# South Korea Capacity Utilization

South Korea Capacity Utilization was 76.8% in September 2026, up 5.6 percentage points from August 2026 and up 3.4 percentage points from a year earlier.
That is the highest reading since April 2022.
Among the 4 economies Makrognosis covers on this measure, it is the 2nd lowest.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 63.9% (May 2020) to 79.6% (Jan 2022), averaging 73.2%.

- Source agency: Bank of Korea
- Makrognosis code: `KR.CAPUTIL.M.NSA`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: %
- Coverage: 2001-01-01 to 2026-09-01 (309 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/south-korea/capacity-utilization

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| September 2026 | 76.8% |
| August 2026 | 71.2% |
| July 2026 | 74.9% |
| June 2026 | 74.7% |
| May 2026 | 70.8% |
| April 2026 | 73.2% |
| March 2026 | 74.6% |
| February 2026 | 74.4% |
| January 2026 | 70.8% |
| December 2025 | 72.8% |
| November 2025 | 70.9% |
| October 2025 | 70.4% |
| September 2025 | 73.4% |
| August 2025 | 73.7% |
| July 2025 | 72.2% |
| June 2025 | 73.1% |
| May 2025 | 71.9% |
| April 2025 | 73.6% |
| March 2025 | 73.9% |
| February 2025 | 72.5% |
| January 2025 | 72.2% |
| December 2024 | 73.0% |
| November 2024 | 71.4% |
| October 2024 | 73.1% |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.CAPUTIL.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.CAPUTIL.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```