Korea External Debt (% of GDP)

Korea External Debt

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This chart displays External Debt (% of GDP) for Korea from 2013 to 2022.

	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
External Debt (% of GDP)	25.6	28.5	33.5	34.7	39.8
External Debt (USD bn)	441	471	551	631	665

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