# South Korea Korea: Department Stores / Seasonally Adjusted Index (BOK ECOS)

South Korea Korea: Department Stores / Seasonally Adjusted Index (BOK ECOS) was up 1.9% year on year in September 2026, compared with 2.3% in August 2026.
The level stood at 136.3 (index).
That is the lowest reading since August 2025.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −35.4% (Mar 2020) to 65.3% (Mar 2021), averaging 3.0%.

- Source agency: Bank of Korea
- Makrognosis code: `KR.RETSALES.M.NSA.ITEM-I74B-I74C`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: index
- Coverage: 2016-01-01 to 2026-09-01 (129 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/south-korea/korea-department-stores-seasonally-adjusted-index-bok-ecos

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 136.3 | 1.9 |
| August 2026 | 133.5 | 2.3 |
| July 2026 | 142.6 | 9.2 |
| June 2026 | 151.1 | 16.3 |
| May 2026 | 147.2 | 14.7 |
| April 2026 | 144.0 | 15.1 |
| March 2026 | 141.7 | 10.7 |
| February 2026 | 144.4 | 10.1 |
| January 2026 | 143.6 | 9.4 |
| December 2025 | 134.3 | 3.3 |
| November 2025 | 133.6 | 3.9 |
| October 2025 | 135.1 | 5.8 |
| September 2025 | 133.7 | 3.3 |
| August 2025 | 130.5 | 0.2 |
| July 2025 | 130.6 | −0.4 |
| June 2025 | 129.9 | 0.08 |
| May 2025 | 128.3 | −2.2 |
| April 2025 | 125.1 | −5.4 |
| March 2025 | 128.0 | −4.2 |
| February 2025 | 131.2 | 0.0 |
| January 2025 | 131.3 | 0.8 |
| December 2024 | 130.0 | −1.4 |
| November 2024 | 128.6 | −2.1 |
| October 2024 | 127.7 | −2.3 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.RETSALES.M.NSA.ITEM-I74B-I74C"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.RETSALES.M.NSA.ITEM-I74B-I74C",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```