# South Korea Korea: Central government / Total general government expenditure (BOK ECOS)

South Korea Korea: Central government / Total general government expenditure (BOK ECOS) was 558,943 KRW billion in 2025, up 8.8% from 2024.

- Source agency: Bank of Korea
- Makrognosis code: `KR.GOVEXP.A.NOM.ITEM-2-1400`
- Frequency: annual
- Units: KRW billion
- Coverage: 2016-01-01 to 2025-01-01 (10 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/south-korea/korea-central-government-total-general-government-expenditure-bok-ecos

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 558,943 KRW billion |
| 2024 | 513,834 KRW billion |
| 2023 | 495,926 KRW billion |
| 2022 | 554,977 KRW billion |
| 2021 | 473,875 KRW billion |
| 2020 | 431,872 KRW billion |
| 2019 | 394,359 KRW billion |
| 2018 | 350,915 KRW billion |
| 2017 | 329,344 KRW billion |
| 2016 | 314,675 KRW billion |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.GOVEXP.A.NOM.ITEM-2-1400"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.GOVEXP.A.NOM.ITEM-2-1400",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```