Central government debt, total (% of GDP)

Korea, Rep. · % of GDP · published annual by World Bank Open Data

Aggregates

descriptive statistics over the recorded series
Latest
47.81
2024-01-01
Change vs previous period
−1.52%
Lowest on record
6.63
Highest on record
48.55
Median
34.82
Standard deviation
16.32
Observations
21
Consecutive moves
1 down

Series

% of GDP · annual
RANGE
VIEWSCALEDRAW
6.6327.5948.55% of GDP1990-01-012014-01-012024-01-011990-01-01: 7.22 % of GDP1991-01-01: 9.94 % of GDP1992-01-01: 9.68 % of GDP1993-01-01: 8.90 % of GDP1994-01-01: 7.91 % of GDP1995-01-01: 6.97 % of GDP1996-01-01: 6.63 % of GDP1997-01-01: 8.39 % of GDP2012-01-01: 31.02 % of GDP2013-01-01: 33.37 % of GDP2014-01-01: 34.82 % of GDP2015-01-01: 35.71 % of GDP2016-01-01: 36.15 % of GDP2017-01-01: 35.45 % of GDP2018-01-01: 35.52 % of GDP2019-01-01: 37.70 % of GDP2020-01-01: 43.78 % of GDP2021-01-01: 45.83 % of GDP2022-01-01: 47.61 % of GDP2023-01-01: 48.55 % of GDP2024-01-01: 47.81 % of GDP
21 periods · % of GDP · line view · hover for crosshair · wheel to zoom · drag to pan in bounded ranges · source annotations · local drawing tools
Values are shown at the frequency the source published them; nothing is interpolated or converted. A period without a published value breaks the line instead of being drawn as zero. No value in this series has been revised so far.

Observations

21 of 21 observations, most recent first
PeriodValueRevisionPublishedReceived (UTC)
2024-01-0147.8102026-07-13Unavailable
2023-01-0148.5502026-07-13Unavailable
2022-01-0147.6102026-07-13Unavailable
2021-01-0145.8302026-07-13Unavailable
2020-01-0143.7802026-07-13Unavailable
2019-01-0137.7002026-07-13Unavailable
2018-01-0135.5202026-07-13Unavailable
2017-01-0135.4502026-07-13Unavailable
2016-01-0136.1502026-07-13Unavailable
2015-01-0135.7102026-07-13Unavailable
2014-01-0134.8202026-07-13Unavailable
2013-01-0133.3702026-07-13Unavailable
2012-01-0131.0202026-07-13Unavailable
1997-01-018.3902026-07-13Unavailable
1996-01-016.6302026-07-13Unavailable
1995-01-016.9702026-07-13Unavailable
1994-01-017.9102026-07-13Unavailable
1993-01-018.9002026-07-13Unavailable
1992-01-019.6802026-07-13Unavailable
1991-01-019.9402026-07-13Unavailable
1990-01-017.2202026-07-13Unavailable

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Source: World Bank Open Data · as of 2026-07-13