As of | Daily (policy rate; changes on Monetary Policy Board decision days)
Mean
2.90%
Median
3.00%
Min
0.50%
Max
5.25%
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Date
Rate
3.00
3.00
2.75
2.50
2.50
2.50
2.50
2.50
2.50
2.50
2.50
2.50
2.50
2.50
2.50
2.50
2.50
2.75
2.75
2.75
3.00
3.00
3.00
3.25
About the Base Rate
Bank of Korea Base Rate from the official change list on bok.or.kr. Current: 3.00% on Sep 20, 2026. Chart is stepped at Monetary Policy Board decisions.
From May 6, 1999 to Sep 20, 2026 (10,000 observations): mean 2.90%, median 3.00%; low 0.50% (May 28, 2020), high 5.25% (Oct 5, 2000). Not a mortgage or deposit rate.
Read the latest value together with its observation date. The change compares it with the previous observation; when a policy rate is unchanged, the last actual move is shown where available. Percentage points measure the difference between two rates; a percentage change measures that difference relative to the earlier value. The summary statistics describe the history used on this page, not a forecast or a separate official aggregate.
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