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Gross external debt, quarterly (World Bank QEDS): South Korea

The latest reading SOTW holds for South Korea is 812,832 USD mn for 2026-Q2, from World Bank.

Source series · Listed tier · External · Quarterly · USD mn · WB.L.QEDS.EXTDEBT.USD.Q · KOR

Listed tier: bulk-loaded from the publisher's file as published; not individually reviewed by SOTW.

Latest
812,832
USD mn · 2026-Q2
Previous
774,390
USD mn · 2026-Q1
Earliest held
145,006
USD mn · 2000-Q1
Readings shown
106
Every reading SOTW holds

South Korea · history

USD mn · Quarterly

Source: World Bank. Viewer read 2026-11-12T03:20:09.415Z (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

Gross external debt, quarterly (World Bank QEDS): South Korea: 106 readings, newest first. Source: World Bank.
PeriodValue (USD mn)
2026-Q2812,832
2026-Q1774,390
2025-Q4770,153
2025-Q3741,766
2025-Q2739,610
2025-Q1687,902
2024-Q4677,821
2024-Q3703,874
2024-Q2664,782
2024-Q1670,463
2023-Q4677,324
2023-Q3657,494
2023-Q2672,678
2023-Q1672,880
2022-Q4673,296
2022-Q3646,126
2022-Q2661,817
2022-Q1651,421
2021-Q4630,694
2021-Q3616,691
2021-Q2608,509
2021-Q1568,105
2020-Q4550,628
2020-Q3516,291
2020-Q2506,726
2020-Q1489,246
2019-Q4470,736
2019-Q3462,126
2019-Q2464,013
2019-Q1441,990
2018-Q4441,153
2018-Q3441,148
2018-Q2434,022
2018-Q1427,539
2017-Q4412,020
2017-Q3408,414
2017-Q2405,533
2017-Q1404,401
2016-Q4382,126
2016-Q3400,518
2016-Q2393,816
2016-Q1389,828
2015-Q4396,064
2015-Q3408,023
2015-Q2420,514
2015-Q1415,906
2014-Q4423,034
2014-Q3436,099
2014-Q2451,815
2014-Q1434,768
2013-Q4422,096
2013-Q3420,076
2013-Q2411,701
2013-Q1408,448
2012-Q4408,188
2012-Q3416,095
2012-Q2415,076
2012-Q1405,928
2011-Q4399,150
2011-Q3393,273
2011-Q2399,203
2011-Q1382,242
2010-Q4354,693
2010-Q3362,603
2010-Q2347,490
2010-Q1351,725
2009-Q4342,082
2009-Q3335,751
2009-Q2315,233
2009-Q1302,804
2008-Q4312,940
2008-Q3363,140
2008-Q2366,342
2008-Q1359,355
2007-Q4336,237
2007-Q3297,993
2007-Q2274,406
2007-Q1250,178
2006-Q4226,972
2006-Q3215,136
2006-Q2197,395
2006-Q1173,808
2005-Q4160,478
2005-Q3158,011
2005-Q2155,713
2005-Q1152,157
2004-Q4146,961
2004-Q3137,328
2004-Q2140,088
2004-Q1144,488
2003-Q4137,205
2003-Q3138,785
2003-Q2138,776
2003-Q1133,777
2002-Q4127,376
2002-Q3126,223
2002-Q2122,333
2002-Q1119,781
2001-Q4114,666
2001-Q3116,876
2001-Q2120,711
2001-Q1125,529
2000-Q4133,807
2000-Q3138,296
2000-Q2142,695
2000-Q1145,006

Source: World Bank. All 106 readings held, 2000-Q1 to 2026-Q2. n/a means the source value is missing or withheld.

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