Exports accounted for about 56% of South Korea’s gross national income in 2013, compared to 34% in 2002 and just 15% in 1970. As a result, South Korea’s economy has become highly vulnerable to changes in external demand – a fact that became starkly apparent during the 2008 global economic crisis.
问题是上述政策导致韩国的经济增长过度依赖出口。出口占2013年韩国国民收入总值的56％左右，而该比例在2002年仅为34%，1970年仅为15%。这样一来，韩国经济非常容易受制于外部需求的变化——2008年全球经济危机期间这一事实变得尤其显著。