What is the lowest total reserves minus gold (current us$), per unit of gdp recorded in South Korea?

The lowest recorded value was 0.014 current US$ per US$ of GDP in 1974.

How does South Korea rank for total reserves minus gold (current us$), per unit of gdp?

South Korea ranks 59th out of 181 countries with data for 2025.

Is total reserves minus gold (current us$), per unit of gdp rising or falling in South Korea?

Over the last ten years it is down 4.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.

Total reserves minus gold (current US$), per unit of GDP in South Korea

Name: Total reserves minus gold (current US$), per unit of GDP in South Korea
Creator: Statizoid (derived)
License: Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page

South Korea: Total reserves minus gold (current US$), per unit of GDP was 0.2253 current US$ per US$ of GDP in 2025. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2025)

0.2253 current US$ per US$ of GDP

Change on year

up 3.2%

World rank

59th

of 181 countries

All-time high

0.2746 current US$ per US$ of GDP

in 2009

All-time low

0.014 current US$ per US$ of GDP

in 1974

Years of data

1960–2025

Total reserves minus gold (current US$), per unit of GDP in South Korea, 1960–2025

Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in current US$ per US$ of GDP.

Analysis

The most recent figure for total reserves minus gold (current us$), per unit of gdp in South Korea is 0.2253 current US$ per US$ of GDP, measured in 2025.

That represents a change of up 3.2% on the previous year and down 4.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, total reserves minus gold (current us$), per unit of gdp in South Korea peaked at 0.2746 current US$ per US$ of GDP in 2009 and was at its lowest, 0.014 current US$ per US$ of GDP, in 1974.

That places South Korea 59th out of 181 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Total reserves minus gold (current US$), per unit of GDP in South Korea, year by year

Annual values for Total reserves minus gold (current US$), per unit of GDP in South Korea, 1960 to 2025.
Year	current US$ per US$ of GDP	Change
1960	0.0391 current US$ per US$ of GDP	—
1961	0.0845 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+116.4%
1962	0.059 current US$ per US$ of GDP	-30.2%
1963	0.0323 current US$ per US$ of GDP	-45.2%
1964	0.0384 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+18.8%
1965	0.0455 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+18.5%
1966	0.0611 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+34.2%
1967	0.0722 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+18.1%
1968	0.0629 current US$ per US$ of GDP	-12.9%
1969	0.071 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+12.9%
1970	0.0667 current US$ per US$ of GDP	-6.0%
1971	0.0433 current US$ per US$ of GDP	-35.1%
1972	0.0476 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+9.8%
1973	0.0629 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+32.2%
1974	0.014 current US$ per US$ of GDP	-77.8%
1975	0.0353 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+153.0%
1976	0.0649 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+83.7%
1977	0.076 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+17.1%
1978	0.0523 current US$ per US$ of GDP	-31.1%
1979	0.0435 current US$ per US$ of GDP	-16.9%
1980	0.044 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+1.1%
1981	0.0361 current US$ per US$ of GDP	-17.9%
1982	0.0351 current US$ per US$ of GDP	-2.7%
1983	0.0262 current US$ per US$ of GDP	-25.5%
1984	0.0276 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+5.4%
1985	0.0277 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+0.2%
1986	0.0277 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+0.1%
1987	0.0235 current US$ per US$ of GDP	-14.9%
1988	0.0601 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+155.3%
1989	0.0598 current US$ per US$ of GDP	-0.4%
1990	0.0506 current US$ per US$ of GDP	-15.4%
1991	0.0402 current US$ per US$ of GDP	-20.6%
1992	0.0467 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+16.1%
1993	0.0499 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+6.9%
1994	0.0535 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+7.3%
1995	0.0557 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+4.2%
1996	0.0539 current US$ per US$ of GDP	-3.3%
1997	0.0346 current US$ per US$ of GDP	-35.9%
1998	0.1308 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+278.4%
1999	0.1435 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+9.7%
2000	0.1609 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+12.1%
2001	0.181 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+12.5%
2002	0.1867 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+3.1%
2003	0.2132 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+14.2%
2004	0.2417 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+13.4%
2005	0.2164 current US$ per US$ of GDP	-10.5%
2006	0.2181 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+0.8%
2007	0.2147 current US$ per US$ of GDP	-1.6%
2008	0.1843 current US$ per US$ of GDP	-14.2%
2009	0.2746 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+49.0%
2010	0.2444 current US$ per US$ of GDP	-11.0%
2011	0.2328 current US$ per US$ of GDP	-4.7%
2012	0.242 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+4.0%
2013	0.2381 current US$ per US$ of GDP	-1.6%
2014	0.2305 current US$ per US$ of GDP	-3.2%
2015	0.2359 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+2.3%
2016	0.232 current US$ per US$ of GDP	-1.7%
2017	0.2248 current US$ per US$ of GDP	-3.1%
2018	0.2186 current US$ per US$ of GDP	-2.8%
2019	0.2306 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+5.5%
2020	0.2506 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+8.7%
2021	0.2354 current US$ per US$ of GDP	-6.1%
2022	0.2319 current US$ per US$ of GDP	-1.5%
2023	0.2244 current US$ per US$ of GDP	-3.2%
2024	0.2183 current US$ per US$ of GDP	-2.7%
2025	0.2253 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+3.2%

