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Credit to Non-financial Corporations (USD billions, Quarterly): South Korea

The latest reading SOTW holds for South Korea is 1,945.19 USD billions for 2026-Q1, from Bank for International Settlements.

Reviewed series · Credit & Debt · Quarterly · USD billions · BIS.CREDIT.CORPORATE.USD.Q · KOR

Non-financial corporations include publicly and privately owned companies. Gross outstanding core debt: loans, debt securities, and currency/deposits, financed by all domestic and foreign lenders. Assets are not deducted. End-quarter stock converted to US dollars at the prevailing end-quarter exchange rate; not a credit-flow or PPP measure. BIS statistics are freely sourced and their inclusion must not result in any additional charge to users. BIS attribution is required; resale is not permitted by SOTW's rights policy. Collection time is not the original publication timestamp. Source dimensions, unit multipliers, confidentiality and observation flags are retained. Terms: https://data.bis.org/help/legal

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Latest
1,945.19
USD billions · 2026-Q1
Previous
2,036.75
USD billions · 2025-Q4
Earliest held
509.64
USD billions · 2000-Q1
Readings shown
105
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South Korea · history

USD billions · Quarterly

Source: Bank for International Settlements. Viewer read 2026-11-14T19:31:56.896Z (UTC); publisher acquisition and release times are not supplied here. Original units; no interpolation, rebasing or conversion. Missing periods and stored U/B flags interrupt the line. Daily gaps can include non-business days.

Readings, newest first

Credit to Non-financial Corporations (USD billions, Quarterly): South Korea: 105 readings, newest first. Source: Bank for International Settlements.
PeriodValue (USD billions)
2026-Q11,945.19
2025-Q42,036.75
2025-Q32,073.25
2025-Q22,119.09
2025-Q11,940.68
2024-Q41,920.45
2024-Q32,138.42
2024-Q22,020.60
2024-Q12,042.46
2023-Q42,096.07
2023-Q32,023.05
2023-Q22,030.89
2023-Q12,045.11
2022-Q42,059.31
2022-Q31,782.58
2022-Q21,909.59
2022-Q11,992.22
2021-Q41,998.66
2021-Q31,949.39
2021-Q21,989.01
2021-Q11,928.54
2020-Q41,957.90
2020-Q31,810.98
2020-Q21,722.24
2020-Q11,646.90
2019-Q41,688.94
2019-Q31,606.93
2019-Q21,638.83
2019-Q11,626.20
2018-Q41,625.47
2018-Q31,611.48
2018-Q21,579.38
2018-Q11,627.34
2017-Q41,591.96
2017-Q31,485.14
2017-Q21,472.24
2017-Q11,479.33
2016-Q41,364.32
2016-Q31,491.74
2016-Q21,430.93
2016-Q11,437.31
2015-Q41,377.71
2015-Q31,359.52
2015-Q21,415.70
2015-Q11,422.16
2014-Q41,425.79
2014-Q31,459.73
2014-Q21,496.79
2014-Q11,408.01
2013-Q41,395.33
2013-Q31,375.77
2013-Q21,283.96
2013-Q11,312.88
2012-Q41,289.62
2012-Q31,249.92
2012-Q21,190.15
2012-Q11,174.93
2011-Q41,126.20
2011-Q31,109.30
2011-Q21,188.53
2011-Q11,148.20
2010-Q41,099.28
2010-Q31,085.32
2010-Q2999.89
2010-Q11,055.20
2009-Q41,022.40
2009-Q31,000.61
2009-Q2908.01
2009-Q1820.98
2008-Q4832.19
2008-Q3895.60
2008-Q2980.95
2008-Q1986.32
2007-Q4987.29
2007-Q3976.38
2007-Q2939.99
2007-Q1890.24
2006-Q4866.26
2006-Q3827.05
2006-Q2792.51
2006-Q1741.01
2005-Q4698.82
2005-Q3666.25
2005-Q2672.33
2005-Q1670.95
2004-Q4651.03
2004-Q3596.69
2004-Q2588.31
2004-Q1592.61
2003-Q4563.08
2003-Q3585.34
2003-Q2558.53
2003-Q1527.09
2002-Q4541.64
2002-Q3511.89
2002-Q2516.86
2002-Q1457.71
2001-Q4446.38
2001-Q3456.06
2001-Q2447.78
2001-Q1436.46
2000-Q4448.52
2000-Q3513.14
2000-Q2506.21
2000-Q1509.64

Source: Bank for International Settlements. All 105 readings held, 2000-Q1 to 2026-Q1. n/a means the source value is missing or withheld.

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