Date of last update : 13/Apr/2021
Unless otherwise indicated, the data are not seasonally adjusted.
Unless otherwise indicated, the data are final when first released.
Unit Description | Observations | Links to Country Data |
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Period of Latest Data |
Latest Data | Previous Data | |||
National Accounts | BOK | ||||
* Gross Domestic Product (current prices) | Billion won preliminary | Q4/20 | 502,740.9 | 491,181.5 | |
* Gross Domestic Product (chained 2015 year prices) | Billion won preliminary, SA | Q4/20 | 463,395 | 457,783.7 | |
Production Index | 2015=100 | Feb/21 | 99.8 | 108.8 | KOSIS |
Forward-looking indicators | |||||
* Leading composite Index![]() |
2015=100 | Feb/21 | 124.7 | 124.1 | KOSIS |
* Business Survey Index![]() |
Mar/21 | 83 | 76 | BOK | |
Employment persons | Thousand persons | Feb/21 | 26,364.6 | 25,818.1 | KOSIS |
Unemployment rate percent (Seasonally adjusted)![]() |
% of labor force, SA | Feb/21 | 4 | 5.4 | KOSIS |
Wages/Earnings![]() |
2015=100 | Jan/21 | 129.5 | 133.8 | MOEL |
Consumer Price Index | 2015=100 | Mar/21 | 107.2 | 107 | KOSIS |
Producer Price Index(PPI) | 2015=100 | Feb/21 | 105.9 | 105.1 | BOK |
Unit Description | Observations | Links to Country Data | |||
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Period of Latest Data | Latest Data | Previous Data | |||
General Government or public sector Operations![]() |
MOSF | ||||
* Revenue | Billion won | 2019 | 655,480 | 633,788 | |
* Expenditure | Billion won | 2019 | 590,596 | 537,798 | |
* Net operating balance | Billion won | 2019 | 64,884 | 95,990 | |
* Net acquisition of nonfinancial assets | Billion won | 2019 | 48,551 | 37,139 | |
* Net lending / borrowing | Billion won | 2019 | 16,333 | 58,851 | |
Central Government Operations | MOSF | ||||
* Revenue | Billion won | Nov/20 | 408,760 | 382,798 | |
* Expenditure | Billion won | Nov/20 | 472,025 | 441,754 | |
* Balance, Deficit/Surplus![]() |
Billion won | Nov/20 | -63,264 | -58,956 | |
* Financing | Billion won | Nov/20 | 63,264 | 58,956 | |
Central Government Debt | MOSF | ||||
* Total gross outstanding of the central government debt | Billion won | Q4/20 | 814,921 | 800,311.9 | |
* Debt by original maturity | Billion won | Q4/20 | 814,921 | 800,311.9 | |
* Debt by debt instrument | Billion won | Q4/20 | 814,921 | 800,311.9 | |
* Debt by residency | Billion won | Q4/20 | 814,921 | 800,311.9 | |
* Central Government guaranteed debt![]() |
Billion won | Q4/20 | 12,490 | 14,400 |
Unit Description | Observations | Links to Country Data | |||
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Period of Latest Data | Latest Data | Previous Data | |||
Analytical Accounts of the Banking Sector (Monetary Survey) | BOK | ||||
* Monetary aggregates(M2, broad, end of month ) | Billion won | Feb/21 | r3,289,214.2 | r3,232,213.3 | |
* Domestic claims (End of month) | Billion won | Feb/21 | r3,700,547 | r3,642,237.9 | |
'- public sector![]() |
Billion won | Feb/21 | r-146,787.7 | r-164,891.9 | |
- private sector![]() |
Billion won | Feb/21 | r3,847,334.6 | r3,807,129.8 | |
* External position(Net foreign assets) | Billion won | Feb/21 | r627,649 | r628,483.5 | |
