South Korea Balance of Payments and Current Account balance (monthly)
Monthly Balance of Payments (국제수지, BPM6 basis, `301Y013`) compiled by the Bank of Korea: Current Account (Goods, Services, Primary Income, Secondary Income), Capital Account, and Financial Account (Direct Investment, Portfolio Investment, Financial Derivatives, Other Investment, Reserve Assets) in USD million.
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| Indicator | 08-2026 | 07-2026 | 06-2026 | 05-2026 | 04-2026 | 03-2026 | 02-2026 | 01-2026 | 12-2025 | 11-2025 | 10-2025 | 09-2025 | 08-2025 | 07-2025 | 06-2025 | 05-2025 | 04-2025 | 03-2025 | 02-2025 | 01-2025 | 12-2024 | 11-2024 | 10-2024 | 09-2024 | 08-2024 | 07-2024 | 06-2024 | 05-2024 | 04-2024 | 03-2024 | 02-2024 | 01-2024 | 12-2023 | 11-2023 | 10-2023 | 09-2023 | 08-2023 | |
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| Current Account Balance | 46,113 | 42,078 | 49,730.4 | 38,607.4 | 28,292.3 | 37,928.4 | 23,192.7 | 13,259.1 | 18,702.6 | 12,898 | 7,567.6 | 14,220.3 | 9,848 | 11,945.1 | 13,968.5 | 9,906.7 | 4,510.6 | 9,583.2 | 7,225.2 | 2,678 | 12,741 | 9,456.6 | 9,861.5 | 11,368.5 | 5,899.8 | 9,022.6 | 13,431.5 | 9,277.4 | 773.8 | 7,826.8 | 6,802.1 | 3,511.9 | 8,968 | 6,721.2 | 8,417.3 | 7,548.7 | 6,232.9 | |
| Current Account – Goods Balance | 46,812.1 | 40,430.1 | 47,891.7 | 37,859.2 | 33,884.8 | 35,676.5 | 23,363.6 | 15,173.3 | 18,853.1 | 14,697.1 | 9,031.6 | 15,426.8 | 10,715.4 | 11,429.1 | 14,397.1 | 11,724.6 | 9,776.5 | 9,687.8 | 8,984.4 | 3,349.7 | 11,436.9 | 10,488.4 | 8,920.1 | 11,831.9 | 7,732.3 | 9,275.5 | 13,043.1 | 9,849.7 | 5,973.1 | 9,802.1 | 7,606.5 | 4,950.4 | 9,401.8 | 7,968.7 | 6,387.6 | 8,767.9 | 6,286.6 | |
| Current Account – Services Balance | -1,675.7 | -1,968.3 | -1,289.6 | -1,093.4 | -2,419.8 | -1,307 | -1,860 | -3,801.7 | -3,687.2 | -2,853.1 | -4,015.8 | -3,483.7 | -2,239.9 | -1,931.3 | -2,804.8 | -2,561.1 | -2,699.1 | -2,513.5 | -3,377.2 | -2,352.7 | -2,378.3 | -2,460.6 | -2,031.3 | -2,832.8 | -2,133.1 | -2,826.7 | -2,121.9 | -1,989.5 | -2,273.6 | -3,147.7 | -2,231 | -3,001.9 | -3,382.4 | -2,712.3 | -1,727.4 | -3,464 | -1,671.4 | |
| Current Account – Primary Income Balance | 1,916.3 | 4,345.2 | 3,270.5 | 2,173.4 | -2,529.4 | 3,593.2 | 2,482.9 | 2,715.1 | 4,729.5 | 1,526.4 | 3,100.5 | 3,039 | 1,932.9 | 3,008.9 | 3,307.3 | 1,537.1 | -1,959.3 | 3,019.6 | 2,405.5 | 2,271.5 | 4,651.7 | 1,993.5 | 3,276.8 | 3,152.8 | 1,258 | 3,063.2 | 3,094.1 | 2,116.9 | -2,106.7 | 2,181.2 | 2,124.4 | 1,973.6 | 3,815.9 | 2,387.3 | 4,011.8 | 2,791.3 | 1,846.8 | |
| Current Account – Secondary Income Balance | -939.7 | -729 | -142.2 | -331.8 | -643.3 | -34.3 | -793.8 | -827.6 | -1,192.8 | -472.4 | -548.7 | -761.8 | -560.4 | -561.6 | -931.1 | -793.9 | -607.5 | -610.7 | -787.5 | -590.5 | -969.3 | -564.7 | -304.1 | -783.4 | -957.4 | -489.4 | -583.8 | -699.7 | -819 | -1,008.8 | -697.8 | -410.2 | -867.3 | -922.5 | -254.7 | -546.5 | -229.1 | |
| Capital Account | -65.6 | 39.3 | -6.1 | -173.3 | -9.1 | -16.8 | -37.8 | 87.6 | -0.6 | -0.6 | 3.1 | 4.7 | -8 | 94 | 133.7 | -3.5 | 42.9 | -1.1 | -0.1 | -6.5 | 34.1 | -10.9 | 7.6 | -5.3 | -2.6 | -28.8 | 1.2 | 164.9 | 40.3 | -3.5 | 62 | 23.9 | 6.8 | -11.2 | 43.7 | 23.1 | -26.5 | |
| Financial Account (Net Lending / Net Borrowing) | 40,231.2 | 40,324.8 | 46,709 | 31,078.7 | 25,459.4 | 36,991.6 | 22,799.5 | 5,625.5 | 23,771.9 | 8,469.5 | 8,389.3 | 14,731.8 | 10,074.3 | 12,933.1 | 16,624.5 | 7,267.4 | 5,169.5 | 8,578.7 | 3,098.7 | 654.8 | 12,412.3 | 10,584.3 | 12,382.9 | 13,608.9 | 3,769.7 | 8,982.8 | 15,421.8 | 4,385.8 | -6,276.2 | 11,904.2 | 6,362.5 | 3,329 | 7,332.7 | 3,170.3 | 9,583.1 | 4,747.6 | 6,623 | |
