South Korea Q3 2025 GDP, this is the preliminary reading.

+1.2% q/q, fastest pace in a year and a half

• expected +0.9%, prior +0.7%
• strong exports, +1.5% q/q (but down from +4.5% in Q2)
• solid private consumption (government’s supplementary budget and cash subsidies helped)

+1.7% y/y

• expected +1.5%, prior +0.6%

The data comes from South Korea’s central bank, the Bank of Korea.

The bank also provides data for:

• private consumption during the quarter +1.3% q/q
• construction investment -0.1% q/q
• facility investment +2.4% q/q

This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at investinglive.com.