South Korea — Current account (% of GDP)
% of GDP · Annual · 1975–2031 · 57 observations
About this series
The current account balance records a country's net transactions with the rest of the world in goods, services, primary income, and secondary income. A balance can be positive, negative, or zero. This series expresses the aggregate as a percentage of GDP for the matching period.
South Korea's current account reading was 6.57% of GDP in 2025. The period change from 5.34% of GDP in 2024 was +1.24 percentage points.
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- Annual data, 1975–2031
- Quarterly data, 1975–2027
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Latest observations
2020–2031
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2031 | 5.46 % of GDP |
| 2030 | 5.48 % of GDP |
| 2029 | 5.44 % of GDP |
| 2028 | 5.33 % of GDP |
| 2027 | 5.45 % of GDP |
7 earlier values, back to 2020
| 2026 | 5.58 % of GDP |
| 2025 | 6.57 % of GDP |
| 2024 | 5.34 % of GDP |
| 2023 | 1.79 % of GDP |
| 2022 | 1.18 % of GDP |
| 2021 | 4.3 % of GDP |
| 2020 | 4.32 % of GDP |