South Korea Inflation Rate

Last Release

Nov 30, 2025

Actual

2.4

Units In

2.4

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

Dec 30, 2025

Time to Release

27 Days 23 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
32.5 Oct 1980	-0.4 Sep 2019	6.74 %	1966-2025	Statistics Korea

In South Korea, the most important categories in the consumer price index are Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels (17 percent of total weight) and Food and non-alcoholic beverages (13.6 percent of total weight). Others include Restaurants and hotels (12 percent); Education (11.4 percent); Transportation (10.9 percent); Health (7.3 percent); and Clothing and footwear (6.2 percent). The components with the least weight are Communication at 5.8 percent; Miscellaneous goods and services at 5.4 percent; Recreation and culture at 5.3 percent; Furnishings, household equipment and routine maintenance at 3.8 percent; and Alcoholic beverages and tobacco at 1.24 percent.

Latest Updates

South Korea’s annual inflation rate held at 2.4% in November 2025, unchanged from the previous month and remaining at its highest level since July 2024. The latest figure also stayed above the central bank’s 2% target for a third straight month. Price continued to rise for all components: food & non-alcoholic beverages (4.7% vs 3.5% in October), tobacco (0.1% vs 0.4%), clothing (2.3% vs 2.1%), furnishings, household equipment & routine maintenance (1.2% vs 1.2%), housing (2.8% vs 2.2%), household goods (1.1% vs 2.2%), health (1.1% vs 0.9%), transport (3.2% vs 3.4%), communication (0.4% vs 0.4%), culture (1.4% vs 2.1%), education (1.7% vs 1.8%), restaurants & hotels (2.9% vs 3.2%), and miscellaneous goods & services (4.2% vs 4.3%). On a monthly basis, consumer prices declined 0.2%, swinging from a 0.3% rise in October and marking the first drop since August.