# South Korea Korea: Dwellings / Number of Buildings (BOK ECOS)

South Korea Korea: Dwellings / Number of Buildings (BOK ECOS) was 2,696.0 units in September 2026, up 11.1% from August 2026 and down 22.1% from a year earlier.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 1,848.0 units (Feb 2026) to 10,274 units (Dec 2016), averaging 5,385.6 units.

- Source agency: Bank of Korea
- Makrognosis code: `KR.BPERMIT.M.NSA.ITEM-I43ABA-2`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: units
- Coverage: 2016-01-01 to 2026-09-01 (129 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/south-korea/korea-dwellings-number-of-buildings-bok-ecos

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| September 2026 | 2,696.0 units |
| August 2026 | 2,426.0 units |
| July 2026 | 2,961.0 units |
| June 2026 | 2,838.0 units |
| May 2026 | 2,850.0 units |
| April 2026 | 3,460.0 units |
| March 2026 | 3,135.0 units |
| February 2026 | 1,848.0 units |
| January 2026 | 2,156.0 units |
| December 2025 | 3,458.0 units |
| November 2025 | 3,191.0 units |
| October 2025 | 2,717.0 units |
| September 2025 | 3,462.0 units |
| August 2025 | 2,824.0 units |
| July 2025 | 3,149.0 units |
| June 2025 | 3,074.0 units |
| May 2025 | 3,127.0 units |
| April 2025 | 3,473.0 units |
| March 2025 | 3,086.0 units |
| February 2025 | 2,231.0 units |
| January 2025 | 1,979.0 units |
| December 2024 | 3,784.0 units |
| November 2024 | 3,466.0 units |
| October 2024 | 3,313.0 units |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.BPERMIT.M.NSA.ITEM-I43ABA-2"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.BPERMIT.M.NSA.ITEM-I43ABA-2",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```