# South Korea Korea: Communication (BOK ECOS)

South Korea Korea: Communication (BOK ECOS) was up 1.7% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with −3.3% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 6,849.0 ₩ billion.
That is the highest reading since Q2 2025.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −7.4% (Q3 2025) to 6.4% (Q2 2023), averaging 1.9%.

- Source agency: Bank of Korea
- Makrognosis code: `KR.GDP.Q.NOM.ITEM-11141`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: ₩ billion
- Coverage: 2016-01-01 to 2026-04-01 (42 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/south-korea/korea-communication-bok-ecos-nominal-quarterly

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 6,849.0 ₩ billion | 1.7 |
| Q1 2026 | 6,241.9 ₩ billion | −3.3 |
| Q4 2025 | 6,539.8 ₩ billion | −1.3 |
| Q3 2025 | 6,138.9 ₩ billion | −7.4 |
| Q2 2025 | 6,732.4 ₩ billion | 3.6 |
| Q1 2025 | 6,454.4 ₩ billion | 0.5 |
| Q4 2024 | 6,626.7 ₩ billion | 4.4 |
| Q3 2024 | 6,629.7 ₩ billion | 5.5 |
| Q2 2024 | 6,495.8 ₩ billion | 3.6 |
| Q1 2024 | 6,420.4 ₩ billion | 4.4 |
| Q4 2023 | 6,348.4 ₩ billion | 6.2 |
| Q3 2023 | 6,284.3 ₩ billion | 5.4 |
| Q2 2023 | 6,268.1 ₩ billion | 6.4 |
| Q1 2023 | 6,152.6 ₩ billion | 5.6 |
| Q4 2022 | 5,980.3 ₩ billion | 3.0 |
| Q3 2022 | 5,960.7 ₩ billion | 4.5 |
| Q2 2022 | 5,890.2 ₩ billion | 5.4 |
| Q1 2022 | 5,824.5 ₩ billion | 4.8 |
| Q4 2021 | 5,807.9 ₩ billion | 4.8 |
| Q3 2021 | 5,706.0 ₩ billion | 3.5 |
| Q2 2021 | 5,587.2 ₩ billion | 1.1 |
| Q1 2021 | 5,556.9 ₩ billion | 1.9 |
| Q4 2020 | 5,542.1 ₩ billion | 4.0 |
| Q3 2020 | 5,513.0 ₩ billion | 4.4 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.GDP.Q.NOM.ITEM-11141"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.GDP.Q.NOM.ITEM-11141",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```