South Korea vs Singapore: Current account balance

South Korea
123.05 billion BoP, current US$
in 2025
Singapore
100.93 billion BoP, current US$
in 2025
South Korea rank
4th
Singapore rank
7th

Current account balance over time

  • South Korea
  • Singapore
050.0B100.0B197219982025

How they compare

South Korea currently reports 123.05 billion BoP, current US$ against 100.93 billion BoP, current US$ in Singapore, a difference of 22.13 billion BoP, current US$.

That makes South Korea's figure about 1.2 times Singapore's.

The two have swapped places 12 times across 50 shared years of data; in 1976 it was South Korea ahead.

Globally, South Korea ranks 4th and Singapore ranks 7th 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.