# South Korea Korea: Expenditure on GDP (BOK ECOS)

South Korea Korea: Expenditure on GDP (BOK ECOS) was up 26.2% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with 17.2% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 834,925 ₩ billion.
That is the highest reading since the series began in Q1 2016.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −1.2% (Q2 2020) to 26.2% (Q2 2026), averaging 5.2%.

- Source agency: Bank of Korea
- Makrognosis code: `KR.GDP.Q.NOM.ITEM-10601`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: ₩ billion
- Coverage: 2016-01-01 to 2026-04-01 (42 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/south-korea/korea-expenditure-on-gdp-bok-ecos-nominal-quarterly

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 834,925 ₩ billion | 26.2 |
| Q1 2026 | 764,882 ₩ billion | 17.2 |
| Q4 2025 | 692,116 ₩ billion | 6.5 |
| Q3 2025 | 670,118 ₩ billion | 4.8 |
| Q2 2025 | 661,715 ₩ billion | 3.5 |
| Q1 2025 | 652,726 ₩ billion | 2.7 |
| Q4 2024 | 649,602 ₩ billion | 5.3 |
| Q3 2024 | 639,304 ₩ billion | 5.4 |
| Q2 2024 | 639,523 ₩ billion | 7.4 |
| Q1 2024 | 635,776 ₩ billion | 8.0 |
| Q4 2023 | 617,071 ₩ billion | 6.0 |
| Q3 2023 | 606,343 ₩ billion | 4.0 |
| Q2 2023 | 595,519 ₩ billion | 1.9 |
| Q1 2023 | 588,643 ₩ billion | 1.8 |
| Q4 2022 | 582,047 ₩ billion | 1.7 |
| Q3 2022 | 583,183 ₩ billion | 3.6 |
| Q2 2022 | 584,573 ₩ billion | 6.2 |
| Q1 2022 | 578,366 ₩ billion | 7.6 |
| Q4 2021 | 572,592 ₩ billion | 8.8 |
| Q3 2021 | 563,132 ₩ billion | 8.4 |
| Q2 2021 | 550,691 ₩ billion | 9.3 |
| Q1 2021 | 537,304 ₩ billion | 5.6 |
| Q4 2020 | 526,144 ₩ billion | 1.9 |
| Q3 2020 | 519,620 ₩ billion | 1.6 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.GDP.Q.NOM.ITEM-10601"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.GDP.Q.NOM.ITEM-10601",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```