Foreign direct investment, outward flow, quarterly (OECD): South Korea
The latest reading SOTW holds for South Korea is 18,808 USD mn for 2026-Q2, from OECD.
Source series · Listed tier · External · Quarterly · USD mn · OECD.L.BOP.FDI.OUT.USD.Q · KOR
Listed tier: bulk-loaded from the publisher's file as published; not individually reviewed by SOTW.
- Latest
- 18,808
- USD mn · 2026-Q2
- Previous
- 19,740
- USD mn · 2026-Q1
- Earliest held
- 1,102
- USD mn · 2000-Q1
- Readings shown
- 106
- Every reading SOTW holds
South Korea · history
USD mn · Quarterly
Readings, newest first
| Period | Value (USD mn) |
|---|---|
| 2026-Q2 | 18,808 |
| 2026-Q1 | 19,740 |
| 2025-Q4 | 12,497 |
| 2025-Q3 | 11,022 |
| 2025-Q2 | 9,577 |
| 2025-Q1 | 8,136 |
| 2024-Q4 | 10,782 |
| 2024-Q3 | 12,887 |
| 2024-Q2 | 16,073 |
| 2024-Q1 | 9,983 |
| 2023-Q4 | 16,211 |
| 2023-Q3 | 11,225 |
| 2023-Q2 | -2,324 |
| 2023-Q1 | 7,061 |
| 2022-Q4 | 9,234 |
| 2022-Q3 | 15,605 |
| 2022-Q2 | 17,345 |
| 2022-Q1 | 23,614 |
| 2021-Q4 | 27,144 |
| 2021-Q3 | 13,270 |
| 2021-Q2 | 17,468 |
| 2021-Q1 | 8,118 |
| 2020-Q4 | 12,337 |
| 2020-Q3 | 10,515 |
| 2020-Q2 | 4,225 |
| 2020-Q1 | 7,756 |
| 2019-Q4 | 9,983 |
| 2019-Q3 | 6,405 |
| 2019-Q2 | 9,808 |
| 2019-Q1 | 9,043 |
| 2018-Q4 | 9,595 |
| 2018-Q3 | 10,379 |
| 2018-Q2 | 11,907 |
| 2018-Q1 | 6,340 |
| 2017-Q4 | 6,447 |
| 2017-Q3 | 8,343 |
| 2017-Q2 | 7,271 |
| 2017-Q1 | 12,008 |
| 2016-Q4 | 10,299 |
| 2016-Q3 | 4,748 |
| 2016-Q2 | 9,071 |
| 2016-Q1 | 5,771 |
| 2015-Q4 | 6,078 |
| 2015-Q3 | 5,955 |
| 2015-Q2 | 6,344 |
| 2015-Q1 | 5,310 |
| 2014-Q4 | 7,729 |
| 2014-Q3 | 4,961 |
| 2014-Q2 | 9,560 |
| 2014-Q1 | 5,749 |
| 2013-Q4 | 7,949 |
| 2013-Q3 | 5,772 |
| 2013-Q2 | 8,450 |
| 2013-Q1 | 6,148 |
| 2012-Q4 | 7,810 |
| 2012-Q3 | 6,853 |
| 2012-Q2 | 8,083 |
| 2012-Q1 | 7,853 |
| 2011-Q4 | 8,376 |
| 2011-Q3 | 6,193 |
| 2011-Q2 | 7,896 |
| 2011-Q1 | 7,183 |
| 2010-Q4 | 10,923 |
| 2010-Q3 | 7,555 |
| 2010-Q2 | 4,984 |
| 2010-Q1 | 4,759 |
| 2009-Q4 | 8,018 |
| 2009-Q3 | 3,551 |
| 2009-Q2 | 2,946 |
| 2009-Q1 | 2,886 |
| 2008-Q4 | 3,948 |
| 2008-Q3 | 5,687 |
| 2008-Q2 | 4,257 |
| 2008-Q1 | 5,645 |
| 2007-Q4 | 9,895 |
| 2007-Q3 | 3,843 |
| 2007-Q2 | 4,562 |
| 2007-Q1 | 3,532 |
| 2006-Q4 | 3,907 |
| 2006-Q3 | 3,206 |
| 2006-Q2 | 2,828 |
| 2006-Q1 | 2,622 |
| 2005-Q4 | 2,198 |
| 2005-Q3 | 1,946 |
| 2005-Q2 | 2,163 |
| 2005-Q1 | 2,024 |
| 2004-Q4 | 1,759 |
| 2004-Q3 | 2,360 |
| 2004-Q2 | 1,397 |
| 2004-Q1 | 1,680 |
| 2003-Q4 | 1,710 |
| 2003-Q3 | 1,264 |
| 2003-Q2 | 971 |
| 2003-Q1 | 1,074 |
| 2002-Q4 | 1,263 |
| 2002-Q3 | 654 |
| 2002-Q2 | 843 |
| 2002-Q1 | 678 |
| 2001-Q4 | 571 |
| 2001-Q3 | 260 |
| 2001-Q2 | 1,447 |
| 2001-Q1 | 466 |
| 2000-Q4 | 897 |
| 2000-Q3 | 1,985 |
| 2000-Q2 | 858 |
| 2000-Q1 | 1,102 |
Source: OECD. All 106 readings held, 2000-Q1 to 2026-Q2. n/a means the source value is missing or withheld.