In 2017 South Korea public debt was 575,626 million euros650,044 million dollars, has increased 17,16332,049 million since 2016.
This amount means that the debt in 2017 reached 40.05% of South Korea GDP, a 1.17 percentage point fall from 2016, when it was 41.22% of GDP.
If we check the tables we can see the evolution of South Korea debt. It has risen since 2007 in global debt terms, when it was 234,647 million euros 321,616 million dollars and also in terms of GDP percentage, when it amounted to 27.43%.
According to the last data point published, South Korea per capita debt in 2017 was 11,207 euros12,656 dollars per inhabitant. In 2016 it was 10,904 euros 12,066 dollars, afterwards rising by 303 euros590 dollars, and if we again check 2007 we can see that then the debt per person was 4,820 euros6,606 dollars .
The position of South Korea, as compared with the rest of the world, has improved in 2017 in terms of GDP percentage. Currently it is country number 69 in the list of debt to GDP and 156 in debt per capita, out of the 191 we publish.
In this page we show you the progression of the public debt in South Korea. You can see debt in other countries in Public debt and see all the information about South Korea in economy of South Korea.