Korea vs Sweden: Current account balance
Current account balance over time
- Korea
- Sweden
How they compare
Korea currently reports 6.6% against 6.1% in Sweden, a difference of 0.5%.
That makes Korea's figure about 1.1 times Sweden's.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 50 shared years of data; in 1976 it was Korea ahead.
Korea ranks 31st and Sweden ranks 33rd of 200 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Korea averaged higher in 1 and Sweden in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Korea | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | -2.3% | -1.5% | 0.8% | Sweden |
| 1980s | -1.8% | -1.1% | 0.7% | Sweden |
| 1990s | 0.2% | 0.5% | 0.3% | Sweden |
| 2000s | 1.4% | 6.3% | 5.0% | Sweden |
| 2010s | 4.3% | 3.9% | 0.4% | Korea |
| 2020s | 3.9% | 5.8% | 1.9% | Sweden |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher current account balance, Korea or Sweden?
- Korea, at 6.6% against 6.1% in Sweden as of 2025.
- What is the difference in current account balance between Korea and Sweden?
- 0.5%, with Korea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Korea and Sweden?
- 50 years are reported by both, from 1976 to 2025.
- How do Korea and Sweden rank globally for current account balance?
- Korea ranks 31st and Sweden ranks 33rd of 200 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as Current account balance (% of GDP). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
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 as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.