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Current Account Balance / South Korea
External Sector

South Korea Current Account Balance

South Korea current account balance data with historical trend, latest available year, ranking, source notes and country comparison. Latest value: 6.57.
COUNTRY: South Korea
UNIT: percent of GDP
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
CACHE: live
UPDATED: 2026-09-14 05:10:53
Economy Data Rating
South Korea · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
AA
85 / 100
Very strong stability
Fiscal stability 22.4 / 25
Macroeconomic stability 18 / 20
External stability 11.4 / 15
Financial robustness 11.7 / 15
Structural stability 10 / 10
Future capacity 10 / 10
Demographic capacity 2.5 / 5
Method: Economy Data 7-pillar stability model with structural financial robustness adjustment. This is a transparent Economy Data heuristic, not an official sovereign credit rating. Data coverage: 83% of weighted inputs available.
Time range: 1976–2025 1976– 2025
1976 2025
Selected year: 2025 · Value: n/a 2025

South Korea · current account balance as a percentage of gdp.

1976–2025
6.57 percent of GDP
5.33 percent of GDP
4.19 percent of GDP
21 selected year
max 8 6 4 2 0
1976 1986 1996 2006 2016 2025
current account balance rate reference line

Countries by current account balance

full ranking
Country Rate Class
Tuvalu 40.03
Macao 33.73
Kuwait 22.7
Marshall Islands 21.87
Brunei 18.01
Ireland 17.4
Tajikistan 17.1
Singapore 16.71

Interpretation

short note

This external-sector indicator helps assess cross-border flows, reserves and external vulnerability.

Values should be interpreted together with country context, time range, source coverage and related macroeconomic indicators.

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Comparison

latest
China 3.77
India -0.42
Japan 4.86
United States -3.63
Germany 4.51

Related indicators

internal links
Exports NE.EXP.GNFS.ZS
Imports NE.IMP.GNFS.ZS
Trade Openness NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS
Foreign Reserves FI.RES.TOTL.CD
Official Exchange Rate PA.NUS.FCRF

Source layer

planned

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Provider: worldbank · Indicator code: BN.CAB.XOKA.GD.ZS

Cache: live · Updated: 2026-09-14 05:10:53

South Korea Snapshot

country profile
Population 51.75 m
GDP 1872.37 bn
Debt/GDP 48.55%
Inflation 2.12%
Unemployment 2.68%
Currency n/a
Region Asia
Income group High income

South Korea Current Account Balance: data context and use

This page is part of the Economy Data indicator system. It provides structured country-level economic data, historical series, rankings and comparison views for researchers, students, journalists and decision makers. The page combines indicator metadata, country context, latest available values, ranking information and source notes.

The selected indicator is Current Account Balance for South Korea. The data are designed for quick comparison across countries and for deeper interpretation together with related macroeconomic indicators such as GDP growth, government debt, unemployment, current account balance, exports, imports, population and inequality.

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