Short-term interest rate (per cent) - Korea - OECD - Monthly
This series is part of the dataset: OECD interest rates
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. In Korea, the short-term interest rate stood at 2.91 per cent in June 2026, versus 2.82 in May 2026.
Sample. In the monthly time series displayed in the figure, there are 426 records in total. The time range covered by the series extends from January 1991 to June 2026.
History. Take a look at a few statistics we computed on the whole sample: the interest rate hit a minimum of 0.63 per cent in September 2020; it recorded its highest level of 23.10 in January 1998; it had a mean of 5.86.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2026-04-30 | 2.82 |
| 2026-05-31 | 2.82 |
| 2026-06-30 | 2.91 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Short-term interest rate |
| Country | Korea |
| Economic concept | Interest rate |
| Data type | Annual interest rate |
| Seasonally adjusted | No |
| Deflation method | Not applicable |
| Rescaling | None |
| Measure type | Level |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Unit | Percentage points |
| Source | OECD |
| Source type | International organization |
| Data licence | Redistributable with citation |
| Other information | Short-term interest rates are the rates at which short-term borrowings are effected between financial institutions or the rate at which short-term government paper is issued or traded in the market. |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LM1 |
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