Consumer price inflation (monthly, year-on-year)
OECDPeriod 2017-01~2026-10Retrieved 2026-11-09
How many percent consumer prices rose compared with the same month a year earlier — the 'inflation rate' you hear in the news.
2017-01: 2.24% → 2026-10: 2.82% (up 0.58 pp). Highest: 2022-07 (6.33%).
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| Month | Consumer price inflation (monthly, year-on-year) |
|---|---|
| 2017-01 | 2.2408 |
| 2017-02 | 2.0828 |
| 2017-03 | 2.2769 |
| 2017-04 | 1.9556 |
| 2017-05 | 2.0036 |
| 2017-06 | 1.8063 |
| 2017-07 | 2.167 |
| 2017-08 | 2.4886 |
| 2017-09 | 2.0001 |
| 2017-10 | 1.7618 |
| 2017-11 | 1.1534 |
| 2017-12 | 1.4075 |
| 2018-01 | 0.76 |
| 2018-02 | 1.2527 |
| 2018-03 | 1.2156 |
| 2018-04 | 1.5281 |
| 2018-05 | 1.4691 |
| 2018-06 | 1.4804 |
| 2018-07 | 1.119 |
| 2018-08 | 1.4318 |
| 2018-09 | 2.0872 |
| 2018-10 | 2.0025 |
| 2018-11 | 2.037 |
| 2018-12 | 1.3204 |
| 2019-01 | 0.793 |
| 2019-02 | 0.4613 |
| 2019-03 | 0.3747 |
| 2019-04 | 0.5559 |
| 2019-05 | 0.6799 |
| 2019-06 | 0.7208 |
| 2019-07 | 0.6055 |
| 2019-08 | -0.0372 |
| 2019-09 | -0.4261 |
| 2019-10 | 0.0 |
| 2019-11 | 0.152 |
| 2019-12 | 0.7385 |
| 2020-01 | 1.2196 |
| 2020-02 | 0.8549 |
| 2020-03 | 0.8263 |
| 2020-04 | 0.0191 |
| 2020-05 | -0.2127 |
| 2020-06 | 0.2201 |
| 2020-07 | 0.4466 |
| 2020-08 | 0.7694 |
| 2020-09 | 0.948 |
| 2020-10 | 0.1389 |
| 2020-11 | 0.6122 |
| 2020-12 | 0.6127 |
| 2021-01 | 0.9491 |
| 2021-02 | 1.4177 |
| 2021-03 | 1.9011 |
| 2021-04 | 2.4925 |
| 2021-05 | 2.6247 |
| 2021-06 | 2.3468 |
| 2021-07 | 2.6398 |
| 2021-08 | 2.5551 |
| 2021-09 | 2.4122 |
| 2021-10 | 3.1643 |
| 2021-11 | 3.7766 |
| 2021-12 | 3.6978 |
| 2022-01 | 3.7708 |
| 2022-02 | 3.7803 |
| 2022-03 | 4.183 |
| 2022-04 | 4.7558 |
| 2022-05 | 5.3405 |
| 2022-06 | 6.0363 |
| 2022-07 | 6.327 |
| 2022-08 | 5.7226 |
| 2022-09 | 5.4764 |
| 2022-10 | 5.6217 |
| 2022-11 | 5.0063 |
| 2022-12 | 5.0173 |
| 2023-01 | 4.9785 |
| 2023-02 | 4.6576 |
| 2023-03 | 4.1659 |
| 2023-04 | 3.6881 |
| 2023-05 | 3.3767 |
| 2023-06 | 2.7262 |
| 2023-07 | 2.3545 |
| 2023-08 | 3.36 |
| 2023-09 | 3.7034 |
| 2023-10 | 3.7651 |
| 2023-11 | 3.3098 |
| 2023-12 | 3.1759 |
| 2024-01 | 2.8164 |
| 2024-02 | 3.127 |
| 2024-03 | 3.1035 |
| 2024-04 | 2.925 |
| 2024-05 | 2.6725 |
| 2024-06 | 2.4109 |
| 2024-07 | 2.5519 |
| 2024-08 | 2.0128 |
| 2024-09 | 1.595 |
| 2024-10 | 1.2536 |
| 2024-11 | 1.5264 |
| 2024-12 | 1.9338 |
| 2025-01 | 2.2444 |
| 2025-02 | 2.0214 |
| 2025-03 | 2.0535 |
| 2025-04 | 2.0788 |
| 2025-05 | 1.9018 |
| 2025-06 | 2.1697 |
| 2025-07 | 2.0941 |
| 2025-08 | 1.6675 |
| 2025-09 | 2.102 |
| 2025-10 | 2.3803 |
| 2025-11 | 2.4476 |
| 2025-12 | 2.3149 |
| 2026-01 | 2.005 |
| 2026-02 | 1.9986 |
| 2026-03 | 2.1584 |
| 2026-04 | 2.5692 |
| 2026-05 | 3.1392 |
| 2026-06 | 3.164 |
| 2026-07 | 2.7892 |
| 2026-08 | 3.0915 |
| 2026-09 | 2.8789 |
| 2026-10 | 2.8189 |
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Reference (APA 7th)
OECD. (2026). Key short-term economic indicators: Korea [Data set]. OECD Data Explorer. Retrieved November 9, 2026, from https://data-explorer.oecd.org/vis?df[ds]=dsDisseminateFinalDMZ&df[id]=DSD_KEI%40DF_KEI&df[ag]=OECD.SDD.STES
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