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Government debt to GDP in South Korea

Latest: 47.8%
Previous: 48.6%
Change: -0.74 (-1.5%)
Reference period: Dec 31, 2024
Frequency: Annual
Unit: Percent

Government debt to GDP over time

Annual, Percent, Not seasonally adjusted

Source: World Bank Projection Dashed values are International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook database projections, not observed data.

Observations for Government debt to GDP in South Korea
Date	Value
Dec 31, 1966	—
Dec 31, 1967	—
Dec 31, 1968	—
Dec 31, 1969	—
Dec 31, 1970	—
Dec 31, 1971	—
Dec 31, 1972	—
Dec 31, 1973	—
Dec 31, 1974	—
Dec 31, 1975	—
Dec 31, 1976	—
Dec 31, 1977	—
Dec 31, 1978	—
Dec 31, 1979	—
Dec 31, 1980	—
Dec 31, 1981	—
Dec 31, 1982	—
Dec 31, 1983	—
Dec 31, 1984	—
Dec 31, 1985	—
Dec 31, 1986	—
Dec 31, 1987	—
Dec 31, 1988	—
Dec 31, 1989	—
Dec 31, 1990	7.2%
Dec 31, 1991	9.9%
Dec 31, 1992	9.7%
Dec 31, 1993	8.9%
Dec 31, 1994	7.9%
Dec 31, 1995	7.0%
Dec 31, 1996	6.6%
Dec 31, 1997	8.4%
Dec 31, 1998	—
Dec 31, 1999	—
Dec 31, 2000	—
Dec 31, 2001	—
Dec 31, 2002	—
Dec 31, 2003	—
Dec 31, 2004	—
Dec 31, 2005	—
Dec 31, 2006	—
Dec 31, 2007	—
Dec 31, 2008	—
Dec 31, 2009	—
Dec 31, 2010	—
Dec 31, 2011	—
Dec 31, 2012	31.0%
Dec 31, 2013	33.4%
Dec 31, 2014	34.8%
Dec 31, 2015	35.7%
Dec 31, 2016	36.1%
Dec 31, 2017	35.4%
Dec 31, 2018	35.5%
Dec 31, 2019	37.7%
Dec 31, 2020	43.8%
Dec 31, 2021	45.8%
Dec 31, 2022	47.6%
Dec 31, 2023	48.6%
Dec 31, 2024	47.8%
Dec 31, 2025	—

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