Regional GDP per person during each mayor's tenure
6 mayors, ranked by how regional GDP per person changed from their first day in office, next to the province over the same months. Politare shows what happened during a tenure; it does not claim the office-holder caused it.
| # | Mayor | City | In office | Total | vs province | Per year | Chart |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DPK Park Won-soon | Seoul | 27 Oct 2011 – 9 Jul 2020 | +33.7% 2011 → 2020 | +10.7 pts province +23.0% | +3.3%/yr | |
| 2 | LKP Kwon Young-jin | Daegu | 1 Jul 2014 – 1 Jul 2022 from 2014 | +31.1% 2014 → 2022 | +7.6 pts province +23.5% | +3.4%/yr | |
| 3 | LKP Ahn Sang-soo | Incheon | 1 Jul 2002 – 1 Jul 2010 from 2002 | +28.2% 2002 → 2010 | −6.5 pts province +34.7% | +3.2%/yr | |
| 4 | N Moon Heap | Daegu | 1 Jul 1995 – 1 Jul 2002 from 1995 | +25.3% 1995 → 2002 | −15.4 pts province +40.7% | +3.3%/yr | |
| 5 | N Kim Bum-il | Daegu | 1 Jul 2006 – 1 Jul 2014 from 2006 | +23.6% 2006 → 2014 | −1.6 pts province +25.1% | +2.7%/yr | |
| 6 | UNDP Choi Ki-sun | Incheon | 1 Jul 1995 – 1 Jul 2002 from 1995 | +23.1% 1995 → 2002 | −17.6 pts province +40.7% | +3.0%/yr | |
| 7 | N Cho Hae-nyung | Daegu | 1 Jul 2002 – 1 Jul 2006 from 2002 | +17.6% 2002 → 2006 | +0.3 pts province +17.3% | +4.1%/yr | |
| 8 | PPP Oh Se-hoon | Seoul | 1 Jul 2006 – 27 Oct 2011 from 2006 | +16.8% 2006 → 2011 | +0.7 pts province +16.2% | +3.2%/yr | |
| 9 | DPK Yoon Jang-hyun | Gwangju | 1 Jul 2014 – 30 Jun 2018 from 2014 | +16.4% 2014 → 2017 | +7.5 pts province +8.9% | +5.2%/yr | |
| 10 | N Park Heong-joon | Busan | 8 Apr 2021 – now | +14.8% 2020 → 2024 | +2.2 pts province +12.6% | +3.5%/yr |
Showing 10 of 17 tenures.
Sorted by total, highest first. Every row is indexed to the last count complete before the first day in office ("from" marks a start that had to move because that count had no data, or because the period cut it); the province is measured over the same months. Levels are per cent changes, rates are differences in %; "per year" compounds levels and divides rates. Tenures with under 12 months, or under three observations, are left out. ₩ million per person, constant prices · Statistics 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 · metropolitan city data · as of Jul 2025.