# South Korea Korea: Business activities (BOK ECOS)

South Korea Korea: Business activities (BOK ECOS) was up 3.8% year on year in Q3 2026, compared with 2.6% in Q2 2026.
The level stood at 44,643 ₩ billion.
That is the highest reading since Q4 2023.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −3.3% (Q4 2024) to 5.8% (Q4 2019), averaging 2.0%.

- Source agency: Bank of Korea
- Makrognosis code: `KR.GDP.Q.REAL.ITEM-1115`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: ₩ billion
- Coverage: 2016-01-01 to 2026-07-01 (43 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/south-korea/korea-business-activities-bok-ecos

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q3 2026 | 44,643 ₩ billion | 3.8 |
| Q2 2026 | 42,954 ₩ billion | 2.6 |
| Q1 2026 | 42,617 ₩ billion | 1.5 |
| Q4 2025 | 42,255 ₩ billion | 1.1 |
| Q3 2025 | 43,016 ₩ billion | 1.6 |
| Q2 2025 | 41,866 ₩ billion | −1.3 |
| Q1 2025 | 42,002 ₩ billion | −1.8 |
| Q4 2024 | 41,816 ₩ billion | −3.3 |
| Q3 2024 | 42,339 ₩ billion | −0.8 |
| Q2 2024 | 42,420 ₩ billion | −0.6 |
| Q1 2024 | 42,774 ₩ billion | 1.4 |
| Q4 2023 | 43,242 ₩ billion | 4.6 |
| Q3 2023 | 42,695 ₩ billion | 5.4 |
| Q2 2023 | 42,660 ₩ billion | 4.4 |
| Q1 2023 | 42,196 ₩ billion | 3.5 |
| Q4 2022 | 41,322 ₩ billion | 2.8 |
| Q3 2022 | 40,507 ₩ billion | 1.1 |
| Q2 2022 | 40,862 ₩ billion | 2.7 |
| Q1 2022 | 40,763 ₩ billion | 3.1 |
| Q4 2021 | 40,195 ₩ billion | 1.2 |
| Q3 2021 | 40,076 ₩ billion | 1.7 |
| Q2 2021 | 39,786 ₩ billion | 4.0 |
| Q1 2021 | 39,547 ₩ billion | 0.8 |
| Q4 2020 | 39,719 ₩ billion | −0.6 |

## API

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

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