South Korean GNP Comparison to Its Asian Neighbors

GNP 1991
(in millions $US)
$ Rank
USA 5,567,478 1
Japan 3,158,607 2
China 479,870 3
South Korea 222,355 4
Taiwan 146,005 5
Indonesia 94,746 6
Thailand 72,128 7
Hong Kong 68,161 8
Philippines 42,754 9
Malaysia 40,025 10
Singapore 32,124 11
North Korea 21,218 12
Vietnam 16,563 13
Mongolia 3,885 14
Macau 2,879 15
GNP Growth Rate
(in Percent)
% Rank
China 10.5% 1
South Korea 9.2% 2
Vietnam 8.0% 3
Taiwan 7.9% 4
Hong Kong 7.3% 5
Singapore 7.0% 6
Thailand 5.8% 7
Macau 5.0% 8
Japan 4.0% 9
Malaysia 4.0% 10
Indonesia 3.8% 11
Mongolia 3.6% 12
USA 3.1% 13
North Korea 3.0% 14
Philippines 0.0% 15
GNP per Capita
(in $US)
$ Rank
Japan 25,469 1
USA 22,049 2
Singapore 11,656 3
Hong Kong 11,640 4
Taiwan 7,067 5
Macau 6,456 6
South Korea 5,156 7
Malaysia 2,226 8
Mongolia 1,729 9
Thailand 1,270 10
North Korea 973 11
Philippines 650 12
Indonesia 489 13
China 417 14
Vietnam 245 15
GNP for Defense
(in %)
% Rank
North Korea 22.4% 1
Vietnam 19.4% 2
Mongolia 7.2% 3
USA 6.3% 4
South Korea 5.8% 5
Singapore 5.3% 6
Taiwan 4.6% 7
China 3.9% 8
Thailand 3.7% 9
Malaysia 3.2% 10
Indonesia 2.1% 11
Philippines 1.3% 12
Japan 1.0% 13
Hong Kong 0.6% 14
Macau 0.0% 15

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