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Credit to Households and NPISH (USD billions, Quarterly): South Korea

The latest reading SOTW holds for South Korea is 1,556.96 USD billions for 2026-Q1, from Bank for International Settlements.

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

Household data include non-profit institutions serving households. 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
1,556.96
USD billions · 2026-Q1
Previous
1,633.59
USD billions · 2025-Q4
Earliest held
274.21
USD billions · 2000-Q1
Readings shown
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South Korea · history

USD billions · Quarterly

Source: Bank for International Settlements. Viewer read 2026-11-14T22:55:10.428Z (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 Households and NPISH (USD billions, Quarterly): South Korea: 105 readings, newest first. Source: Bank for International Settlements.
PeriodValue (USD billions)
2026-Q11,556.96
2025-Q41,633.59
2025-Q31,668.85
2025-Q21,716.92
2025-Q11,560.40
2024-Q41,554.12
2024-Q31,734.29
2024-Q21,636.04
2024-Q11,661.07
2023-Q41,726.54
2023-Q31,658.73
2023-Q21,673.43
2023-Q11,683.41
2022-Q41,794.12
2022-Q31,570.23
2022-Q21,725.95
2022-Q11,824.52
2021-Q41,844.25
2021-Q31,821.71
2021-Q21,865.99
2021-Q11,816.37
2020-Q41,835.39
2020-Q31,660.21
2020-Q21,570.85
2020-Q11,505.88
2019-Q41,584.06
2019-Q31,495.51
2019-Q21,529.64
2019-Q11,537.96
2018-Q41,561.08
2018-Q31,544.78
2018-Q21,519.55
2018-Q11,567.83
2017-Q41,537.72
2017-Q31,402.84
2017-Q21,371.26
2017-Q11,377.29
2016-Q41,262.52
2016-Q31,336.52
2016-Q21,245.68
2016-Q11,229.59
2015-Q41,171.37
2015-Q31,131.54
2015-Q21,166.07
2015-Q11,144.73
2014-Q41,147.06
2014-Q31,158.25
2014-Q21,184.17
2014-Q11,114.70
2013-Q41,118.53
2013-Q31,069.32
2013-Q2993.69
2013-Q1999.16
2012-Q41,044.35
2012-Q3982.42
2012-Q2944.16
2012-Q1944.42
2011-Q4916.76
2011-Q3871.36
2011-Q2946.13
2011-Q1898.18
2010-Q4862.59
2010-Q3826.19
2010-Q2749.06
2010-Q1793.24
2009-Q4760.96
2009-Q3726.72
2009-Q2657.73
2009-Q1591.84
2008-Q4620.07
2008-Q3673.26
2008-Q2759.36
2008-Q1778.45
2007-Q4805.57
2007-Q3797.39
2007-Q2771.47
2007-Q1735.47
2006-Q4730.85
2006-Q3688.22
2006-Q2671.22
2006-Q1635.28
2005-Q4605.92
2005-Q3564.64
2005-Q2558.79
2005-Q1542.44
2004-Q4529.32
2004-Q3469.37
2004-Q2461.05
2004-Q1459.85
2003-Q4440.86
2003-Q3445.69
2003-Q2425.56
2003-Q1402.01
2002-Q4423.24
2002-Q3393.77
2002-Q2379.10
2002-Q1315.53
2001-Q4292.67
2001-Q3283.68
2001-Q2268.27
2001-Q1248.66
2000-Q4254.02
2000-Q3285.44
2000-Q2275.87
2000-Q1274.21

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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