Date of last update : 21/Feb/2019
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 | Q3/18 | 456,121.9 | 446,044.4 | |
* Gross Domestic Product (chained 2010 year prices) | Billion won advance estimate | Q4/18 | 404,060.6 | 400,197.8 | |
Production Index | 2015=100 | Dec/18 | 106.1 | 109.1 | KOSIS |
Forward-looking indicators | |||||
* Leading composite Index![]() |
2015=100 | Dec/18 | 113.7 | 113.6 | KOSIS |
* Business Survey Index![]() |
Jan/19 | 69 | 72 | BOK | |
Employment persons | Thousand persons | Jan/19 | 26,231.6 | 26,638 | KOSIS |
Unemployment rate percent (Seasonally adjusted)![]() |
% of labor force, SA | Jan/19 | 4.4 | 3.8 | KOSIS |
Wages/Earnings![]() |
2015=100 | Nov/18 | 102 | 104.5 | MOEL |
Consumer Price Index | 2015=100 | Jan/19 | 104.2 | 104.4 | KOSIS |
Producer Price Index(PPI) | 2010=100 | Dec/18 | 104.1 | 104.6 | 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 | 2016 | 568,032 | 534,557 | |
* Expenditure | Billion won | 2016 | 482,889 | 470,169 | |
* Net operating balance | Billion won | 2016 | 85,144 | 64,388 | |
* Net acquisition of nonfinancial assets | Billion won | 2016 | 42,282 | 44,885 | |
* Net lending / borrowing | Billion won | 2016 | 42,861 | 19,502 | |
Central Government Operations | MOSF | ||||
* Revenue | Billion won | Nov/18 | 408,637 | 381,115 | |
* Expenditure | Billion won | Nov/18 | 371,229 | 352,462 | |
* Balance, Deficit/Surplus![]() |
Billion won | Nov/18 | 37,409 | 28,653 | |
* Financing | Billion won | Nov/18 | 16,639 | -12,109 | |
Central Government Debt | MOSF | ||||
* Total gross outstanding of the central government debt | Billion won | Nov/17 | 634,162 | 629,363 | |
* Debt by original maturity | Billion won | Nov/17 | 634,162 | 629,363 | |
* Debt by debt instrument | Billion won | Nov/17 | 634,162 | 629,363 | |
* Debt by residency | Billion won | Nov/17 | 634,162 | 629,363 | |
* Central Government guaranteed debt![]() |
Billion won | Nov/17 | 21,142 | 19,512 |
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 | Dec/18 | r2,700,362.4 | r2,687,143 | |
* Domestic claims (End of month) | Billion won | Dec/18 | r2,995,619.8 | r2,964,873.3 | |
'- public sector![]() |
Billion won | Dec/18 | r-175,033.6 | r-182,742.1 | |
- private sector![]() |
Billion won | Dec/18 | r3,170,653.4 | r3,147,615.4 | |
* External position(Net foreign assets) | Billion won | Dec/18 | r575,539.6 | r587,259.6 | |
- Gross foreign assets | Billion won | Dec/18 | r856,457 | r874,906.3 | |
- Gross foreign liabilities | Billion won | Dec/18 | r280,917.4 | r287,646.6 | |
Analytical Accounts of the Central Bank | BOK | ||||
* Monetary base | Billion won | Jan/19 | p176,571.8 | r172,353.3 | |
* Domestic claims (End of month) | Billion won | Jan/19 | p-62,410.2 | r-171,304.2 | |
'- public sector![]() |
Billion won | Jan/19 | p-212,633 | r-218,341.6 | |
- private sector![]() |
Billion won | Jan/19 | p150,222.8 | r47,037.4 | |
* External position (Net foreign assets) | Billion won | Jan/19 | p386,597.5 | r495,428.1 | |
- Gross foreign assets![]() |
Billion won | Jan/19 | p411,784.5 | r550,455.4 | |
- Gross foreign liabilities | Billion won | Jan/19 | p25,187 | r55,027.3 | |
Interest Rates![]() |
BOK | ||||
* Bank of Korea Base Rate | % per year | Dec/18 | 1.8 | 1.8 | |
* Interest rates on liquidity adjustment loan | % per year | Dec/18 | 2.8 | 2.8 | |
* CBs & SBs![]() |
% per year | Dec/18 | 2.1 | 2 | |
* CBs & SBs weighted averages of interest rates on loans & discounts![]() |
% per year | Dec/18 | 3.7 | 3.7 | |
* Yields on Treasury bonds![]() |
% per year | Dec/18 | 1.8 | 1.8 | |
* Yields on Treasury bonds (period average rates, a maturity of 3 years) | % per year | Dec/18 | 1.8 | 1.9 | |
* Yields on Treasury bonds (period average rates, a maturity of 10 years) | % per year | Dec/18 | 2 | 2.2 |
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 | Dec/18 | 54,595.4 | 54,661.8 | |
* Exports of goods and services | US$ million | Dec/18 | 59,176.1 | 59,949.6 | |
* Balance of primary income | US$ million | Dec/18 | 1,043.1 | 490.7 | |
* Balance of secondary income | US$ million | Dec/18 | -804.5 | -554.9 | |
* Capital Account | US$ million | Dec/18 | 146.1 | -9.5 | |
* Financial Account | US$ million | Dec/18 | 5,439.1 | 3,871.3 | |
- Reserves Assets | US$ million | Dec/18 | 639.7 | -42 | |
International Reserves (Official Reserve assets) | US$ million | Jan/19 | 405,513.2 | 403,694.3 | BOK |
* foreign currency reserves | US$ million | Jan/19 | 394,490.4 | 392,582.1 | |
* IMF Reserve Position | US$ million | Jan/19 | 2,175.5 | 2,140.4 | |
* SDRs | US$ million | Jan/19 | 3,394.1 | 3,426.6 | |
* Gold | US$ million | Jan/19 | 4,794.8 | 4,794.8 | |
* Other Reserves Assets | US$ million | Jan/19 | 658.4 | 750.4 | |
International Reserves and Foreign Currency liquidity | US$ million | Dec/18 | BOK | ||
Merchandise Trade | KCS | ||||
*Total exports (FOB value) | US$ million | Jan/19 | 46,325.2 | 48,206.8 | |
*Total imports (CIF value) | US$ million | Jan/19 | 45,031.3 | 44,024.7 | |
International Investment Position | US$ million | BOK | |||
*Assets(A) | Q3/18 | 1,527,919.8 | 1,494,722.1 | ||
*Liabilities(B) | Q3/18 | 1,187,136.3 | 1,173,651.2 | ||
*Net International Investment Position(A-B) | Q3/18 | 340,783.5 | 321,070.9 | ||
Gross External Debt | US$ million | Q3/18 | 449,529.1 | 440,543.6 | BOK |
(Population Projections for Korea) | Thousand persons | 2019 | 51,811.2 | 51,635.3 | KOSIS |