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Interest Payments / South Korea
Public Finance

South Korea Interest Payments

Current and historical interest payments data for South Korea, including latest value (4.51), trend, international ranking, comparison and source notes.
COUNTRY: South Korea
UNIT: percent of revenue
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
CACHE: partial
UPDATED: 2026-06-05T19:14:49+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: 1972–2023 1972– 2023
1972 2023
Selected year: 2023 · Value: n/a 2023

South Korea · interest payments as a percentage of government revenue.

1972–2023
4.51 percent of revenue
3.6 percent of revenue
4.12 percent of revenue
39 selected year
max 8 6 4 2 0
1972 1982 1992 2002 2012 2022 2023
interest payments rate reference line

Countries by interest payments

full ranking
Country Rate Class
India 33.98 high
Egypt 33.25 high
Bahrain 31.94 high
Brazil 30.09 high
Kenya 24.28 high
Ghana 21.58 medium
Bangladesh 20.83 medium
United States 20.29 medium

Interpretation

short note

This public finance indicator helps assess fiscal capacity, budget pressure and the role of government.

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

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Comparison

latest
China 3.44
India 33.98
Singapore 0.47
United States 20.29
Germany 2.48

Related indicators

internal links
Government Debt GC.DOD.TOTL.GD.ZS
Government Revenue GC.REV.XGRT.GD.ZS
Government Expense GC.XPN.TOTL.GD.ZS
Fiscal Balance GC.BAL.CASH.GD.ZS
GDP Growth NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG

Source layer

planned

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Provider: worldbank · Indicator code: GC.XPN.INTP.RV.ZS

Cache: partial · Updated: 2026-06-05T19:14:49+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 Interest Payments: 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 Interest Payments 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.

Keyphrase synonyms: south korea interest payments rate, interest payments data south korea, south korea interest payments statistics, south korea percent of revenue.