🇰🇷 South Korea National Debt Clock
Live tracker for South Korea government debt. The national debt currently stands at approximately $983.8 billion, growing at $900 every second based on IMF fiscal deficit projections. Debt-to-GDP: 54%. Per-citizen share: $19,029.
About South Korea's National Debt
South Korea maintains a debt-to-GDP ratio of 54%, broadly within the range the IMF considers sustainable for a developed economy with strong institutions.
At the current borrowing rate of $900 per second, South Korea adds approximately $0.1 billion to its national debt every day — around $28 billion per year. Each of South Korea's 52 million citizens carries an individual share of approximately $19,029 of the national debt.
Figures are computed by Global Debt Clock using linear extrapolation from IMF Government Finance Statistics and World Bank International Debt Statistics baseline data anchored to April 2025. Actual debt changes through discrete bond issuances — these counters illustrate the approximate scale and pace of sovereign borrowing.
Data & Citation
Source: IMF World Economic Outlook · World Bank International Debt Statistics · baseline anchored .
Methodology: debt = 950,000,000,000 + 900 × seconds_since(2025-04-01)
Machine-readable data: /api/debt?c=kr (live JSON) · /data/debt.json (full dataset)
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