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Korea, Republic of: Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) (current LCU)

-45.65Tcurrent LCU · 2024-392.6% since 2014

Net lending (+) / net borrowing (–) equals government revenue minus expense, minus net investment in nonfinancial assets. It is also equal to the net result of transactions in financial assets and liabilities. Net lending/net borrowing is a summary measure indicating the extent to which government is either putting financial resources at the disposal of other sectors in the economy or abroad, or utilizing the financial resources generated by other sectors in the economy or from abroad. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This series is expressed in local currency units. Reported as: -. Annual figures for Korea, Republic of from 1972 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (current LCU)Note
2024-45,645,557,752,650
2023-24,563,029,013,671
2022-40,616,115,748,114
2021-16,068,227,493,902
2020-39,552,356,720,382
2019718,834,825,918
201845,856,929,818,099
201734,715,408,250,649
201632,682,707,243,493
201512,679,009,312,957
201415,602,316,602,228
201319,310,600,000,000
201217,144,500,000,000
201122,533,107,000,000
201019,399,991,000,000
2009203,452,000,000
200816,818,965,000,000
200722,610,124,000,000
200610,383,400,000,000
20057,880,500,000,000
2004813,460,000,000
200313,095,809,000,000
200226,257,410,000,000
200117,731,170,000,000
200026,388,586,000,000
19997,021,785,000,000
19986,072,871,000,000
199712,975,000,000,000
199611,672,000,000,000
19959,767,000,000,000
19947,222,000,000,000
19935,740,000,000,000
19923,029,000,000,000
19911,199,000,000,000
19903,085,000,000,000
19892,186,000,000,000
19883,436,000,000,000
19871,714,000,000,000
1986892,000,000,000
1985587,000,000,000
1984729,000,000,000
1983856,000,000,000
1982-132,000,000,000
1981560,000,000,000
1980271,000,000,000
1979221,000,000,000
1978327,000,000,000
1977154,000,000,000
197633,000,000,000
1975-36,000,000,000
1974-27,000,000,000
1973-13,000,000,000
1972-166,000,000,000

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by International Monetary Fund. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) (current LCU). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-net-lending-net-borrowing (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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