# South Korea Korea: Gross capital formation (BOK ECOS)

South Korea Korea: Gross capital formation (BOK ECOS) was up 7.3% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with 1.8% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 204,580 ₩ billion.
That is the highest reading since Q3 2022.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −9.1% (Q3 2023) to 18.0% (Q4 2021), averaging 4.1%.

- Source agency: Bank of Korea
- Makrognosis code: `KR.GDP.Q.NOM.ITEM-10201`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: ₩ billion
- Coverage: 2016-01-01 to 2026-04-01 (42 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/south-korea/korea-gross-capital-formation-bok-ecos-nominal-quarterly

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 204,580 ₩ billion | 7.3 |
| Q1 2026 | 196,145 ₩ billion | 1.8 |
| Q4 2025 | 196,897 ₩ billion | 1.8 |
| Q3 2025 | 193,606 ₩ billion | 1.4 |
| Q2 2025 | 190,715 ₩ billion | −0.5 |
| Q1 2025 | 192,634 ₩ billion | 1.9 |
| Q4 2024 | 193,452 ₩ billion | 4.2 |
| Q3 2024 | 190,984 ₩ billion | 2.6 |
| Q2 2024 | 191,680 ₩ billion | −0.9 |
| Q1 2024 | 189,103 ₩ billion | −3.8 |
| Q4 2023 | 185,695 ₩ billion | −6.7 |
| Q3 2023 | 186,153 ₩ billion | −9.1 |
| Q2 2023 | 193,484 ₩ billion | 0.8 |
| Q1 2023 | 196,648 ₩ billion | 6.9 |
| Q4 2022 | 198,927 ₩ billion | 2.8 |
| Q3 2022 | 204,739 ₩ billion | 10.5 |
| Q2 2022 | 191,998 ₩ billion | 7.8 |
| Q1 2022 | 183,930 ₩ billion | 10.3 |
| Q4 2021 | 193,483 ₩ billion | 18.0 |
| Q3 2021 | 185,327 ₩ billion | 15.1 |
| Q2 2021 | 178,081 ₩ billion | 7.8 |
| Q1 2021 | 166,695 ₩ billion | 5.0 |
| Q4 2020 | 163,978 ₩ billion | 2.9 |
| Q3 2020 | 161,029 ₩ billion | 0.7 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.GDP.Q.NOM.ITEM-10201"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.GDP.Q.NOM.ITEM-10201",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```