# South Korea Korea: Cultural and other services (BOK ECOS)

South Korea Korea: Cultural and other services (BOK ECOS) was up 3.6% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with 3.1% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 18,528 ₩ billion.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −19.7% (Q2 2020) to 21.8% (Q1 2023), averaging 4.7%.

- Source agency: Bank of Korea
- Makrognosis code: `KR.GDP.Q.NOM.ITEM-1113`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: ₩ billion
- Coverage: 2016-01-01 to 2026-04-01 (42 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/south-korea/korea-cultural-and-other-services-bok-ecos-nominal-quarterly

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 18,528 ₩ billion | 3.6 |
| Q1 2026 | 18,165 ₩ billion | 3.1 |
| Q4 2025 | 17,872 ₩ billion | 3.0 |
| Q3 2025 | 17,946 ₩ billion | 5.2 |
| Q2 2025 | 17,882 ₩ billion | 4.2 |
| Q1 2025 | 17,627 ₩ billion | 3.6 |
| Q4 2024 | 17,343 ₩ billion | 5.2 |
| Q3 2024 | 17,058 ₩ billion | 4.2 |
| Q2 2024 | 17,157 ₩ billion | 8.6 |
| Q1 2024 | 17,014 ₩ billion | 8.6 |
| Q4 2023 | 16,487 ₩ billion | 13.6 |
| Q3 2023 | 16,376 ₩ billion | 14.3 |
| Q2 2023 | 15,797 ₩ billion | 15.7 |
| Q1 2023 | 15,665 ₩ billion | 21.8 |
| Q4 2022 | 14,511 ₩ billion | 13.5 |
| Q3 2022 | 14,323 ₩ billion | 17.2 |
| Q2 2022 | 13,652 ₩ billion | 11.5 |
| Q1 2022 | 12,862 ₩ billion | 6.5 |
| Q4 2021 | 12,788 ₩ billion | 10.0 |
| Q3 2021 | 12,224 ₩ billion | 5.4 |
| Q2 2021 | 12,243 ₩ billion | 10.7 |
| Q1 2021 | 12,076 ₩ billion | −4.7 |
| Q4 2020 | 11,629 ₩ billion | −19.0 |
| Q3 2020 | 11,598 ₩ billion | −16.6 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.GDP.Q.NOM.ITEM-1113"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.GDP.Q.NOM.ITEM-1113",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```