Japan vs South Korea: Broad money

Japan
1,638.01 trillion current LCU
in 2025
South Korea
4,160.36 trillion current LCU
in 2024
Japan rank
5th
South Korea rank
4th

Broad money over time

  • Japan
  • South Korea
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How they compare

South Korea currently reports 4,160.36 trillion current LCU against 1,638.01 trillion current LCU in Japan, a difference of 2,522.35 trillion current LCU.

That makes South Korea's figure about 2.5 times Japan's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Japan ahead.

Globally, Japan ranks 5th and South Korea ranks 4th of 166 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Broad money (current LCU)
Unit
current LCU
Source
International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
166 places, 8,521 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Broad money is the sum of all liquid financial instruments held by money-holding sectors that are widely accepted in an economy as a medium of exchange, plus those that can be converted into a medium of exchange at short notice at, or close to, their full nominal value. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This series is expressed in local currency units.