Current account balance (quarterly, % of GDP)
OECDPeriod 2017-Q1~2026-Q2Retrieved 2026-11-09
The quarterly current account balance as a share of GDP. Positive means a surplus.
2017-Q1: 5% → 2026-Q2: 20.85% (up 15.85 pp). Highest: 2026-Q2 (20.85%).
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| Quarter | Current account balance (quarterly, % of GDP) |
|---|---|
| 2017-Q1 | 4.9989 |
| 2017-Q2 | 3.8019 |
| 2017-Q3 | 4.7083 |
| 2017-Q4 | 4.0959 |
| 2018-Q1 | 3.5657 |
| 2018-Q2 | 4.4973 |
| 2018-Q3 | 5.3335 |
| 2018-Q4 | 3.5889 |
| 2019-Q1 | 3.3204 |
| 2019-Q2 | 2.9225 |
| 2019-Q3 | 3.7689 |
| 2019-Q4 | 3.6236 |
| 2020-Q1 | 3.8687 |
| 2020-Q2 | 1.6475 |
| 2020-Q3 | 4.3773 |
| 2020-Q4 | 7.2417 |
| 2021-Q1 | 5.2286 |
| 2021-Q2 | 4.9156 |
| 2021-Q3 | 3.9546 |
| 2021-Q4 | 3.1632 |
| 2022-Q1 | 4.3123 |
| 2022-Q2 | 2.3238 |
| 2022-Q3 | -0.9785 |
| 2022-Q4 | -0.9297 |
| 2023-Q1 | -1.2359 |
| 2023-Q2 | 0.8197 |
| 2023-Q3 | 2.9249 |
| 2023-Q4 | 4.498 |
| 2024-Q1 | 4.8193 |
| 2024-Q2 | 5.3211 |
| 2024-Q3 | 5.2001 |
| 2024-Q4 | 5.9358 |
| 2025-Q1 | 5.9346 |
| 2025-Q2 | 6.1088 |
| 2025-Q3 | 6.4261 |
| 2025-Q4 | 7.6281 |
| 2026-Q1 | 15.9502 |
| 2026-Q2 | 20.8533 |
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Reference (APA 7th)
OECD. (2026). Key short-term economic indicators: Korea [Data set]. OECD Data Explorer. Retrieved November 9, 2026, from https://data-explorer.oecd.org/vis?df[ds]=dsDisseminateFinalDMZ&df[id]=DSD_KEI%40DF_KEI&df[ag]=OECD.SDD.STES
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