Korea, Rep. | Interest payments (% of expense)

Interest payments include interest payments on government debt--including long-term bonds, long-term loans, and other debt instruments--to domestic and foreign residents. Limitations and exceptions: For most countries central government finance data have been consolidated into one account, but for others only budgetary central government accounts are available. Countries reporting budgetary data are noted in the country metadata. Because budgetary accounts may not include all central government units (such as social security funds), they usually provide an incomplete picture. In federal states the central government accounts provide an incomplete view of total public finance. Data on government revenue and expense are collected by the IMF through questionnaires to member countries and by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Despite IMF efforts to standardize data collection, statistics are often incomplete, untimely, and not comparable across countries. Statistical concept and methodology: The IMF's Government Finance Statistics Manual 2014, harmonized with the 2008 SNA, recommends an accrual accounting method, focusing on all economic events affecting assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses, not just those represented by cash transactions. It accounts for all changes in stocks, so stock data at the end of an accounting period equal stock data at the beginning of the period plus flows over the period. The 1986 manual considered only debt stocks. Government finance statistics are reported in local currency. Many countries report government finance data by fiscal year; see country metadata for information on fiscal year end by country.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Republic of Korea
Records
63
Source
Korea, Rep. | Interest payments (% of expense)
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972 2.57186082
1973 3.36
1974 3.17297851
1975 3.3584647
1976 4.45920304
1977 5.20710059
1978 5.5539316
1979 6.00379187
1980 7.27821566
1981 7.67149236
1982 7.15147527
1983 7.12286159
1984 7.9595059
1985 8.11075717
1986 8.3150022
1987 7.36220217
1988 6.49103139
1989 3.74511157
1990 4.74560975
1991 3.89549437
1992 4.01406938
1993 2.91186998
1994 3.72526667
1995 3.40697878
1996 3.01977306
1997 3.19210597
1998 4.14181308
1999 6.70089084
2000 6.86820124
2001 6.23383824
2002 5.65022901
2003 4.55402437
2004 5.58448993
2005 5.91640335
2006 6.51276653
2007 6.84616919
2008 6.79023011
2009 4.95101241
2010 5.74190295
2011 5.78261318
2012 5.6833705
2013 5.62652834
2014 5.67320336
2015 5.33072393
2016 4.80089177
2017 4.41334203
2018 4.06357543
2019 3.76229248
2020 3.65563861
2021 3.30250899
2022

Korea, Rep. | Interest payments (% of expense)

Interest payments include interest payments on government debt--including long-term bonds, long-term loans, and other debt instruments--to domestic and foreign residents. Limitations and exceptions: For most countries central government finance data have been consolidated into one account, but for others only budgetary central government accounts are available. Countries reporting budgetary data are noted in the country metadata. Because budgetary accounts may not include all central government units (such as social security funds), they usually provide an incomplete picture. In federal states the central government accounts provide an incomplete view of total public finance. Data on government revenue and expense are collected by the IMF through questionnaires to member countries and by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Despite IMF efforts to standardize data collection, statistics are often incomplete, untimely, and not comparable across countries. Statistical concept and methodology: The IMF's Government Finance Statistics Manual 2014, harmonized with the 2008 SNA, recommends an accrual accounting method, focusing on all economic events affecting assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses, not just those represented by cash transactions. It accounts for all changes in stocks, so stock data at the end of an accounting period equal stock data at the beginning of the period plus flows over the period. The 1986 manual considered only debt stocks. Government finance statistics are reported in local currency. Many countries report government finance data by fiscal year; see country metadata for information on fiscal year end by country.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Republic of Korea
Records
63
Source