# South Korea Korea: Business activities (BOK ECOS)

South Korea Korea: Business activities (BOK ECOS) was up 1.9% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with 2.4% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 122.1 2020=100.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 1.8% (Q3 2024) to 6.7% (Q3 2023), averaging 3.5%.

- Source agency: Bank of Korea
- Makrognosis code: `KR.GDPDEF.Q.NSA.ITEM-1115`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: 2020=100
- Coverage: 2016-01-01 to 2026-04-01 (42 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/south-korea/korea-business-activities-bok-ecos-not-seasonally-adjusted-quarterly

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 122.1 2020=100 | 1.9 |
| Q1 2026 | 122.5 2020=100 | 2.4 |
| Q4 2025 | 121.5 2020=100 | 2.7 |
| Q3 2025 | 120.2 2020=100 | 1.8 |
| Q2 2025 | 119.9 2020=100 | 1.9 |
| Q1 2025 | 119.6 2020=100 | 1.9 |
| Q4 2024 | 118.3 2020=100 | 2.8 |
| Q3 2024 | 118.1 2020=100 | 1.8 |
| Q2 2024 | 117.7 2020=100 | 3.1 |
| Q1 2024 | 117.4 2020=100 | 3.3 |
| Q4 2023 | 115.1 2020=100 | 5.1 |
| Q3 2023 | 116.0 2020=100 | 6.7 |
| Q2 2023 | 114.1 2020=100 | 5.1 |
| Q1 2023 | 113.7 2020=100 | 5.6 |
| Q4 2022 | 109.5 2020=100 | 4.3 |
| Q3 2022 | 108.7 2020=100 | 4.6 |
| Q2 2022 | 108.6 2020=100 | 4.8 |
| Q1 2022 | 107.7 2020=100 | 4.1 |
| Q4 2021 | 105.0 2020=100 | 4.8 |
| Q3 2021 | 104.0 2020=100 | 3.8 |
| Q2 2021 | 103.6 2020=100 | 4.3 |
| Q1 2021 | 103.4 2020=100 | 3.1 |
| Q4 2020 | 100.3 2020=100 | 3.3 |
| Q3 2020 | 100.1 2020=100 | 3.5 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.GDPDEF.Q.NSA.ITEM-1115"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.GDPDEF.Q.NSA.ITEM-1115",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```