Korea - External balance on goods and services (% of GDP)

External balance on goods and services (% of GDP) in Korea was 3.68 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 10.58 in 1998, while its lowest value was -12.49 in 1968.

Definition: External balance on goods and services (formerly resource balance) equals exports of goods and services minus imports of goods and services (previously nonfactor services).

Source: World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.

See also:

Year Value
1960 -9.36
1961 -9.92
1962 -11.72
1963 -10.71
1964 -7.42
1965 -7.20
1966 -9.78
1967 -10.57
1968 -12.49
1969 -11.84
1970 -9.68
1971 -10.34
1972 -4.84
1973 -3.73
1974 -11.07
1975 -8.68
1976 -2.82
1977 -1.83
1978 -4.23
1979 -7.23
1980 -8.65
1981 -7.25
1982 -5.49
1983 -2.14
1984 0.44
1985 1.09
1986 3.83
1987 6.63
1988 6.27
1989 1.80
1990 -0.76
1991 -2.27
1992 -0.61
1993 0.43
1994 -0.52
1995 -1.02
1996 -3.05
1997 -0.83
1998 10.58
1999 5.42
2000 1.78
2001 1.35
2002 1.19
2003 1.62
2004 3.49
2005 2.24
2006 0.60
2007 0.91
2008 -0.23
2009 4.24
2010 2.81
2011 1.11
2012 2.73
2013 4.63
2014 5.05
2015 6.85
2016 6.66
2017 4.75
2018 4.44
2019 2.79
2020 3.68

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: National accounts