Country Subject Descriptor Units Scale Country/Series-specific Notes 1997

1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Estimates
Start After
Korea General government net lending/borrowing Percent of GDP Source:
Ministry of Finance or Treasury Latest actual data: 2017 Notes: The series on
general government debt does not include non-market non-profit institutions. Fiscal
assumptions: The medium-term forecast incorporates the medium-term path for the
overall fiscal balance in the 2020 budget and medium-term fiscal plan announced by
government. Start/end months of reporting year: January/December GFS Manual used:
Government Finance Statistics Manual (GFSM) 2001 Basis of recording: Cash General
government includes: Central Government;. For government gross/net debt only,
general government includes central government and local governments. The series on
general government debt does not include non-market non-profit institutions.
Valuation of public debt: Nominal value Instruments included in gross and net debt:
Currency and Deposits; Securities Other than Shares; Loans 2.394 1.130 1.187 4.050
2.508 3.346 1.564 0.090 0.823 1.033 2.075 1.457 0.017 1.467 1.622 1.490 0.619
0.397 0.522 1.646 2.188 2.569 0.862 -1.842 -1.567 2017
Korea Current account balance Percent of GDP Source: Central Bank Latest
actual data: 2019 BOP Manual used: Balance of Payments and International Investment
Position Manual, sixth edition (BPM6) -1.898 10.464 4.379 1.767 0.395
0.648 1.609 3.693 1.306 0.199 0.893 0.167 3.506 2.443 1.328 3.816 5.636 5.594
7.172 6.528 4.633 4.502 3.690 4.946 4.822 2019

International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook Database, April 2020