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

South Korea Korea: Human health and social work (BOK ECOS) was down 0.6% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with 0.6% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 108.8 2020=100.
That is the lowest reading since Q3 2018.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −1.1% (Q3 2018) to 2.8% (Q3 2017), averaging 1.5%.

- Source agency: Bank of Korea
- Makrognosis code: `KR.GDPDEF.Q.NSA.ITEM-1112`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: 2020=100
- 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-not-seasonally-adjusted

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 108.8 2020=100 | −0.6 |
| Q1 2026 | 110.0 2020=100 | 0.6 |
| Q4 2025 | 108.0 2020=100 | 1.4 |
| Q3 2025 | 108.9 2020=100 | 1.0 |
| Q2 2025 | 109.5 2020=100 | 1.2 |
| Q1 2025 | 109.3 2020=100 | 1.0 |
| Q4 2024 | 106.6 2020=100 | 1.5 |
| Q3 2024 | 107.8 2020=100 | 1.6 |
| Q2 2024 | 108.2 2020=100 | 2.0 |
| Q1 2024 | 108.3 2020=100 | 2.1 |
| Q4 2023 | 105.0 2020=100 | 2.3 |
| Q3 2023 | 106.1 2020=100 | 2.3 |
| Q2 2023 | 106.0 2020=100 | 2.3 |
| Q1 2023 | 106.0 2020=100 | 1.5 |
| Q4 2022 | 102.6 2020=100 | 1.4 |
| Q3 2022 | 103.7 2020=100 | 1.7 |
| Q2 2022 | 103.6 2020=100 | 1.9 |
| Q1 2022 | 104.4 2020=100 | 2.1 |
| Q4 2021 | 101.2 2020=100 | 1.5 |
| Q3 2021 | 102.0 2020=100 | 1.4 |
| Q2 2021 | 101.6 2020=100 | 1.9 |
| Q1 2021 | 102.3 2020=100 | 2.3 |
| Q4 2020 | 99.67 2020=100 | 2.5 |
| Q3 2020 | 100.6 2020=100 | 2.8 |

## API

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

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