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

South Korea Korea: Gross capital formation (BOK ECOS) was up 2.1% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with 0.4% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 163,873 ₩ billion.
That is the highest reading since Q1 2023.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −5.6% (Q3 2023) to 15.8% (Q1 2017), averaging 1.0%.

- Source agency: Bank of Korea
- Makrognosis code: `KR.INVEST.Q.REAL.ITEM-10301`
- 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-real-inflation-adjusted-quarterly

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 163,873 ₩ billion | 2.1 |
| Q1 2026 | 163,303 ₩ billion | 0.4 |
| Q4 2025 | 160,470 ₩ billion | −1.7 |
| Q3 2025 | 161,286 ₩ billion | −2.0 |
| Q2 2025 | 160,443 ₩ billion | −2.6 |
| Q1 2025 | 162,661 ₩ billion | −2.7 |
| Q4 2024 | 163,257 ₩ billion | −0.2 |
| Q3 2024 | 164,509 ₩ billion | 0.03 |
| Q2 2024 | 164,648 ₩ billion | −1.8 |
| Q1 2024 | 167,166 ₩ billion | −4.0 |
| Q4 2023 | 163,522 ₩ billion | −5.3 |
| Q3 2023 | 164,453 ₩ billion | −5.6 |
| Q2 2023 | 167,656 ₩ billion | −0.2 |
| Q1 2023 | 174,053 ₩ billion | 5.3 |
| Q4 2022 | 172,686 ₩ billion | 1.9 |
| Q3 2022 | 174,198 ₩ billion | 4.2 |
| Q2 2022 | 167,971 ₩ billion | −2.3 |
| Q1 2022 | 165,223 ₩ billion | −2.1 |
| Q4 2021 | 169,528 ₩ billion | 4.8 |
| Q3 2021 | 167,103 ₩ billion | 5.6 |
| Q2 2021 | 171,965 ₩ billion | 3.5 |
| Q1 2021 | 168,733 ₩ billion | 3.6 |
| Q4 2020 | 161,699 ₩ billion | 2.5 |
| Q3 2020 | 158,178 ₩ billion | −0.09 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.INVEST.Q.REAL.ITEM-10301"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.INVEST.Q.REAL.ITEM-10301",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```