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South Korea: Current account (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1975–2025 · 51 observations · forecasts to 2031 · CA_GDP

2025
6.57%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+2.0 pointsfrom 4.57%
Average, 2016–2025
4.14%10 years
Record high and low
10.3% (1998)low −10.1% (1980)

Current account (% of GDP)

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-15%-10%-5%0%5%10%15%198019902000201020202030South KoreaSouth Korea
ForecastPercent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
20315.46Forecast
20305.48Forecast
20295.44Forecast
20285.33Forecast
20275.45Forecast
20264.25Forecast
20256.57
20244.57
20231.94
20221.34
20214.37
20204.28
20193.41
20184.25
20174.40
20166.22

Sources

  • OECD Economic Outlook1975–2025
  • WDI (archive)1976–1997
  • IMF International Financial Statistics1976–2025
  • World Development Indicators1976–2025
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2025
  • OECD Key Economic Indicators1980–2025
  • OECD Economic Outlook (forecast)2025–2027
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2031

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South Korea documentation (PDF)

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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