# South Korea Korea: Finance and insurance (BOK ECOS)

South Korea Korea: Finance and insurance (BOK ECOS) was up 26.4% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with 15.3% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 43,714 ₩ billion.
That is the highest reading since the series began in Q1 2016.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −7.2% (Q4 2023) to 26.4% (Q2 2026), averaging 6.3%.

- Source agency: Bank of Korea
- Makrognosis code: `KR.GDP.Q.NOM.ITEM-1108`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: ₩ billion
- Coverage: 2016-01-01 to 2026-04-01 (42 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/south-korea/korea-finance-and-insurance-bok-ecos-nominal-quarterly

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 43,714 ₩ billion | 26.4 |
| Q1 2026 | 40,309 ₩ billion | 15.3 |
| Q4 2025 | 36,747 ₩ billion | 6.2 |
| Q3 2025 | 35,528 ₩ billion | 1.4 |
| Q2 2025 | 34,595 ₩ billion | −1.0 |
| Q1 2025 | 34,956 ₩ billion | −0.4 |
| Q4 2024 | 34,610 ₩ billion | 3.1 |
| Q3 2024 | 35,043 ₩ billion | 1.4 |
| Q2 2024 | 34,958 ₩ billion | −0.9 |
| Q1 2024 | 35,079 ₩ billion | 0.03 |
| Q4 2023 | 33,576 ₩ billion | −7.2 |
| Q3 2023 | 34,564 ₩ billion | 2.2 |
| Q2 2023 | 35,269 ₩ billion | 4.9 |
| Q1 2023 | 35,070 ₩ billion | 7.0 |
| Q4 2022 | 36,199 ₩ billion | 11.6 |
| Q3 2022 | 33,820 ₩ billion | 8.3 |
| Q2 2022 | 33,609 ₩ billion | 10.3 |
| Q1 2022 | 32,776 ₩ billion | 9.7 |
| Q4 2021 | 32,440 ₩ billion | 13.8 |
| Q3 2021 | 31,238 ₩ billion | 11.7 |
| Q2 2021 | 30,469 ₩ billion | 12.9 |
| Q1 2021 | 29,874 ₩ billion | 12.5 |
| Q4 2020 | 28,517 ₩ billion | 9.9 |
| Q3 2020 | 27,955 ₩ billion | 8.7 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.GDP.Q.NOM.ITEM-1108"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.GDP.Q.NOM.ITEM-1108",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```