China vs South Korea: Net financial account

China
773.33 billion BoP, current US$
in 2025
South Korea
119.76 billion BoP, current US$
in 2025
China rank
1st
South Korea rank
4th

Net financial account over time

  • China
  • South Korea
-200.0B0200.0B400.0B600.0B800.0B197620002025

How they compare

China currently reports 773.33 billion BoP, current US$ against 119.76 billion BoP, current US$ in South Korea, a difference of 653.57 billion BoP, current US$.

That makes China's figure about 6.5 times South Korea's.

The two have swapped places 10 times across 44 shared years of data; in 1982 it was China ahead.

Globally, China ranks 1st and South Korea ranks 4th of 198 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Net financial account (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
199 places, 7,792 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

The net financial account shows net acquisition and disposal of financial assets and liabilities. It measures how net lending to or borrowing from nonresidents is financed, and is conceptually equal to the sum of the balances on the current and capital accounts. 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.