Date of last update : 30/June/2022
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 | Q1/22 | 509,565.8 | 544,841.8 | |
* Gross Domestic Product (chained 2015 year prices) | Billion won preliminary, SA | Q1/22 | 488,321.7 | 485,245.4 | |
Production Index | 2015=100 | May/22 | 120.8 | 118.7 | KOSIS |
Forward-looking indicators | |||||
* Leading composite Index![]() |
2015=100 | May/22 | 128.7 | 128.2 | KOSIS |
* Business Survey Index![]() |
Jun/22 | 82 | 86 | BOK | |
Employment persons | Thousand persons | May/22 | 28,485.0 | 28,078.0 | KOSIS |
Unemployment rate percent (Seasonally adjusted)![]() |
% of labor force, SA | May/22 | 2.8 | 2.7 | KOSIS |
Wages/Earnings![]() |
2015=100 | Apr/22 | 118.0 | 127.5 | MOEL |
Consumer Price Index | 2020=100 | May/22 | 107.6 | 106.9 | KOSIS |
Producer Price Index(PPI) | 2015=100 | May/22 | 119.2 | 118.6 | 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![]() |
MOEF | ||||
* Revenue | Billion won | 2020 | 665,782 | 655,480 | |
* Expenditure | Billion won | 2020 | 670,419 | 590,596 | |
* Net operating balance | Billion won | 2020 | -4,637 | 64,884 | |
* Net acquisition of nonfinancial assets | Billion won | 2020 | 47,746 | 48,551 | |
* Net lending / borrowing | Billion won | 2020 | -52,384 | 16,333 | |
Central Government Operations | MOEF | ||||
* Revenue | Billion won | Apr/22 | 236,310 | 163,140 | |
* Expenditure | Billion won | Apr/22 | 257,627 | 196,285 | |
* Balance, Deficit/Surplus![]() |
Billion won | Apr/22 | -21,317 | -33,145 | |
* Financing | Billion won | Apr/22 | 21,317 | 33,145 | |
Central Government Debt | MOEF | ||||
* Total gross outstanding of the central government debt | Billion won | Q1/22 | 981,941 | 939,144 | |
* Debt by original maturity | Billion won | Q1/22 | 981,941 | 939,144 | |
* Debt by debt instrument | Billion won | Q1/22 | 981,941 | 939,144 | |
* Debt by residency | Billion won | Q1/22 | 981,941 | 939,144 | |
* Central Government guaranteed debt![]() |
Billion won | Q1/22 | 10,750 | 10,930 |
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 | May/22 | 3,695,622.1 | 3,673,715.3 | |
* Domestic claims (End of month) | Billion won | May/22 | 4,256,133.0 | 4,223,545.1 | |
'- public sector![]() |
Billion won | May/22 | -135,078.8 | -136,039.2 | |
- private sector![]() |
Billion won | May/22 | 4,391,211.8 | 4,359,584.3 | |
* External position(Net foreign assets) | Billion won | May/22 | 664,526.4 | 672,036.3 | |
- Gross foreign assets | Billion won | May/22 | 1,092,460.2 | 1,102,979.4 | |
- Gross foreign liabilities | Billion won | May/22 | 427,933.8 | 430,943.1 | |
Analytical Accounts of the Central Bank | BOK | ||||
* Monetary base | Billion won | May/22 | 266,072.0 | 263,730.4 | |
* Domestic claims (End of month) | Billion won | May/22 | 74,303.4 | -116,005.1 | |
'- public sector![]() |
Billion won | May/22 | 32,720.1 | -223,566.9 | |
- private sector![]() |
Billion won | May/22 | 41,583.3 | 107,561.8 | |
* External position (Net foreign assets) | Billion won | May/22 | 416,464.3 | 593,284.8 | |
- Gross foreign assets![]() |
Billion won | May/22 | 455,953.1 | 659,223.6 | |
- Gross foreign liabilities | Billion won | May/22 | 39,488.8 | 65,938.8 | |
Interest Rates![]() |
BOK | ||||
* Bank of Korea Base Rate | % per year | May/22 | 1.8 | 1.5 | |
* Interest rates on liquidity adjustment loan | % per year | May/22 | 2.8 | 2.5 | |
* CBs & SBs![]() |
% per year | May/22 | 2.0 | 1.9 | |
* CBs & SBs weighted averages of interest rates on loans & discounts![]() |
% per year | May/22 | 3.7 | 3.6 | |
* Yields on Treasury bonds![]() |
% per year | May/22 | 2.0 | 2.0 | |
* Yields on Treasury bonds (period average rates, a maturity of 3 years) | % per year | May/22 | 3.0 | 2.9 | |
* Yields on Treasury bonds (period average rates, a maturity of 10 years) | % per year | May/22 | 3.3 | 3.2 | |
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 | Apr/22 | 66,643.0 | 70,123.4 | |
* Exports of goods and services | US$ million | Apr/22 | 70,163.4 | 76,118.9 | |
* Balance of primary income | US$ million | Apr/22 | -3,246.0 | 1,150.3 | |
* Balance of secondary income | US$ million | Apr/22 | -353.7 | -88.2 | |
* Capital Account | US$ million | Apr/22 | -8.6 | 43.4 | |
* Financial Account | US$ million | Apr/22 | 1,697.3 | 5,658.7 | |
- Reserves Assets | US$ million | Apr/22 | -2,984.1 | -4,232.7 | |
International Reserves (Official Reserve assets) | US$ million | May/22 | 447,711.1 | 449,297.7 | BOK |
* foreign currency reserves | US$ million | May/22 | 422,554.1 | 424,357.1 | |
* IMF Reserve Position | US$ million | May/22 | 3,370.1 | 3,346.8 | |
* SDRs | US$ million | May/22 | 15,081.2 | 14,977.1 | |
* Gold | US$ million | May/22 | 4,794.8 | 4,794.8 | |
* Other Reserves Assets | US$ million | May/22 | 1,910.9 | 1,821.9 | |
International Reserves and Foreign Currency liquidity | US$ million | May/31 | BOK | ||
Merchandise Trade | KCS | ||||
*Total exports (FOB value) | US$ million | May/22 | 61,509.5 | 57,858.2 | |
*Total imports (CIF value) | US$ million | May/22 | 63,219.5 | 60,323.0 | |
International Investment Position | US$ million | BOK | |||
*Assets(A) | Q1/22 | 2,189,299.2 | 2,178,403.9 | ||
*Liabilities(B) | Q1/22 | 1,493,319.5 | 1,518,839.0 | ||
*Net International Investment Position(A-B) | Q1/22 | 695,979.7 | 659,564.9 | ||
Gross External Debt | US$ million | Q1/22 | 654,097.8 | 632,393.6 | BOK |
(Population Projections for Korea) | Thousand persons | 2022 | 51,628.1 | 51,744.9 | KOSIS |