Credit to Private Non-financial Sector (USD billions, Quarterly): South Korea
The latest reading SOTW holds for South Korea is 3,502.15 USD billions for 2026-Q1, from Bank for International Settlements.
Reviewed series · Credit & Debt · Quarterly · USD billions · BIS.CREDIT.PRIVATE.USD.Q · KOR
Private non-financial sector combines households/NPISH and non-financial corporations. 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
- 3,502.15
- USD billions · 2026-Q1
- Previous
- 3,670.34
- USD billions · 2025-Q4
- Earliest held
- 797.61
- USD billions · 2000-Q1
- Readings shown
- 105
- Every reading SOTW holds
South Korea · history
USD billions · Quarterly
Readings, newest first
| Period | Value (USD billions) |
|---|---|
| 2026-Q1 | 3,502.15 |
| 2025-Q4 | 3,670.34 |
| 2025-Q3 | 3,742.10 |
| 2025-Q2 | 3,836.01 |
| 2025-Q1 | 3,501.08 |
| 2024-Q4 | 3,474.57 |
| 2024-Q3 | 3,872.71 |
| 2024-Q2 | 3,656.64 |
| 2024-Q1 | 3,703.52 |
| 2023-Q4 | 3,822.61 |
| 2023-Q3 | 3,681.78 |
| 2023-Q2 | 3,704.33 |
| 2023-Q1 | 3,728.52 |
| 2022-Q4 | 3,853.42 |
| 2022-Q3 | 3,352.81 |
| 2022-Q2 | 3,635.53 |
| 2022-Q1 | 3,816.74 |
| 2021-Q4 | 3,842.91 |
| 2021-Q3 | 3,771.10 |
| 2021-Q2 | 3,855.00 |
| 2021-Q1 | 3,744.92 |
| 2020-Q4 | 3,793.29 |
| 2020-Q3 | 3,471.19 |
| 2020-Q2 | 3,293.09 |
| 2020-Q1 | 3,152.78 |
| 2019-Q4 | 3,273.00 |
| 2019-Q3 | 3,102.44 |
| 2019-Q2 | 3,168.47 |
| 2019-Q1 | 3,164.16 |
| 2018-Q4 | 3,186.55 |
| 2018-Q3 | 3,156.26 |
| 2018-Q2 | 3,098.93 |
| 2018-Q1 | 3,195.17 |
| 2017-Q4 | 3,129.68 |
| 2017-Q3 | 2,887.98 |
| 2017-Q2 | 2,843.50 |
| 2017-Q1 | 2,856.62 |
| 2016-Q4 | 2,626.84 |
| 2016-Q3 | 2,828.25 |
| 2016-Q2 | 2,676.62 |
| 2016-Q1 | 2,666.90 |
| 2015-Q4 | 2,549.08 |
| 2015-Q3 | 2,491.06 |
| 2015-Q2 | 2,581.77 |
| 2015-Q1 | 2,566.88 |
| 2014-Q4 | 2,572.85 |
| 2014-Q3 | 2,617.99 |
| 2014-Q2 | 2,680.96 |
| 2014-Q1 | 2,522.72 |
| 2013-Q4 | 2,513.85 |
| 2013-Q3 | 2,445.09 |
| 2013-Q2 | 2,277.65 |
| 2013-Q1 | 2,312.03 |
| 2012-Q4 | 2,369.14 |
| 2012-Q3 | 2,265.89 |
| 2012-Q2 | 2,165.75 |
| 2012-Q1 | 2,150.27 |
| 2011-Q4 | 2,072.34 |
| 2011-Q3 | 2,008.79 |
| 2011-Q2 | 2,164.24 |
| 2011-Q1 | 2,074.73 |
| 2010-Q4 | 1,988.93 |
| 2010-Q3 | 1,938.38 |
| 2010-Q2 | 1,773.34 |
| 2010-Q1 | 1,873.97 |
| 2009-Q4 | 1,807.44 |
| 2009-Q3 | 1,750.68 |
| 2009-Q2 | 1,587.35 |
| 2009-Q1 | 1,432.51 |
| 2008-Q4 | 1,470.34 |
| 2008-Q3 | 1,567.03 |
| 2008-Q2 | 1,738.91 |
| 2008-Q1 | 1,763.70 |
| 2007-Q4 | 1,792.66 |
| 2007-Q3 | 1,774.59 |
| 2007-Q2 | 1,712.94 |
| 2007-Q1 | 1,628.52 |
| 2006-Q4 | 1,598.93 |
| 2006-Q3 | 1,516.96 |
| 2006-Q2 | 1,465.32 |
| 2006-Q1 | 1,377.48 |
| 2005-Q4 | 1,305.33 |
| 2005-Q3 | 1,231.39 |
| 2005-Q2 | 1,231.60 |
| 2005-Q1 | 1,214.17 |
| 2004-Q4 | 1,181.27 |
| 2004-Q3 | 1,067.17 |
| 2004-Q2 | 1,050.14 |
| 2004-Q1 | 1,053.20 |
| 2003-Q4 | 1,004.69 |
| 2003-Q3 | 1,032.00 |
| 2003-Q2 | 985.31 |
| 2003-Q1 | 930.91 |
| 2002-Q4 | 967.15 |
| 2002-Q3 | 910.42 |
| 2002-Q2 | 902.41 |
| 2002-Q1 | 780.60 |
| 2001-Q4 | 748.79 |
| 2001-Q3 | 750.36 |
| 2001-Q2 | 727.00 |
| 2001-Q1 | 695.52 |
| 2000-Q4 | 712.49 |
| 2000-Q3 | 811.26 |
| 2000-Q2 | 794.85 |
| 2000-Q1 | 797.61 |
Source: Bank for International Settlements. All 105 readings held, 2000-Q1 to 2026-Q1. n/a means the source value is missing or withheld.