South Korea Current Account (% of GDP)
South Korea's overall balance with the rest of the world, trade in goods and services plus net investment income, as a share of GDP.
6.6%
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1976 to 2025
Source: World Bank BN.CAB.XOKA.GD.ZS · % of GDP, annual.
South Korea Current Account (% of GDP) in context
Worked out from the published series shown above.
In South Korea, the current account rose by 1.2pp in 2025, from 5.3% in 2024.
It is the highest reading since 2015.
Over the past five years it has ranged from 1.3% in 2022 to 6.6% in 2025.
Its average since 1976 is 1.1%, and the latest reading is above that.
South Korea is 6th of 35 countries in our Current Account to GDP by Country ranking.
How this series is defined
Everything you need to check the figure against the source.
- Source
- World Bank
- Series
- BN.CAB.XOKA.GD.ZS
- Frequency
- Annual
- Unit
- %
- Seasonal adjustment
- Not applicable, annual data
- Latest observation
- 2025
- Revision status
- Latest published estimate, subject to revision
Data refreshed 2026-11-06. Figures are the latest published observations and can be revised.
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