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

South Korea Korea: Human health and social work (BOK ECOS) was up 5.3% year on year in Q3 2026, compared with 5.4% in Q2 2026.
The level stood at 35,521 ₩ billion.
That is the lowest reading since Q3 2025.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.06% (Q4 2020) to 11.4% (Q2 2019), averaging 5.8%.

- Source agency: Bank of Korea
- Makrognosis code: `KR.GDP.Q.REAL.ITEM-1112`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: ₩ billion
- Coverage: 2016-01-01 to 2026-07-01 (43 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/south-korea/korea-human-health-and-social-work-bok-ecos

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q3 2026 | 35,521 ₩ billion | 5.3 |
| Q2 2026 | 35,290 ₩ billion | 5.4 |
| Q1 2026 | 34,971 ₩ billion | 6.1 |
| Q4 2025 | 34,988 ₩ billion | 6.9 |
| Q3 2025 | 33,740 ₩ billion | 5.0 |
| Q2 2025 | 33,491 ₩ billion | 6.4 |
| Q1 2025 | 32,962 ₩ billion | 4.6 |
| Q4 2024 | 32,720 ₩ billion | 5.3 |
| Q3 2024 | 32,120 ₩ billion | 4.3 |
| Q2 2024 | 31,477 ₩ billion | 3.2 |
| Q1 2024 | 31,504 ₩ billion | 3.7 |
| Q4 2023 | 31,069 ₩ billion | 3.2 |
| Q3 2023 | 30,804 ₩ billion | 2.9 |
| Q2 2023 | 30,498 ₩ billion | 2.0 |
| Q1 2023 | 30,384 ₩ billion | 3.6 |
| Q4 2022 | 30,104 ₩ billion | 3.9 |
| Q3 2022 | 29,929 ₩ billion | 4.4 |
| Q2 2022 | 29,888 ₩ billion | 7.7 |
| Q1 2022 | 29,334 ₩ billion | 8.7 |
| Q4 2021 | 28,964 ₩ billion | 8.2 |
| Q3 2021 | 28,678 ₩ billion | 7.4 |
| Q2 2021 | 27,741 ₩ billion | 6.6 |
| Q1 2021 | 26,987 ₩ billion | 1.7 |
| Q4 2020 | 26,769 ₩ billion | 0.06 |

## API

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

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