A scroll compressor having a casing, a drive motor which is held in place within the casing and has an internal flow passage and an external flow passage to pass through, a rotation shaft which is combined with the drive motor for rotation, a frame that is provided under the drive motor and through which the rotation shaft passes for support, a first scroll which is provided under the frame and on whose one flank surface a first wrap is formed, a second scroll which is provided between the frame and the first scroll, on which a second wrap that is engaged with the first wrap is formed, with which the rotation shaft is eccentrically combined and which forms a compression chamber, and a flow passage separation unit which separates a space between the drive motor and the frame into an internal space and an external space is provided.