Japan vs South Korea: Current account balance

Japan
215.77 billion BoP, current US$
in 2025
South Korea
123.05 billion BoP, current US$
in 2025
Japan rank
3rd
South Korea rank
4th

Current account balance over time

  • Japan
  • South Korea
050.0B100.0B150.0B200.0B197620002025

How they compare

Japan currently reports 215.77 billion BoP, current US$ against 123.05 billion BoP, current US$ in South Korea, a difference of 92.72 billion BoP, current US$.

That makes Japan's figure about 1.8 times South Korea's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 30 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Japan ahead.

Globally, Japan ranks 3rd and South Korea ranks 4th of 199 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Current account balance (BoP, current US$)
Unit
BoP, current US$
Source
Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
200 places, 7,806 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Balance of current transactions (transactions in goods and services, earned income and transfer income) between residents and non-residents. The term current account balance is used in the external accounts and is expressed from the perspective of resident units. The term current external balance is used in the national accounts and is expressed from the perspective of the non-resident units, and therefore with the opposite sign. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.