Current account balance in South Korea
The current account balance of South Korea was 6.6% of GDP in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest since 2015.
South Korea, 2025
6.6%
Change from 2024
+1.2percentage points
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2025
0.6%
Current account balance in South Korea over time
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South Korea
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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | South Korea |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 6.6% |
| 2024 | 5.3% |
| 2023 | 1.8% |
| 2022 | 1.3% |
| 2021 | 4.3% |
| 2020 | 4.4% |
| 2019 | 3.4% |
| 2018 | 4.2% |
| 2017 | 4.4% |
| 2016 | 6.2% |
| 2015 | 6.8% |
| 2014 | 5.3% |
| 2013 | 5.4% |
| 2012 | 3.7% |
| 2011 | 1.3% |
| 2010 | 2.3% |
| 2009 | 3.4% |
| 2008 | 0.2% |
| 2007 | 0.9% |
| 2006 | 0.2% |
| 2005 | 1.3% |
| 2004 | 3.6% |
| 2003 | 1.6% |
| 2002 | 0.6% |
| 2001 | 0.4% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +1.2 percentage points from 5.3% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 6.8%, the figure has changed by −0.3 percentage points.