# South Korea Korea: Human health and social work (BOK ECOS)

South Korea Korea: Human health and social work (BOK ECOS) was up 4.6% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with 6.8% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 38,146 ₩ billion.
That is the lowest reading since Q2 2023.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 2.6% (Q4 2020) to 11.4% (Q2 2019), averaging 7.3%.

- Source agency: Bank of Korea
- Makrognosis code: `KR.GDP.Q.NOM.ITEM-1112`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: ₩ billion
- Coverage: 2016-01-01 to 2026-04-01 (42 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/south-korea/korea-human-health-and-social-work-bok-ecos-nominal-quarterly

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 38,146 ₩ billion | 4.6 |
| Q1 2026 | 38,158 ₩ billion | 6.8 |
| Q4 2025 | 38,438 ₩ billion | 8.5 |
| Q3 2025 | 36,618 ₩ billion | 6.0 |
| Q2 2025 | 36,456 ₩ billion | 7.5 |
| Q1 2025 | 35,718 ₩ billion | 5.8 |
| Q4 2024 | 35,432 ₩ billion | 7.1 |
| Q3 2024 | 34,544 ₩ billion | 5.8 |
| Q2 2024 | 33,907 ₩ billion | 5.2 |
| Q1 2024 | 33,756 ₩ billion | 6.0 |
| Q4 2023 | 33,096 ₩ billion | 5.7 |
| Q3 2023 | 32,657 ₩ billion | 5.2 |
| Q2 2023 | 32,236 ₩ billion | 4.4 |
| Q1 2023 | 31,836 ₩ billion | 5.1 |
| Q4 2022 | 31,325 ₩ billion | 5.5 |
| Q3 2022 | 31,044 ₩ billion | 6.2 |
| Q2 2022 | 30,864 ₩ billion | 9.8 |
| Q1 2022 | 30,285 ₩ billion | 10.9 |
| Q4 2021 | 29,682 ₩ billion | 9.9 |
| Q3 2021 | 29,238 ₩ billion | 9.0 |
| Q2 2021 | 28,121 ₩ billion | 8.4 |
| Q1 2021 | 27,299 ₩ billion | 4.0 |
| Q4 2020 | 27,019 ₩ billion | 2.6 |
| Q3 2020 | 26,823 ₩ billion | 3.9 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.GDP.Q.NOM.ITEM-1112"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.GDP.Q.NOM.ITEM-1112",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```