# South Korea Korea: Arts, sports and recreation (BOK ECOS)

South Korea Korea: Arts, sports and recreation (BOK ECOS) was up 2.8% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with 2.4% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 8,430.6 ₩ billion.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −35.4% (Q2 2020) to 28.7% (Q1 2023), averaging 5.5%.

- Source agency: Bank of Korea
- Makrognosis code: `KR.GDP.Q.NOM.ITEM-11131`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: ₩ billion
- Coverage: 2016-01-01 to 2026-04-01 (42 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/south-korea/korea-arts-sports-and-recreation-bok-ecos-nominal-quarterly

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 8,430.6 ₩ billion | 2.8 |
| Q1 2026 | 8,232.5 ₩ billion | 2.4 |
| Q4 2025 | 8,235.7 ₩ billion | 4.5 |
| Q3 2025 | 8,107.6 ₩ billion | 2.8 |
| Q2 2025 | 8,200.3 ₩ billion | 1.2 |
| Q1 2025 | 8,039.7 ₩ billion | −0.6 |
| Q4 2024 | 7,881.4 ₩ billion | −1.7 |
| Q3 2024 | 7,889.6 ₩ billion | 0.2 |
| Q2 2024 | 8,105.1 ₩ billion | 6.1 |
| Q1 2024 | 8,089.2 ₩ billion | 5.2 |
| Q4 2023 | 8,018.1 ₩ billion | 16.8 |
| Q3 2023 | 7,872.8 ₩ billion | 13.5 |
| Q2 2023 | 7,641.5 ₩ billion | 19.2 |
| Q1 2023 | 7,686.6 ₩ billion | 28.7 |
| Q4 2022 | 6,864.1 ₩ billion | 15.4 |
| Q3 2022 | 6,937.1 ₩ billion | 23.8 |
| Q2 2022 | 6,408.6 ₩ billion | 16.6 |
| Q1 2022 | 5,973.2 ₩ billion | 11.9 |
| Q4 2021 | 5,946.2 ₩ billion | 20.6 |
| Q3 2021 | 5,604.9 ₩ billion | 13.7 |
| Q2 2021 | 5,496.6 ₩ billion | 26.8 |
| Q1 2021 | 5,338.0 ₩ billion | −9.0 |
| Q4 2020 | 4,929.9 ₩ billion | −31.5 |
| Q3 2020 | 4,929.4 ₩ billion | −27.8 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.GDP.Q.NOM.ITEM-11131"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.GDP.Q.NOM.ITEM-11131",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```