South Korea · Manufactures · % of merchandise exports

## What this measures

Manufactured goods as a share of South Korea's merchandise exports, one value per year.

## Why it matters

The move from commodity to manufactured exports is the classic sign of an economy diversifying.

## How to read it

Higher means exports are more manufactured goods. Commodity exporters sit below 30%.

## What it does not say

Counts goods only (no services) and says nothing about how much value was added at home.

## Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0 per the indicator's metadata), indicator `TX.VAL.MANF.ZS.UN`, annual, dated December 31. Read weekly by the sovereign-panel sync, which rewrites the history so revisions carry through. World Bank staff estimates from WITS; Palanor reads them only from the World Bank.