K-content Sales Reach 157 Trillion Won, Exports 14 Billion Dollars in 2024...Record-high Performance
Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism Releases "2025 Content Industry Survey"
Exports Exceed Imports Across All Sectors
Games Account for 60.4% of Exports... Broadcasting and Video Top in Sales
The Korean content industry achieved record-high sales and export performance simultaneously in 2024.
According to the "2025 Content Industry Survey" released by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on February 27, 2026, the total domestic sales of the content industry in 2024 reached 157.4021 trillion won, marking a 2.1% increase from the previous year.
During the same period, exports grew by 5.5% to 14.07543 billion dollars. The trade surplus, calculated by subtracting imports (915.56 million dollars) from exports, was also positive at 13.15987 billion dollars.
By sector, the broadcasting and video industry recorded the largest sales at 24.9943 trillion won (15.9% of the total). The knowledge information industry followed with 24.6991 trillion won (15.7%), the publishing industry with 24.2238 trillion won (15.4%), and the game industry with 23.8515 trillion won (15.2%). An official from the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism stated, "In all eleven sectors, exports exceeded imports."
The growth in exports was led by the game industry, which accounted for 8.50347 billion dollars, or 60.4% of total exports. The music industry recorded 1.80145 billion dollars, and the broadcasting and video industry reached 1.25718 billion dollars, respectively.
The industry ecosystem also expanded. The number of content industry businesses increased by 2.4% year-on-year to 120,875, and the number of employees grew by 3.4% to 688,121.
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Lim Sunghwan, Director of Cultural Industry Policy at the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, said, "K-content has once again proven its strength and competitiveness despite challenging external economic conditions. We will continue to strengthen policy support and actively facilitate overseas market entry so that K-content remains a core growth engine of the Korean economy."
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