South Korea FDI Inflows

Current and historical fdi inflows data for South Korea, including latest value (0.69), trend, international ranking, comparison and source notes.
COUNTRY: South Korea
UNIT: percent of GDP
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
CACHE: partial
UPDATED: 2026-06-05T19:38:03+02:00
Economy Data Rating
South Korea · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
AA
86 / 100
Very strong stability
Fiscal stability 21.9 / 25
Macroeconomic stability 18.7 / 20
External stability 12.1 / 15
Financial robustness 11.7 / 15
Structural stability 10 / 10
Future capacity 10 / 10
Demographic capacity 2.7 / 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: 90% of weighted inputs available.
Time range: 2015–2024 20152024
2015 2024
Selected year: 2024 · Value: n/a 2024

South Korea · foreign direct investment net inflows as a percentage of gdp.

2015–2024
0.69 percent of GDP
1.01 percent of GDP
0.8 percent of GDP
56 selected year
max 8 6 4 2 0
2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2024
fdi inflows rate reference line

Countries by fdi inflows

full ranking
Country Rate Class
Luxembourg 113.62 high
Hong Kong 30.92 high
Singapore 24.68 high
Egypt 11.97 high
Oman 11.64 high
Iceland 8.52 medium
United Arab Emirates 8.26 medium
Serbia 6.2 medium

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.

Production version: show source, timestamp and fallback status here.

Comparison

latest
Japan 0.4
China 0.1
India 0.69
Germany 1.02

Related indicators

internal links
Current Account Balance BN.CAB.XOKA.GD.ZS
Exports NE.EXP.GNFS.ZS
Imports NE.IMP.GNFS.ZS
Trade Openness NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS

Source layer

planned

Production version should display source, timestamp and fallback status here.

Provider: worldbank · Indicator code: BX.KLT.DINV.WD.GD.ZS

Cache: partial · Updated: 2026-06-05T19:38:03+02:00

South Korea Snapshot

country profile
Population 51.75 m
GDP 1875.39 bn
Debt/GDP 48.55%
Inflation 2.32%
Unemployment 2.68%
Currency n/a
Region Asia
Income group High income

South Korea FDI Inflows: 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 FDI Inflows 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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