# South Korea Korea: Education (BOK ECOS)

South Korea Korea: Education (BOK ECOS) was up 2.1% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with 3.4% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 124.2 2020=100.
That is the lowest reading since Q1 2023.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −0.8% (Q4 2018) to 4.4% (Q2 2018), averaging 2.0%.

- Source agency: Bank of Korea
- Makrognosis code: `KR.GDPDEF.Q.NSA.ITEM-1111`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: 2020=100
- Coverage: 2016-01-01 to 2026-04-01 (42 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/south-korea/korea-education-bok-ecos-not-seasonally-adjusted-quarterly

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 124.2 2020=100 | 2.1 |
| Q1 2026 | 106.5 2020=100 | 3.4 |
| Q4 2025 | 109.4 2020=100 | 3.2 |
| Q3 2025 | 114.2 2020=100 | 2.5 |
| Q2 2025 | 121.7 2020=100 | 3.5 |
| Q1 2025 | 102.9 2020=100 | 2.1 |
| Q4 2024 | 106.0 2020=100 | 2.2 |
| Q3 2024 | 111.4 2020=100 | 3.3 |
| Q2 2024 | 117.6 2020=100 | 3.0 |
| Q1 2024 | 100.8 2020=100 | 2.6 |
| Q4 2023 | 103.7 2020=100 | 3.3 |
| Q3 2023 | 107.9 2020=100 | 3.8 |
| Q2 2023 | 114.2 2020=100 | 2.4 |
| Q1 2023 | 98.29 2020=100 | 1.4 |
| Q4 2022 | 100.4 2020=100 | 1.6 |
| Q3 2022 | 103.9 2020=100 | 1.3 |
| Q2 2022 | 111.5 2020=100 | 0.6 |
| Q1 2022 | 96.91 2020=100 | 2.4 |
| Q4 2021 | 98.81 2020=100 | 1.6 |
| Q3 2021 | 102.6 2020=100 | 0.4 |
| Q2 2021 | 110.9 2020=100 | 0.02 |
| Q1 2021 | 94.65 2020=100 | 3.6 |
| Q4 2020 | 97.24 2020=100 | 0.2 |
| Q3 2020 | 102.2 2020=100 | 0.5 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.GDPDEF.Q.NSA.ITEM-1111"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.GDPDEF.Q.NSA.ITEM-1111",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```