Statistics Korea

Footnotes (n.a - not available / p - preliminary / r - revised )

• 01The base year is changed from 2015 to 2020. From July 2024 onwards, the data is disseminated according to the new base year.
• 02The Composite Business Sentiment Index (CBSI) is made up of major business survey indices(BSI), by standardizing the average and standard deviation of figures from January 2003 to December of the previous year. A CBSI above 100 indicates positive business expectations compared to long-term average, while a CBSI below 100 indicates negative expectations.
• 03From March 2023 onwards, the data is disseminated according to the new base year(2020=100).
• 04General Government Operations data began to be disseminated in 1997. Flexibility option is being taken for the timeliness of the General Government Operations category. With regard to General Government Operations, the data through 2011 had been compiled based on 1986 GFS while 2001 GFS has been adopted from 2012.
• 05The data means the balance including social security funds. The balance of the latest observation(May, 2024) excluding social security funds is -103,377 billion won.
• 06Not included in the Central Government Debt.
• 07 "Domestic claims on the public sector " covers claims on central government, local government and social security organizations.
• 08 "Domestic claims on the private sector " covers claims on domestic economy other than the public sector and depository corporations.
• 09It is impossible to break down the provisional statistics of the foreign sector into sub-items such as foreign assets or foreign liabilities, because they are estimated in terms of the increase or decrease in net foreign assets on the basis of bank foreign exchange receipts and payments statistics. But we can provide the final statistics of foreign sector into sub-items such as foreign assets or foreign liabilities.
• 10Daily data are disseminated on the Bank of Korea`s website.
• 11Data are monthly weighted average rates by trading volume.
• 12Commercial Banks amp; Specialized Banks (Excludes domestic branches of foreign banks).
• 13Interest rates are weighted averages on amounts of loans with banking funds (excludes overdrafts and revolving loans <minus loans>).
• 14There are no short-term government bonds issued in Korea.
• 15The results of the implementation of the Balance of Payments Manual Sixth Edition (BPM6). Positive figures in financial account represent increases in assets/liabilities, and negative figures represent decreases.
• 16Note that seasonal adjustment data has been changed since June 1999 as the seasonal adjustment factor was rewritten by adding the series for 2016.