South Korea vs Vietnam: Services, value added

South Korea
1,524.17 trillion current LCU
in 2025
Vietnam
5,491.55 trillion current LCU
in 2025
South Korea rank
4th
Vietnam rank
3rd

Services, value added over time

  • South Korea
  • Vietnam
02,000.0T4,000.0T6,000.0T196019922025

How they compare

Vietnam currently reports 5,491.55 trillion current LCU against 1,524.17 trillion current LCU in South Korea, a difference of 3,967.38 trillion current LCU.

That makes Vietnam's figure about 3.6 times South Korea's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 40 shared years of data; in 1986 it was South Korea ahead.

Globally, South Korea ranks 4th and Vietnam ranks 3rd of 205 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Services, value added (current LCU)
Unit
current LCU
Source
Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
205 places, 8,629 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Services industries correspond to ISIC (Rev. 4) divisions 45-99 and includes wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles, hotels and restaurants, transport, storage and communication, financial intermediation, real estate, renting and business activities, public administration and defence, compulsory social security, education, health and social work, other community, social and personal service activities, private households with employed persons, and extra-territorial organizations and bodies. Value added is the contribution to the economy by a producer or an industry or an institutional sector, which is estimated by the total value of output produced and deducting the total value of intermediate consumption of goods and services used to produce that output. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This series is expressed in local currency units.