# South Korea Korea: Communication (BOK ECOS)

South Korea Korea: Communication (BOK ECOS) was up 1.4% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with −0.9% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 7,620.8 ₩ billion.
That is the highest reading since Q2 2025.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −1.3% (Q2 2017) to 11.7% (Q4 2019), averaging 6.0%.

- Source agency: Bank of Korea
- Makrognosis code: `KR.GDP.Q.REAL.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-real-inflation-adjusted-quarterly

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 7,620.8 ₩ billion | 1.4 |
| Q1 2026 | 7,211.9 ₩ billion | −0.9 |
| Q4 2025 | 7,584.0 ₩ billion | 0.9 |
| Q3 2025 | 7,498.0 ₩ billion | 1.1 |
| Q2 2025 | 7,518.2 ₩ billion | 3.2 |
| Q1 2025 | 7,281.0 ₩ billion | 1.4 |
| Q4 2024 | 7,517.2 ₩ billion | 5.9 |
| Q3 2024 | 7,416.8 ₩ billion | 6.4 |
| Q2 2024 | 7,283.4 ₩ billion | 5.9 |
| Q1 2024 | 7,179.8 ₩ billion | 6.5 |
| Q4 2023 | 7,100.5 ₩ billion | 8.0 |
| Q3 2023 | 6,970.5 ₩ billion | 7.2 |
| Q2 2023 | 6,878.7 ₩ billion | 7.5 |
| Q1 2023 | 6,743.9 ₩ billion | 7.2 |
| Q4 2022 | 6,573.3 ₩ billion | 6.8 |
| Q3 2022 | 6,500.0 ₩ billion | 8.0 |
| Q2 2022 | 6,396.2 ₩ billion | 9.8 |
| Q1 2022 | 6,290.6 ₩ billion | 9.7 |
| Q4 2021 | 6,156.4 ₩ billion | 8.0 |
| Q3 2021 | 6,015.8 ₩ billion | 8.7 |
| Q2 2021 | 5,827.0 ₩ billion | 6.9 |
| Q1 2021 | 5,735.1 ₩ billion | 7.3 |
| Q4 2020 | 5,702.1 ₩ billion | 10.4 |
| Q3 2020 | 5,533.3 ₩ billion | 8.7 |

## API

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

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