South Korea compared with similar countries

South Korea's 0.2253 current US$ per US$ of GDP is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.1611 current US$ per US$ of GDP, 1.4× the median. (63 countries reporting)
South Korea's 0.2253 current US$ per US$ of GDP is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.2747 current US$ per US$ of GDP, 82% of the median. (26 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Total reserves minus gold (current US$), per unit of GDP in South Korea changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.

Year	Change	From	To
1998	+278.4%	0.0346 current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.1308 current US$ per US$ of GDP
1988	+155.3%	0.0235 current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0601 current US$ per US$ of GDP
1975	+153.0%	0.014 current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0353 current US$ per US$ of GDP
1961	+116.4%	0.0391 current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0845 current US$ per US$ of GDP

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	0.0566 current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0323 current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0845 current US$ per US$ of GDP	10
1970s	0.0506 current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.014 current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.076 current US$ per US$ of GDP	10
1980s	0.0368 current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0235 current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0601 current US$ per US$ of GDP	10
1990s	0.0659 current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0346 current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.1435 current US$ per US$ of GDP	10
2000s	0.2092 current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.1609 current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.2746 current US$ per US$ of GDP	10
2010s	0.233 current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.2186 current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.2444 current US$ per US$ of GDP	10
2020s	0.231 current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.2183 current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.2506 current US$ per US$ of GDP	6

Countries ranked near South Korea

56 Montenegro 0.2379 current US$ per US$ of GDP compare
57 Mongolia 0.2329 current US$ per US$ of GDP compare
58 Dominica 0.2275 current US$ per US$ of GDP compare
60 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.224 current US$ per US$ of GDP compare
61 Comoros 0.224 current US$ per US$ of GDP compare
62 Uruguay 0.2223 current US$ per US$ of GDP compare

See the full ranking of 182 places →

More economy & growth data for South Korea

SDRs holdings, US dollar, annual growth rate 7.89 % change on previous year (2025)
SDRs holdings, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0085 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
SDRs holdings, US dollar, per capita 307.17 units per person (2025)
SDRs holdings, SDR, annual growth rate 2.74 % change on previous year (2025)
SDRs holdings, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0062 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
SDRs holdings, SDR, per capita 224.29 units per person (2025)
IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, annual growth rate 4.58 % change on previous year (2025)
IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0047 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, per capita 168.75 units per person (2025)
IMF holdings of currency, SDR, annual growth rate -0.4147 % change on previous year (2025)

All data for South Korea →

Frequently asked questions

What is total reserves minus gold (current us$), per unit of gdp in South Korea?: Total reserves minus gold (current us$), per unit of gdp in South Korea was 0.2253 current US$ per US$ of GDP in 2025, according to Statizoid (derived).
What is the highest total reserves minus gold (current us$), per unit of gdp recorded in South Korea?: The highest recorded value was 0.2746 current US$ per US$ of GDP in 2009.
What is the lowest total reserves minus gold (current us$), per unit of gdp recorded in South Korea?: The lowest recorded value was 0.014 current US$ per US$ of GDP in 1974.
How does South Korea rank for total reserves minus gold (current us$), per unit of gdp?: South Korea ranks 59th out of 181 countries with data for 2025.
Is total reserves minus gold (current us$), per unit of gdp rising or falling in South Korea?: Over the last ten years it is down 4.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this South Korea data come from?: The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Total reserves minus gold (current US$), per unit of GDP. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 66 observations, free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page.

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Total reserves minus gold (current US$), per unit of GDP in South Korea. Statizoid, drawing on Statizoid (derived). Retrieved 26 October 2026, from https://economy.statizoid.com/stat/total-reserves-minus-gold-current-us-per-unit-of-gdp/korea-rep/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page; please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://economy.statizoid.com/stat/total-reserves-minus-gold-current-us-per-unit-of-gdp/korea-rep/">Total reserves minus gold (current US$), per unit of GDP in South Korea</a> — Statizoid

How this figure is calculated

Total reserves minus gold (current US$) divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Total reserves minus gold (current US$) ÷ GDP (current US$)

Computed from

Total reserves minus gold International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
GDP Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks

Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.

About this data

Indicator: Total reserves minus gold (current US$), per unit of GDP
Unit: current US$ per US$ of GDP
Source: Statizoid (derived)
Licence: Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage: 182 places, 9,273 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed: 10 September 2026

Total reserves minus gold (current US$) divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.