South Korea's growth rate was the fifth highest among OECD member nations in the first quarter of this year. <br /> According to OECD data released on Sunday, South Korea's economy expanded one-point-one percent between January and March, ranking behind Latvia, Poland, Hungary and Chile. <br />South Korea posted the same growth rate as Mexico and Finland. <br />The average growth rate in the OECD during the cited period was half-a-percent.<br />The ranking marks a turnaround from the fourth quarter of last year, when South Korea's economy contracted by zero-point-two percent, ranking 34th out of the 35 OECD countries. <br />
