South Korea Credit Rating trends, research and data
This page includes the government debt credit rating and outlook of South Korea as reported by the credit rating agencies of S&P, Moody’s and Fitch. Credit rating agencies are often slow to respond to rising risk conditions. Sign up free to monitor South Korea’s sovereign risk using MacroVar Advanced Financial & Macroeconomic data analytics.
| Date | Rating | Outlook | Indicator |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21-04-22 | Aa2 (Stable) | Aa2 | South Korea Credit Rating (Moody's) |
| 12-05-20 | Aa2 (Stable) | Aa2 | South Korea Credit Rating (Moody's) |
| 11-02-20 | AA- | AA- | South Korea Credit Rating (Fitch) |
| 08-08-19 | AA- | AA- | South Korea Credit Rating (Fitch) |
| 23-01-19 | AA- | AA- | South Korea Credit Rating (Fitch) |
| 21-06-18 | AA- (Stable) | AA- | South Korea Credit Rating (Fitch) |
| 18-06-18 | Aa2 (Stable) | Aa2 | South Korea Credit Rating (Moody's) |
| 11-10-17 | AA- (Stable) | AA- | South Korea Credit Rating (Fitch) |
| 20-10-16 | AA- (Stable) | AA- | South Korea Credit Rating (Fitch) |
| 07-08-16 | AA (Stable) | AA | South Korea Credit Rating (S&P) |
| 22-07-16 | AA- (Stable) | AA- | South Korea Credit Rating (Fitch) |
| 02-02-16 | AA- (Stable) | AA | South Korea Credit Rating (Fitch) |
| 18-12-15 | Aa2 (Stable) | Aa2 | South Korea Credit Rating (Moody's) |
| 15-09-15 | AA- (Stable) | South Korea Credit Rating (S&P) | |
| 13-07-15 | AA- | AA | South Korea Credit Rating (Fitch) |
| 10-04-15 | Aa3 (Positive) | Aa3 | South Korea Credit Rating (Moody's) |
| 29-09-14 | AA- (Stable) | AA | South Korea Credit Rating (Fitch) |
| 23-09-14 | AA- (Stable) | AA | South Korea Credit Rating (Fitch) |
| 19-09-14 | (Positive) | South Korea Credit Rating (S&P) | |
| 09-09-14 | AA- (Stable) | AA | South Korea Credit Rating (Fitch) |
| 29-08-14 | AA- (Stable) | AA | South Korea Credit Rating (Fitch) |
| 19-08-14 | AA- (Stable) | AA | South Korea Credit Rating (Fitch) |
| 05-08-14 | AA- (Stable) | AA | South Korea Credit Rating (Fitch) |
| 30-07-14 | AA- (Stable) | AA | South Korea Credit Rating (Fitch) |
| 24-07-14 | AA- (Stable) | AA | South Korea Credit Rating (Fitch) |
South Korea Credit Rating Analysis
The credit rating signal from each credit rating agency for the sovereign debt of South Korea and it’s meaning is presented in the table below.
| S&P | Moody’s | Fitch | Analysis |
| AAA | Aaa | AAA | Prime |
| AA+ | Aa1 | AA+ | High grade |
| AA | Aa2 | AA | |
| AA- | Aa3 | AA- | |
| A+ | A1 | A+ | Upper medium grade |
| A | A2 | A | |
| A- | A3 | A- | |
| BBB+ | Baa1 | BBB+ | Lower medium grade |
| BBB | Baa2 | BBB | |
| BBB- | Baa3 | BBB- | |
| BB+ | Ba1 | BB+ | Non-investment grade speculative |
| BB | Ba2 | BB | |
| BB- | Ba3 | BB- | |
| B+ | B1 | B+ | Highly speculative |
| B | B2 | B | |
| B- | B3 | B- | |
| CCC+ | Caa1 | CCC | Extremely speculative |
| CCC | Caa2 | ||
| CCC- | Caa3 | In Default with small probability of recovery | |
| CC | Ca | ||
| C | C | ||
| D | / | DDD | In default |