South Korea vs Netherlands: Current account balance

South Korea
123.05 billion BoP, current US$
in 2025
Netherlands
110.92 billion BoP, current US$
in 2024
South Korea rank
4th
Netherlands rank
5th

Current account balance over time

  • South Korea
  • Netherlands
050.0B100.0B196719962025

How they compare

South Korea currently reports 123.05 billion BoP, current US$ against 110.92 billion BoP, current US$ in Netherlands, a difference of 12.13 billion BoP, current US$.

That makes South Korea's figure about 1.1 times Netherlands's.

The two have swapped places 10 times across 49 shared years of data; in 1976 it was Netherlands ahead.

Globally, South Korea ranks 4th and Netherlands ranks 5th 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.