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

South Korea Korea: Cultural and other services (BOK ECOS) was down 2.3% year on year in Q3 2026, compared with 0.5% in Q2 2026.
The level stood at 14,167 ₩ billion.
That is the lowest reading since Q1 2021.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −21.1% (Q2 2020) to 14.7% (Q1 2023), averaging 1.2%.

- Source agency: Bank of Korea
- Makrognosis code: `KR.GDP.Q.REAL.ITEM-1113`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: ₩ billion
- Coverage: 2016-01-01 to 2026-07-01 (43 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/south-korea/korea-cultural-and-other-services-bok-ecos

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q3 2026 | 14,167 ₩ billion | −2.3 |
| Q2 2026 | 14,506 ₩ billion | 0.5 |
| Q1 2026 | 14,363 ₩ billion | −0.6 |
| Q4 2025 | 14,198 ₩ billion | −1.2 |
| Q3 2025 | 14,500 ₩ billion | 2.1 |
| Q2 2025 | 14,434 ₩ billion | −0.9 |
| Q1 2025 | 14,444 ₩ billion | −2.0 |
| Q4 2024 | 14,368 ₩ billion | 0.9 |
| Q3 2024 | 14,206 ₩ billion | −0.4 |
| Q2 2024 | 14,562 ₩ billion | 3.9 |
| Q1 2024 | 14,732 ₩ billion | 3.9 |
| Q4 2023 | 14,237 ₩ billion | 6.0 |
| Q3 2023 | 14,263 ₩ billion | 5.6 |
| Q2 2023 | 14,011 ₩ billion | 8.2 |
| Q1 2023 | 14,178 ₩ billion | 14.7 |
| Q4 2022 | 13,432 ₩ billion | 8.1 |
| Q3 2022 | 13,505 ₩ billion | 12.9 |
| Q2 2022 | 12,949 ₩ billion | 7.7 |
| Q1 2022 | 12,359 ₩ billion | 4.1 |
| Q4 2021 | 12,420 ₩ billion | 7.8 |
| Q3 2021 | 11,966 ₩ billion | 3.7 |
| Q2 2021 | 12,022 ₩ billion | 8.3 |
| Q1 2021 | 11,874 ₩ billion | −7.2 |
| Q4 2020 | 11,519 ₩ billion | −20.2 |

## API

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

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