Rankings · South Korea
Each ranking lists every office-holder by how one indicator moved from their first day in office, next to South Korea or the province over the same months. A ranking of what happened during a tenure, not of who did it. Data as of Sep 2026. The worldwide rankings set them against every other country's.
Presidents
- Real GDP during each president's tenureBank of Korea quarterly national accounts via the OECD (QNA, B1GQ), chain-linked volumes, seasonally adjusted
- Real GDP per person during each president's tenureBank of Korea quarterly GDP via the OECD (QNA, B1GQ), chain-linked volumes, summed over the trailing four quarters, over the resident population (OECD regional database) interpolated to the quarter
- Unemployment rate during each president's tenureStatistics Korea labour force survey via the OECD (infra-annual labour statistics), 15 and over, seasonally adjusted
- Employment rate, 15–64 during each president's tenureStatistics Korea labour force survey via the OECD (infra-annual labour statistics), seasonally adjusted
- Inflation (CPI) during each president's tenureStatistics Korea consumer price index via the OECD prices database, all items
- House prices, real during each president's tenureOECD analytical house price indicators (RHP), the Korea Real Estate Board's index deflated by the CPI, seasonally adjusted
Mayors
- Regional GDP, real during each mayor's tenureStatistics Korea gross regional domestic product via the OECD regional database (TL3), constant prices, calendar years dated at mid-year
- Regional GDP per person during each mayor's tenureStatistics Korea gross regional domestic product per person via the OECD regional database (TL3), constant prices, calendar years dated at mid-year; a region that people commute into reads high
- Unemployment rate during each mayor's tenureStatistics Korea Economically Active Population Survey via the OECD regional database (TL3), 15 and over, annual averages dated at mid-year
- Employment rate, 15–64 during each mayor's tenureStatistics Korea Economically Active Population Survey via the OECD regional database (TL3), annual averages dated at mid-year
- Disposable income per person during each mayor's tenureStatistics Korea regional household accounts via the OECD regional database (TL3), net disposable income of households per person, adjusted for inflation with the CPI, calendar years dated at mid-year
- Population during each mayor's tenureStatistics Korea resident population via the OECD regional database (TL3), calendar years dated at mid-year
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