South Korea Government Spending
South Korea government spending data with historical trend, latest available year, ranking, source notes and country comparison. Latest value: 17.65%.
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Interpretation
South Korea recorded 17.65% for Government Spending in 2025, the latest available observation in this dataset.
Compared with 2024, the indicator increased by 0.16 percentage points, from 17.48% to 17.65%.
The latest observation is above the average of the last 10 available observations (16.48%).
Across the five latest available observations (2021–2025), the pattern is predominantly upward.
Within the last 10 available observations, the low was 14.44% in 2016 and the high was 17.78% in 2023.