Contingent short-term net drains on foreign currency assets (nominal) in Korea
Korea: Contingent short-term net drains on foreign currency assets (nominal) was -10.04 billion in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Contingent short-term net drains on foreign currency assets (nominal) in Korea, 2005–2025
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
In 2025, contingent short-term net drains on foreign currency assets (nominal) in Korea stood at -10.04 billion.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and down 14.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, contingent short-term net drains on foreign currency assets (nominal) in Korea peaked at -887.00 million in 2005 and was at its lowest, -10.07 billion, in 2024.
Korea ranks 76th of 79 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | -2.14 billion | -5.60 billion | -887.00 million | 5 |
| 2010s | -4.65 billion | -8.80 billion | -1.50 billion | 10 |
| 2020s | -9.13 billion | -10.07 billion | -7.76 billion | 6 |
Countries ranked near Korea
More financial sector data for Korea
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita 96.84 million current LCU per person (2024)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP 2,672 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate 5.54 % change on previous year (2024)
- Gold reserves at 35 SDRs per ounce 117.53 million SDR (2025)
- Gold reserves at market value 10.71 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange 294.26 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold 308.07 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) 318.78 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) 311.57 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 6,028 SDR per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is contingent short-term net drains on foreign currency assets (nominal) in Korea?
- Contingent short-term net drains on foreign currency assets (nominal) in Korea was -10.04 billion in 2025, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest contingent short-term net drains on foreign currency assets (nominal) recorded in Korea?
- The highest recorded value was -887.00 million in 2005.
- What is the lowest contingent short-term net drains on foreign currency assets (nominal) recorded in Korea?
- The lowest recorded value was -10.07 billion in 2024.
- How does Korea rank for contingent short-term net drains on foreign currency assets (nominal)?
- Korea ranks 76th out of 79 countries with data for 2025.
- Is contingent short-term net drains on foreign currency assets (nominal) rising or falling in Korea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Korea data come from?
- The figures come from International Monetary Fund, published as part of Contingent short-term net drains on foreign currency assets (nominal value), Total (International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity: Guidelines for a Data Template 2013 (IRFCL 2013), Monetary Authorities and Central Government excluding Social Security). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity (IRFCL, or the “Reserves Data Template”) dataset includes data on the amount and composition of countries’ official reserve assets, other foreign currency assets held by monetary authorities and central governments, and short-term foreign currency obligations and related activities of monetary authorities and central governments that can lead to drains on official reserves and other foreign currency assets. This website re-disseminates IMF member countries' data on international reserves and foreign currency liquidity in a common template and in a common currency (the U.S. dollar). Historical data by country are also available. Please note that the re-dissemination of the template data by the Fund does not constitute endorsement of the quality of the data by the Fund.