| Financial Account – Direct Investment (Net) | 7,824.7 | 4,132.8 | 3,382.6 | 1,866.3 | 7,597.3 | 5,116.2 | 2,869.4 | 1,704 | 1,319.5 | 2,311.6 | 2,065.9 | 3,898.2 | -224.8 | 1,769.4 | 2,687.1 | 3,537.4 | 2,722.2 | 4,009.4 | 3,471 | -2,140.4 | 6,324.2 | 3,175.4 | -1,249.1 | 2,287.8 | 2,326.1 | 1,300.8 | 6,260.7 | 4,872.2 | 3,558.4 | 1,963.8 | 3,997.1 | 2,045.4 | 5,049 | 5,591.9 | 387.4 | 1,934.7 | 2,230.1 | |
| Financial Account – Portfolio Investment (Net) | 21,442.7 | 5,396.9 | 29,881 | 30,894.2 | 4,707.1 | 38,045.5 | 20,578.9 | 8,776.1 | 8,688.5 | 6,438.2 | 12,517.6 | 2,127.3 | 7,948.2 | 2,882.6 | 4,472 | -2,169.6 | 16,248.9 | 8,170.9 | 9,596.4 | 10,813.5 | 4,869.3 | 2,338.2 | 79.5 | 7,666.5 | 6,611.3 | 5,439.7 | 9,132.4 | 4,531.5 | -2,971.5 | 9,792.5 | -1,843.7 | -34.5 | 89.4 | -2,560 | 4,408.7 | 4,751.1 | 4,227.2 | |
| Financial Account – Financial Derivatives (Net) | -4,679.7 | 5,029.9 | 6,113.3 | 242.8 | -1,511.9 | 5,604.1 | 491.6 | 1,803 | 2,538.6 | 1,119.4 | 1,170.4 | 19.9 | -491.9 | -262.6 | -1,251.2 | -820.8 | 1,076.6 | 2,033.7 | 704.1 | 958.9 | 1,856.7 | 1,571.1 | -22.6 | -679.8 | 833.2 | 1,683.5 | 1,975.7 | 648.3 | 1,018.9 | 776 | -296 | 469.7 | 1,273.8 | -189.1 | 384.9 | 630.2 | -328.8 | |
| Financial Account – Other Investment (Net) | 3,454 | 27,562.6 | 5,886.9 | -191.8 | 13,650.5 | -9,925.4 | -2,500.5 | -1,822.8 | 15,663.5 | -3,094.6 | -14,030.2 | 4,696.3 | 396.1 | 6,473.5 | 7,657.8 | 7,297.6 | -5,112.5 | -3,157.8 | -7,966 | -4,486.5 | -2,039.1 | 1,835.6 | 14,997.1 | 1,896.5 | -4,563.7 | 182.4 | -2,168.3 | -3,458.6 | -2,334.7 | -4,241.2 | 4,154 | 3,027.6 | -774.8 | -290.2 | 4,442.8 | -1,332.9 | 2,086.3 | |
| Financial Account – Reserve Assets | 12,189.5 | -1,797.4 | 1,445.2 | -1,732.8 | 1,016.4 | -1,848.8 | 1,360.1 | -4,834.8 | -4,438.2 | 1,694.9 | 6,665.6 | 3,990.1 | 2,446.7 | 2,070.2 | 3,058.8 | -577.2 | -9,765.7 | -2,477.5 | -2,706.8 | -4,490.7 | 1,401.2 | 1,664 | -1,422 | 2,437.9 | -1,437.2 | 376.4 | 221.3 | -2,207.6 | -5,547.3 | 3,613.1 | 351.1 | -2,179.2 | 1,695.3 | 617.7 | -40.7 | -1,235.5 | -1,591.8 | |
| Net Errors and Omissions | -5,816.2 | -1,792.5 | -3,015.3 | -7,355.4 | -2,823.8 | -920 | -355.4 | -7,721.2 | 5,069.9 | -4,427.9 | 818.6 | 506.8 | 234.3 | 894 | 2,522.3 | -2,635.8 | 616 | -1,003.4 | -4,126.4 | -2,016.7 | -362.8 | 1,138.6 | 2,513.8 | 2,245.7 | -2,127.5 | -11 | 1,989.1 | -5,056.5 | -7,090.3 | 4,080.9 | -501.6 | -206.8 | -1,642.1 | -3,539.7 | 1,122.1 | -2,824.2 | 416.6 |
Latest reading
The series on this page is monthly and runs from Jan 1980 to Aug 2026.
About this data
Monthly Balance of Payments (국제수지, BPM6 basis, `301Y013`) compiled by the Bank of Korea: Current Account (Goods, Services, Primary Income, Secondary Income), Capital Account, and Financial Account (Direct Investment, Portfolio Investment, Financial Derivatives, Other Investment, Reserve Assets) in USD million.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the latest figure for South Korea Balance of Payments and Current Account balance (monthly)?
- The latest reading is 46,113 USD million, for Aug 2026. That is +4,035 USD million from Jul 2026 and +36,265 USD million from a year earlier.
- How far back does the South Korea Balance of Payments and Current Account balance (monthly) data go?
- The series on this page is monthly and runs from Jan 1980 to Aug 2026. Every series in the table can be charted over its full history and downloaded as CSV or Excel.