- Gross foreign assets | Billion won | Feb/21 | r947,621.9 | r949,251.6 | |
- Gross foreign liabilities | Billion won | Feb/21 | r319,972.9 | r320,768.1 | |
Analytical Accounts of the Central Bank | BOK | ||||
* Monetary base | Billion won | Mar/21 | p234,685 | r236,265.6 | |
* Domestic claims (End of month) | Billion won | Mar/21 | p68,280 | r-142,866.9 | |
'- public sector![]() |
Billion won | Mar/21 | p30,180.9 | r-221,773 | |
- private sector![]() |
Billion won | Mar/21 | p38,099.1 | r78,906.1 | |
* External position (Net foreign assets) | Billion won | Mar/21 | p414,467.1 | r551,761.2 | |
- Gross foreign assets![]() |
Billion won | Mar/21 | p439,476.2 | r600,881 | |
- Gross foreign liabilities | Billion won | Mar/21 | p25,009.1 | r49,119.7 | |
Interest Rates![]() |
BOK | ||||
* Bank of Korea Base Rate | % per year | Feb/21 | 0.5 | 0.5 | |
* Interest rates on liquidity adjustment loan | % per year | Feb/21 | 1 | 1 | |
* CBs & SBs![]() |
% per year | Feb/21 | 0.9 | 0.9 | |
* CBs & SBs weighted averages of interest rates on loans & discounts![]() |
% per year | Feb/21 | 2.7 | 2.7 | |
* Yields on Treasury bonds![]() |
% per year | Feb/21 | 0.7 | 0.7 | |
* Yields on Treasury bonds (period average rates, a maturity of 3 years) | % per year | Feb/21 | 1 | 1 | |
* Yields on Treasury bonds (period average rates, a maturity of 10 years) | % per year | Feb/21 | 1.8 | 1.7 |
Unit Description | Observations | Links to Country Data | |||
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Period of Latest Data | Latest Data | Previous Data | |||
Balance of Payments (BOP)![]() |
BOK | ||||
* Imports of goods and services | US$ million | Feb/21 | 46,863.8 | 50,140.8 | |
* Exports of goods and services | US$ million | Feb/21 | 53,040.7 | 55,268.3 | |
* Balance of primary income | US$ million | Feb/21 | 2,116.3 | 2,355 | |
* Balance of secondary income | US$ million | Feb/21 | -259 | -422.5 | |
* Capital Account | US$ million | Feb/21 | -16.1 | -12.4 | |
* Financial Account | US$ million | Feb/21 | 7,427.1 | 5,280.6 | |
- Reserves Assets | US$ million | Feb/21 | 2,242.7 | -304.3 | |
International Reserves (Official Reserve assets) | US$ million | Mar/21 | 446,127.4 | 447,557.5 | BOK |
* foreign currency reserves | US$ million | Mar/21 | 432,555.3 | 433,722.4 | |
* IMF Reserve Position | US$ million | Mar/21 | 4,598.6 | 4,812 | |
* SDRs | US$ million | Mar/21 | 3,511.4 | 3,585.2 | |
* Gold | US$ million | Mar/21 | 4,794.8 | 4,794.8 | |
* Other Reserves Assets | US$ million | Mar/21 | 667.3 | 643.1 | |
International Reserves and Foreign Currency liquidity | US$ million | Feb/21 | BOK | ||
Merchandise Trade | KCS | ||||
*Total exports (FOB value) | US$ million | Feb/21 | 44,809.5 | 48,015.1 | |
*Total imports (CIF value) | US$ million | Feb/21 | 42,193.3 | 44,252.9 | |
International Investment Position | US$ million | BOK | |||
*Assets(A) | Q4/20 | 1,936,057 | 1,806,152.2 | ||
*Liabilities(B) | Q4/20 | 1,494,613.1 | 1,253,041.5 | ||
*Net International Investment Position(A-B) | Q4/20 | 441,443.9 | 553,110.7 | ||
Gross External Debt | US$ million | Q4/20 | 542,448.4 | 510,961.1 | BOK |
(Population Projections for Korea) | Thousand persons | 2021 | 51,821.7 | 51,780.6 | KOSIS |