The government received a record total of 2.7951 trillion won in dividends from invested institutions this year. It is the third straight year since 2024 that dividends have been in the 2 trillion won range.
The Ministry of Economy and Finance on the 28th released the dividends results for government-invested institutions based on fiscal 2025 performance. The total dividends amount increased by 496.4 billion won from a year earlier. The average payout ratio (dividends/net income) was 40.90%, up 1.18 percentage points from the previous year's 39.72%, marking an all-time high.
Policy banks again led the government dividends. The government dividends from the three major policy banks—the Korea Development Bank, Industrial Bank of Korea (IBK), and the Export-Import Bank of Korea—came to 1.9536 trillion won, or 69.89% of the total dividends. Korea Development Bank paid the most at 880.6 billion won, followed by Industrial Bank of Korea (IBK) at 596.8 billion won and the Export-Import Bank of Korea at 476.2 billion won.
In addition, Incheon International Airport Corporation (IIAC) (319.4 billion won) and Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) (180.2 billion won) each paid more than 100 billion won in dividends.