# South Korea Korea: Current Expenditure (BOK ECOS)

South Korea Korea: Current Expenditure (BOK ECOS) was 460,503 ₩ billion in August 2026, up 10.4% from July 2026 and up 9.5% from a year earlier.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 28,828 ₩ billion (Jan 2017) to 596,214 ₩ billion (Dec 2025), averaging 274,391 ₩ billion.

- Source agency: Bank of Korea
- Makrognosis code: `KR.GOVBAL.M.NSA.ITEM-B0101`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: ₩ billion
- Coverage: 2016-01-01 to 2026-08-01 (128 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/south-korea/korea-current-expenditure-bok-ecos

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| August 2026 | 460,503 ₩ billion |
| July 2026 | 417,026 ₩ billion |
| June 2026 | 370,984 ₩ billion |
| May 2026 | 308,470 ₩ billion |
| April 2026 | 250,665 ₩ billion |
| March 2026 | 187,646 ₩ billion |
| February 2026 | 118,630 ₩ billion |
| January 2026 | 56,290 ₩ billion |
| December 2025 | 596,214 ₩ billion |
| November 2025 | 546,647 ₩ billion |
| October 2025 | 511,223 ₩ billion |
| September 2025 | 474,376 ₩ billion |
| August 2025 | 420,695 ₩ billion |
| July 2025 | 382,685 ₩ billion |
| June 2025 | 333,868 ₩ billion |
| May 2025 | 270,107 ₩ billion |
| April 2025 | 225,747 ₩ billion |
| March 2025 | 179,019 ₩ billion |
| February 2025 | 104,146 ₩ billion |
| January 2025 | 49,209 ₩ billion |
| December 2024 | 542,859 ₩ billion |
| November 2024 | 486,761 ₩ billion |
| October 2024 | 450,936 ₩ billion |
| September 2024 | 418,616 ₩ billion |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.GOVBAL.M.NSA.ITEM-B0101"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.GOVBAL.M.NSA.ITEM-B0101",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```