Japan vs South Korea: Adjusted net saving (current US dollars)

Japan
185.95 billion current US$
in 2021
South Korea
327.12 billion current US$
in 2021
Japan rank
7th
South Korea rank
5th

Adjusted net saving (current US dollars) over time

  • Japan
  • South Korea
0200.0B400.0B600.0B800.0B199020052021

How they compare

South Korea currently reports 327.12 billion current US$ against 185.95 billion current US$ in Japan, a difference of 141.17 billion current US$.

That makes South Korea's figure about 1.8 times Japan's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 26 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Japan ahead.

Japan ranks 7th and South Korea ranks 5th of 164 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Adjusted net saving (current US dollars)
Unit
current US$
Source
World Bank (including The Changing Wealth of Nations) (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
164 places, 4,212 data points, 1990–2021
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