South Korea international bonds and notes outstanding: banks, corporates, government, by currency (BIS)
Quarterly debt securities issued in international markets by residents of South Korea, from the BIS debt securities statistics, in millions of US dollars: amounts outstanding by issuer sector (general government, private and public banks, other financial institutions, non-financial corporations), by currency (euro and foreign currencies, of which US dollar), by original and remaining maturity and for fixed-rate issues, together with gross and net issuance.
| Indicator | Q2-2026 | Q1-2026 | Q4-2025 | Q3-2025 | Q2-2025 | Q1-2025 | Q4-2024 | Q3-2024 | Q2-2024 | Q1-2024 | Q4-2023 | Q3-2023 | Q2-2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amounts outstanding by issuer sector1 | ||||||||||||||
| All issuers3 | 1,472,359 | 1,440,950 | 1,440,031 | 1,450,221 | 1,421,038 | 1,315,241 | 1,289,655 | 1,374,488 | 1,318,517 | 1,322,745 | 1,341,717 | 1,290,471 | 1,314,652 | |
| General government | 74,211 | 72,649 | 62,913 | 61,735 | 57,546 | 34,776 | 35,925 | 45,154 | 31,144 | 33,022 | 24,777 | 22,195 | 26,541 | |
| Financial corporations4 | 1,043,380 | 1,019,813 | 1,032,336 | 1,043,509 | 1,026,400 | 970,571 | 949,211 | 1,010,421 | 979,262 | 986,705 | 990,681 | 952,967 | 969,776 | |
| Private banks | 541,608 | 532,962 | 532,895 | 540,865 | 537,148 | 511,634 | 511,810 | 536,331 | 524,586 | 533,749 | 526,189 | 509,030 | 516,687 | |
| Public banks | 48,344 | 46,550 | 45,204 | 42,532 | 40,753 | 37,033 | 34,782 | 34,793 | 34,255 | 33,844 | 33,856 | 31,160 | 31,838 | |
| Private other financial institutions | 419,730 | 406,239 | 419,540 | 421,377 | 410,993 | 386,700 | 368,439 | 403,154 | 385,671 | 382,590 | 392,393 | 376,608 | 384,178 | |
| Public other financial institutions | 33,698 | 34,062 | 34,696 | 38,735 | 37,506 | 35,204 | 34,179 | 36,143 | 34,750 | 36,521 | 38,243 | 36,169 | 37,074 | |
| Non-financial corporations | 354,768 | 348,488 | 344,782 | 344,978 | 337,092 | 309,895 | 304,519 | 318,913 | 308,111 | 303,017 | 326,259 | 315,309 | 318,335 | |
| Amounts outstanding by currency, maturity and rate (all issuers)6 | ||||||||||||||
| Denominated in won (domestic currency) | 807,763 | 805,540 | 819,420 | 818,024 | 796,395 | 723,258 | 707,061 | 764,751 | 738,827 | 753,227 | 785,295 | 749,881 | 772,835 | |
| Denominated in foreign currencies1 | 664,596 | 635,410 | 620,611 | 632,197 | 624,643 | 591,983 | 582,593 | 609,737 | 579,690 | 569,518 | 556,422 | 540,590 | 541,816 | |
| Denominated in US dollars | 497,430 | 469,313 | 456,021 | 475,393 | 469,865 | 445,543 | 437,228 | 453,723 | 435,715 | 427,887 | 410,757 | 403,574 | 402,696 | |
| Short-term original maturity | 114,427 | 107,321 | 96,730 | 105,033 | 94,821 | 66,547 | 75,177 | 88,848 | 73,557 | 75,261 | 71,949 | 63,951 | 70,041 | |
| Long-term original maturity | 1,357,932 | 1,333,629 | 1,343,301 | 1,345,189 | 1,326,217 | 1,248,695 | 1,214,478 | 1,285,640 | 1,244,960 | 1,247,484 | 1,269,768 | 1,226,519 | 1,244,610 | |
| Remaining maturity up to one year | 276,495 | 267,960 | 247,536 | 245,479 | 234,575 | 210,239 | 215,115 | 239,712 | 225,283 | 228,074 | 239,054 | 216,118 | 221,586 | |
| Fixed interest rate | 1,288,813 | 1,260,853 | 1,258,776 | 1,269,843 | 1,244,404 | 1,150,259 | 1,131,675 | 1,200,536 | 1,148,172 | 1,150,286 | 1,168,055 | 1,123,829 | 1,143,541 | |
| Issuance during the quarter2 | ||||||||||||||
| Gross issues, all issuers | 153,658 | 151,952 | 112,993 | 119,008 | 132,231 | 102,527 | 82,264 | 102,135 | 105,042 | 120,968 | 79,644 | 78,781 | 84,656 | |
| Net issues, all issuers3 | 40,035 | 19,782 | -9,883 | 29,163 | 36,412 | -7,331 | -17,855 | 12,326 | 4,676 | 3,724 | 11,977 | -1,502 | -25,078 | |
| Net issues, general government | 1,876 | 10,723 | 1,022 | 4,278 | 20,925 | -1,994 | -7,400 | 12,897 | -1,740 | 8,579 | 1,927 | -3,961 | -10,193 | |
| Net issues, financial corporations | 29,205 | -586 | -10,680 | 16,927 | 9,298 | -831 | -15,366 | 1,075 | -1,194 | 12,265 | 10,651 | -1,352 | -11,282 | |
| Net issues, non-financial corporations | 8,954 | 9,646 | -225 | 7,959 | 6,189 | -4,507 | 4,912 | -1,645 | 7,609 | -17,120 | -601 | 3,811 | -3,604 |
Latest reading
The series on this page is quarterly and runs from Q1 1971 to Q2 2026. Source: BIS – debt securities statistics (WS_DEBT_SEC2_PUB).
About this data
Quarterly debt securities issued in international markets by residents of South Korea, from the BIS debt securities statistics, in millions of US dollars: amounts outstanding by issuer sector (general government, private and public banks, other financial institutions, non-financial corporations), by currency (euro and foreign currencies, of which US dollar), by original and remaining maturity and for fixed-rate issues, together with gross and net issuance.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the latest figure for South Korea international bonds and notes outstanding?
- All issuers stood at 1,472,359 USD million in Q2 2026. That is +2.2% from Q1 2026 and +3.6% from a year earlier.
- Is South Korea international bonds and notes outstanding at a high or a low right now?
- The reading of 1,472,359 USD million is the highest since Q2 2021.
- How far back does the South Korea international bonds and notes outstanding data go?
- The series on this page is quarterly and runs from Q1 1971 to Q2 2026. Source: BIS – debt securities statistics (WS_DEBT_SEC2_PUB). Every series in the table can be charted over its full history and downloaded as CSV or Excel.