COUNTRY / INDICATOR
Korea, Rep. Consumer Price Index
Korea, Rep. consumer price index: latest available value for 2025, historical series from 2020, ranking context and source documentation.
Series overview
FP.CPI.TOTL| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 135,00 | 2,81 |
| 2024 | 132,20 | 3,00 |
| 2023 | 129,20 | 4,49 |
| 2022 | 124,71 | 6,04 |
| 2021 | 118,67 | 2,89 |
| 2020 | 115,78 | — |
Source methodology
World Development IndicatorsIndicator note: Index of the prices of consumption goods and services, as compared to a certain reference period (2010=100).
Source organization: International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Metadata fetched: 2026-08-01 01:20:10. Open original metadata response.
Revision history
1 detected changesSource revisions are retained before the current observation is replaced. This table documents the previous and replacement value for reproducibility.
| Detected | Data year | Previous value | Replacement value | Source | Source update |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-01 02:26:52 | 2025 | 135,00 | 135,00 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
Country-specific interpretation
Automatically derived from the displayed seriesKorea, Rep. recorded 135,00 index in 2025, the latest year available in this series.
Compared with 2024, the consumer price index increased by 2,81.
Across the latest five-year comparison window, the series shows an upward direction.
Across 6 observations from 2020 to 2025, the average was 125,93; the minimum was 115,78 in 2020 and the maximum was 135,00 in 2025.
Korea, Rep. ranks 131 out of 166 countries with a current value in the portal ranking.
The latest value is below the available average for East Asia & Pacific.
It is also below the available average for the High income group.
Changes in the average price level paid by households.