누구나 인용할 수 있는 JSON
Korea Debt Clock exposes two public JSON endpoints under CC-BY-4.0. No API key required. Attribution as “Korea Debt Clock” with a link back is appreciated.
GET /api/live.json
Current second-by-second interpolated snapshot. Cached 30s.
curl https://worldrealdebt.com/api/live.json
Response shape (trimmed):
{
"asOf": "2026-04-14T12:34:56.789Z",
"baseAsOf": "2026-01-01T00:00:00+09:00",
"currency": "KRW",
"source": "https://worldrealdebt.com",
"license": "CC-BY-4.0",
"citeAs": "Korea Debt Clock (https://worldrealdebt.com/api/live.json), accessed 2026-04-14T12:34:56.789Z",
"method": "compound interpolation: value(t) = base × (1+g)^((t-t₀)/1yr)",
"values": {
"nationalDebt": 1226483213456789,
"gdp": 2678123456789012,
"householdDebt": 1955912345678901,
"population": 51207890,
"...": "...",
"derived": {
"debtPerCitizen": 23948293,
"debtToGdpRatio": 0.4579,
"fiscalBalance": -47123456789012,
"tradeBalance": 24891234567890
}
},
"meta": { "nationalDebt": { "source": "기획재정부 국가채무 잠정", "sourceUrl": "https://www.moef.go.kr/" }, "...": "..." },
"docs": "https://worldrealdebt.com/api-docs/"
}GET /api/snapshot.json?t=<ISO>
Deterministic point-in-time snapshot for reproducible citations.t must be ISO 8601 within 2020-01-01..2030-12-31. Long-cached (immutable).
curl 'https://worldrealdebt.com/api/snapshot.json?t=2026-04-14T00:00:00Z'
Rate limits · CORS · caching
- Live endpoint: 60 req/min per IP (429 + Retry-After on breach).
- Snapshot endpoint: no rate limit (deterministic, cacheable).
Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *— usable from any browser origin.- Live: 30s edge cache · Snapshot: 1yr immutable.
Cite as
Korea Debt Clock (https://worldrealdebt.com), accessed YYYY-MM-DD. Underlying sources: Bank of Korea ECOS, Statistics Korea KOSIS, Ministry of Economy and Finance "Open Fiscal Data", KITA.
What this is not
Not a measurement — an estimate obtained by compound interpolation between official quarterly releases. For authoritative figures, refer to primary sources at /sources/.