South Korea: Trade balance as percent of GDP, 1960 - 2020:
For that indicator, we provide data for South Korea from 1960 to 2020. The average value for South Korea during that period was -1.62 percent with a minimum of -12.49 percent in 1968 and a maximum of 10.58 percent in 1998.
The latest value from 2020 is 3.68 percent. For comparison, the world average in 2020 based on 158
countries is -5.26 percent.
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The trade balance for South Korea and other countries is calculated as the difference between the exports and imports of goods and services, as percent of GDP. A positive number means trade surplus and a negative number means trade deficit.
Definition: External balance on goods and services (formerly resource balance) equals exports of goods and services minus imports of goods and services (previously nonfactor services).
