South Korea: Current account, in dollars
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| South Korea |
Current account balance, billion USD |
|---|---|
| Latest value | 123.05 |
| Year | 2025 |
| Measure | billion U.S. dollars |
| Data availability | 1976 - 2025 |
| Average | 24.42 |
| Min - Max | -24.46 - 123.05 |
| Source | The World Bank |
| Available for | Data download |
The latest value from 2025 is 123.05 billion U.S. dollars, an increase from 99.97 billion U.S. dollars in 2024. In comparison, the world average is 2.94 billion U.S. dollars, based on data from 94 countries. Historically, the average for South Korea from 1976 to 2025 is 24.42 billion U.S. dollars. The minimum value, -24.46 billion U.S. dollars, was reached in 1996 while the maximum of 123.05 billion U.S. dollars was recorded in 2025.
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| Recent values | South Korea: Current account, in dollars |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 123.05 |
| 2024 | 99.97 |
| 2023 | 32.53 |
| 2022 | 23.24 |
| 2021 | 83.88 |
| 2020 | 76.50 |
| 2019 | 59.68 |
| 2018 | 77.47 |
Definition: Current account balance is the sum of net exports of goods and services, net primary income, and net secondary income. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
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|---|---|---|---|
| Terms of trade | 88.30 | 2024 | percent |
| Trade openness | 86.36 | 2025 | percent |
| Financial openness | 2.290 | 2022 | index points |
| Exports, percent of GDP | 45.76 | 2025 | percent |
| Exports, billion dollars | 856.86 | 2025 | billion U.S. dollars |
| Growth of exports | 4.22 | 2025 | percent |
| Imports, percent of GDP | 40.60 | 2025 | percent |
| Imports, billion dollars | 760.16 | 2025 | billion U.S. dollars |
| Foreign Direct Investment, percent of GDP | 0.84 | 2025 | percent |
| Foreign Direct Investment, billion dollars | 12.86 | 2024 | billion U.S. dollars |
| Portfolio investment inflows, equities | 2,385.80 | 2024 | million dollars (current) |
| Current account, percent of GDP | 6.57 | 2025 | percent |
| Current account, in dollars | 123.05 | 2025 | billion U.S. dollars |
| Current Account, quarterly | 15.95 | 3/2026 | percent |
| Trade balance, percent of GDP | 5.16 | 2025 | percent |
| Trade balance, in dollars | 81.48 | 2024 | billion U.S. dollars |
| Reserves | 436.57 | 2025 | billion U.S. dollars |
| Remittances, percent of GDP | 0.39 | 2024 | percent |
| Remittances | 7,070.90 | 2025 | million U.S. dollars |
| Net errors and omissions | -3,548.30 | 2025 | million USD |
| External debt | 35.88 | 2024 | percent |
| Short-term external debt | 21.78 | 2024 | percent |
| Short-term debt to reserves | 35.04 | 2024 | percent |
| External debt in foreign currencies | 69.87 | 2024 | percent |