Korean Won Exchange Rate

Find out your currency’s Korean Won exchange rate. Look at the following tables for at-a-glance comparison of Korean currency (Won, KRW) conversions.

There are tables of South Korean currency conversions for exchange rates in countries in the following areas:

• Key Trading Partners
• All Countries

South Korean Currency

The currency used in South Korea is the Won.

A quick look down the tables will allow you to compare currencies. The tables show you one column with the local currency value of one Korean Won (KRW) and one column with the value of one unit of the local currency in Korean Won.


Key Trading Partners with South Korea (Export and Import, 2010)
According the World Factbook, there were approximately $466.3 billion (US Dollars) worth of exports from South Korea in 2010 ($373.6 billion worth in 2009); which consisted of semiconductors, wireless telecommunications equipment, motor vehicles, computers, steel, ships, and petrochemicals.

Imports to the country were valued at approximately $417.9 billion in 2010 ($317.5 billion in 2009); mainly machinery, electronics and electronic equipment, oil, steel, transport equipment, organic chemicals, and plastics.

The following list shows the most important trading partners with South Korea for both exports and imports (2009) by percentage value.

Export:

China	23.9%
US	10.4%
Japan	6.0%
Hong Kong	5.4%

Import:

China	16.8%
Japan	15.3%
US	9.0%
Saudi Arabia	6.1%
Australia	4.6%

Source: CIA World Factbook


Exchange Rate Table of Key Trading Partners and Major Markets against the South Korean Currency (KRW)


Exchange Rate Table of All Countries against Korean Won (KRW)


Korean Won exchange rate - quick converter

Do you have a South Korea travel website? Would you like to exchange links with me? Contact me here


Return from Korean Won exchange rate page to currency list

Return to the home page