In 2018 South Korea public debt was 584,460 million euros690,534 million dollars, has increased 8,83440,490 million since 2017.
This amount means that the debt in 2018 reached 40.02% of South Korea GDP, a 0.03 percentage point fall from 2017, when it was 40.05% of GDP.
If we check the tables we can see the evolution of South Korea debt. It has risen since 2008 in global debt terms, when it was 192,260 million euros 282,737 million dollars and also in terms of GDP percentage, when it amounted to 26.95%.
According to the last data point published, South Korea per capita debt in 2018 was 11,330 euros13,386 dollars per inhabitant. In 2017 it was 11,207 euros 12,656 dollars, afterwards rising by 123 euros730 dollars, and if we again check 2008 we can see that then the debt per person was 3,919 euros5,764 dollars .
The position of South Korea, as compared with the rest of the world, has improved in 2018 in terms of GDP percentage. Currently it is country number 67 in the list of debt to GDP and 157 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.