# South Korea Korea: Chained supermarket / Value Index (BOK ECOS)

South Korea Korea: Chained supermarket / Value Index (BOK ECOS) was up 20.8% year on year in September 2026, compared with 10.5% in August 2026.
The level stood at 141.2 (index).
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −18.8% (Feb 2022) to 34.0% (Feb 2018), averaging 4.0%.

- Source agency: Bank of Korea
- Makrognosis code: `KR.RETSALES.M.NSA.ITEM-I74IA-I74A`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: index
- Coverage: 2016-01-01 to 2026-09-01 (129 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/south-korea/korea-chained-supermarket-value-index-bok-ecos

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 141.2 | 20.8 |
| August 2026 | 126.8 | 10.5 |
| July 2026 | 120.9 | 5.4 |
| June 2026 | 115.6 | 2.8 |
| May 2026 | 115.6 | 0.3 |
| April 2026 | 108.1 | 1.9 |
| March 2026 | 108.9 | 0.4 |
| February 2026 | 121.6 | 28.7 |
| January 2026 | 110.2 | −15.5 |
| December 2025 | 111.4 | 1.2 |
| November 2025 | 109.6 | 1.2 |
| October 2025 | 123.0 | 15.2 |
| September 2025 | 116.9 | −9.1 |
| August 2025 | 114.8 | −5.0 |
| July 2025 | 114.7 | 3.9 |
| June 2025 | 112.5 | 3.7 |
| May 2025 | 115.2 | 3.2 |
| April 2025 | 106.1 | 3.8 |
| March 2025 | 108.5 | 4.1 |
| February 2025 | 94.50 | −17.1 |
| January 2025 | 130.4 | 23.5 |
| December 2024 | 110.1 | 2.3 |
| November 2024 | 108.3 | 4.5 |
| October 2024 | 106.8 | 3.6 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.RETSALES.M.NSA.ITEM-I74IA-I74A"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.RETSALES.M.NSA.ITEM-I74IA-I74A",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```