# South Korea Korea: Information and communication (BOK ECOS)

South Korea Korea: Information and communication (BOK ECOS) was down 1.1% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with −2.4% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 30,078 ₩ billion.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −2.4% (Q1 2026) to 16.9% (Q3 2021), averaging 5.2%.

- Source agency: Bank of Korea
- Makrognosis code: `KR.GDP.Q.NOM.ITEM-1114`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: ₩ billion
- Coverage: 2016-01-01 to 2026-04-01 (42 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/south-korea/korea-information-and-communication-bok-ecos-nominal-quarterly

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 30,078 ₩ billion | −1.1 |
| Q1 2026 | 29,185 ₩ billion | −2.4 |
| Q4 2025 | 30,332 ₩ billion | 1.4 |
| Q3 2025 | 29,953 ₩ billion | 2.3 |
| Q2 2025 | 30,411 ₩ billion | 7.1 |
| Q1 2025 | 29,901 ₩ billion | 6.1 |
| Q4 2024 | 29,898 ₩ billion | 7.5 |
| Q3 2024 | 29,288 ₩ billion | 6.5 |
| Q2 2024 | 28,400 ₩ billion | 4.7 |
| Q1 2024 | 28,193 ₩ billion | 5.3 |
| Q4 2023 | 27,803 ₩ billion | 6.4 |
| Q3 2023 | 27,507 ₩ billion | 4.6 |
| Q2 2023 | 27,118 ₩ billion | 4.3 |
| Q1 2023 | 26,785 ₩ billion | 6.7 |
| Q4 2022 | 26,134 ₩ billion | 0.3 |
| Q3 2022 | 26,305 ₩ billion | 1.7 |
| Q2 2022 | 26,009 ₩ billion | 1.0 |
| Q1 2022 | 25,101 ₩ billion | 1.9 |
| Q4 2021 | 26,061 ₩ billion | 14.2 |
| Q3 2021 | 25,873 ₩ billion | 16.9 |
| Q2 2021 | 25,741 ₩ billion | 16.0 |
| Q1 2021 | 24,644 ₩ billion | 11.6 |
| Q4 2020 | 22,822 ₩ billion | 6.8 |
| Q3 2020 | 22,133 ₩ billion | 5.2 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.GDP.Q.NOM.ITEM-1114"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.GDP.Q.NOM.ITEM-1114",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```