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S. Korea govt forecasts per capital income to go over $30,000 threshold next year

Collected: 2017.08.07

Distributed: 2017.08.09

Source: Go Direct

South Korea’s per capita gross domestic product (GDP) could top $30,000 next year if the Korean won does not depreciate sharply, according to the finance ministry and central bank.

Individual income would reach over $29,000 this year, up from $27,500 last year, due to faster expansion of the gross domestic product and stronger value of the Korean won against the U.S. dollar. Last year, income per Korean merely added $400.

The income of an estimated 51.64 million South Koreans could average $30,400 next year if the GDP expands by 4.5 percent as forecast by the government.

It would have taken 12 years for South Korea to achieve a new milestone in income since it last passed $20,000 threshold.

But renewed strengthening in the U.S. dollar from the U.S. Federal Reserve’s monetary tightening and next year’s economic performance could weigh down income growth.

By Boo Jang-won

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