Debt by sector (households, businesses, government; % of GDP)
Bank for International Settlements (BIS)Period 2017-Q1~2026-Q1Retrieved 2026-11-09
Quarterly credit (debt) of households, non-financial businesses and government as a share of GDP (BIS, market value, break-adjusted).
2017-Q1: 82.9% → 2026-Q1: 85.1% (up 2.2 pp). Highest: 2021-Q3 (99.1%).
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| Quarter | Households (incl. NPISHs) | Non-financial corporations | Government |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-Q1 | 82.9 | 89.1 | 36.5 |
| 2017-Q2 | 83.6 | 89.7 | 36.4 |
| 2017-Q3 | 84.1 | 89.0 | 34.9 |
| 2017-Q4 | 84.8 | 87.8 | 34.1 |
| 2018-Q1 | 85.1 | 88.3 | 34.5 |
| 2018-Q2 | 85.5 | 88.9 | 35.1 |
| 2018-Q3 | 86.2 | 90.0 | 34.9 |
| 2018-Q4 | 86.8 | 90.4 | 34.7 |
| 2019-Q1 | 86.7 | 91.7 | 37.1 |
| 2019-Q2 | 87.3 | 93.6 | 38.1 |
| 2019-Q3 | 88.3 | 94.9 | 38.6 |
| 2019-Q4 | 89.6 | 95.5 | 37.1 |
| 2020-Q1 | 90.1 | 98.5 | 40.3 |
| 2020-Q2 | 92.5 | 101.4 | 42.6 |
| 2020-Q3 | 94.7 | 103.3 | 43.1 |
| 2020-Q4 | 97.1 | 103.6 | 42.1 |
| 2021-Q1 | 98.3 | 104.4 | 43.1 |
| 2021-Q2 | 98.7 | 105.2 | 43.0 |
| 2021-Q3 | 99.1 | 106.1 | 42.7 |
| 2021-Q4 | 98.6 | 106.8 | 42.5 |
| 2022-Q1 | 97.8 | 106.8 | 43.7 |
| 2022-Q2 | 97.7 | 108.1 | 42.4 |
| 2022-Q3 | 97.3 | 110.5 | 41.1 |
| 2022-Q4 | 97.1 | 111.5 | 41.4 |
| 2023-Q1 | 94.0 | 114.2 | 44.1 |
| 2023-Q2 | 94.1 | 114.2 | 44.1 |
| 2023-Q3 | 94.1 | 114.7 | 43.0 |
| 2023-Q4 | 93.0 | 113.0 | 43.9 |
| 2024-Q1 | 91.2 | 112.1 | 45.2 |
| 2024-Q2 | 90.2 | 111.4 | 45.2 |
| 2024-Q3 | 89.9 | 110.8 | 45.0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 89.4 | 110.5 | 43.4 |
| 2025-Q1 | 89.1 | 110.9 | 47.0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 89.4 | 110.3 | 47.6 |
| 2025-Q3 | 88.9 | 110.5 | 47.5 |
| 2025-Q4 | 88.1 | 109.9 | 45.4 |
| 2026-Q1 | 85.1 | 106.4 | 44.9 |
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Reference (APA 7th)
Bank for International Settlements. (2026). Credit to the non-financial sector: Korea [Data set]. BIS Data Portal. Retrieved November 9, 2026, from https://data.bis.org/topics/TOTAL_CREDIT
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