
| 2010 | 2.9 | 8.6 |
| 2009 | 2.8 | 6.2 |
| 2008 | 4.7 | 10.4 |
| 2007 | 2.5 | 8.8 |
| 2006 | 2.2 | 9.6 |
| 2005 | 2.8 | 8.1 |
| 2004 | 3.6 | 8.6 |
| 2003 | 3.5 | 25.3 |
| 2002 | 2.8 | 45.1 |
| 2001 | 4.1 | 54.3 |
| 2000 | 2.3 | 55 |
| 1999 | 0.8 | 64.9 |
| 1998 | 7.5 | 84.7 |
| 1997 | 4.4 | 85.7 |
| 1996 | 4.9 | 80.2 |
| 1995 | 4.5 | 89.6 |
| 1994 | 6.3 | 104.5 |
| 1993 | 4.8 | 66.1 |
| 1992 | 6.2 | 70.1 |
| 1991 | 9.3 | 66 |
| 1990 | 8.6 | 60.4 |
| 1989 | 5.7 | 63.2 |
| 1988 | 7.1 | 73.2 |
| 1987 | 3 | 39 |
| 1986 | 2.8 | 34.6 |
| 1985 | 2.5 | 44.5 |
| 1984 | 2.3 | 48.4 |
| 1983 | 3.4 | 31.3 |
| 1982 | 7.2 | 31.1 |
| 1981 | 21.4 | 36.4 |
| 1980 | 28.7 | 110.6 |
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | South Korea | Türkiye |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2.7 | 31.2 |
| 2027 | 2.3 | 26.6 |
| 2028 | 2 | 20.6 |
| 2029 | 2 | 17.1 |
| 2030 | 2 | 15.1 |
| 2031 | 2 | 13.2 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- How much consumer prices rose in a year, on average.
- Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
- The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 179 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
South Korea vs Türkiye
Health
- Life expectancySouth Korea: 84.3 years in 2023Türkiye: 77.2 years in 2023
- Child mortalitySouth Korea: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Türkiye: 1 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalitySouth Korea: 2.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023Türkiye: 9.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionSouth Korea: 3.17% in 2017Türkiye: 3.72% in 2017
- Suicide rateSouth Korea: 20.8 per 100,000 people in 2017Türkiye: 3.3 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationSouth Korea: 51.8 million people in 2023Türkiye: 87.3 million people in 2023
- Population growthSouth Korea: -0.04% a year in 2023Türkiye: 0.23% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateSouth Korea: 0.72 births per woman in 2023Türkiye: 1.63 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationSouth Korea: 81.2% in 2025Türkiye: 89.5% in 2025
- Median ageSouth Korea: 44.5 years in 2023Türkiye: 32.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overSouth Korea: 18.3% in 2023Türkiye: 10% in 2023
- Net migration rateSouth Korea: 1.7 per 1,000 people in 2023Türkiye: -3.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingSouth Korea: 2.6% of GDP in 2025Türkiye: 1.91% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsSouth Korea: $48.9B in 2025Türkiye: $26.8B in 2025
- Military spending per personSouth Korea: $924 in 2025Türkiye: $342 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingSouth Korea: 10.8% of government spending in 2025Türkiye: 5.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelSouth Korea: 569,000 people in 2020Türkiye: 512,000 people in 2020
- National powerSouth Korea: 2% of world capability in 2022Türkiye: 1.25% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersSouth Korea: 2.01% of the labour force in 2020Türkiye: 1.61% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsSouth Korea: 222 million TIV in 2025Türkiye: 381 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsSouth Korea: 2.02 billion TIV in 2025Türkiye: 539 million TIV in 2025