# South Korea Korea: Building construction and repair (BOK ECOS)

South Korea Korea: Building construction and repair (BOK ECOS) was down 0.7% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with −3.3% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 20,141 ₩ billion.
That is the highest reading since Q1 2024.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −12.0% (Q1 2025) to 20.5% (Q1 2017), averaging 2.5%.

- Source agency: Bank of Korea
- Makrognosis code: `KR.GDP.Q.NOM.ITEM-11055`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: ₩ billion
- Coverage: 2016-01-01 to 2026-04-01 (42 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/south-korea/korea-building-construction-and-repair-bok-ecos-nominal-quarterly

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 20,141 ₩ billion | −0.7 |
| Q1 2026 | 19,927 ₩ billion | −3.3 |
| Q4 2025 | 19,873 ₩ billion | −6.1 |
| Q3 2025 | 20,111 ₩ billion | −5.3 |
| Q2 2025 | 20,287 ₩ billion | −9.3 |
| Q1 2025 | 20,615 ₩ billion | −12.0 |
| Q4 2024 | 21,173 ₩ billion | −3.3 |
| Q3 2024 | 21,232 ₩ billion | −8.1 |
| Q2 2024 | 22,367 ₩ billion | −1.9 |
| Q1 2024 | 23,414 ₩ billion | 1.8 |
| Q4 2023 | 21,906 ₩ billion | −5.6 |
| Q3 2023 | 23,103 ₩ billion | −0.2 |
| Q2 2023 | 22,810 ₩ billion | 2.8 |
| Q1 2023 | 23,008 ₩ billion | 5.9 |
| Q4 2022 | 23,215 ₩ billion | 8.5 |
| Q3 2022 | 23,161 ₩ billion | 10.9 |
| Q2 2022 | 22,196 ₩ billion | 10.3 |
| Q1 2022 | 21,728 ₩ billion | 10.7 |
| Q4 2021 | 21,399 ₩ billion | 10.1 |
| Q3 2021 | 20,888 ₩ billion | 6.6 |
| Q2 2021 | 20,117 ₩ billion | 4.2 |
| Q1 2021 | 19,627 ₩ billion | 1.4 |
| Q4 2020 | 19,440 ₩ billion | −0.6 |
| Q3 2020 | 19,586 ₩ billion | 0.8 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.GDP.Q.NOM.ITEM-11055"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.GDP.Q.NOM.ITEM-11055",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```