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

South Korea Korea: Information and communication (BOK ECOS) was up 4.7% year on year in Q3 2026, compared with 3.8% in Q2 2026.
The level stood at 28,291 ₩ billion.
That is the highest reading since Q4 2023.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −0.6% (Q4 2022) to 12.3% (Q3 2021), averaging 4.2%.

- Source agency: Bank of Korea
- Makrognosis code: `KR.GDP.Q.REAL.ITEM-1114`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: ₩ billion
- Coverage: 2016-01-01 to 2026-07-01 (43 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/south-korea/korea-information-and-communication-bok-ecos

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q3 2026 | 28,291 ₩ billion | 4.7 |
| Q2 2026 | 27,840 ₩ billion | 3.8 |
| Q1 2026 | 27,115 ₩ billion | 1.3 |
| Q4 2025 | 27,263 ₩ billion | 1.9 |
| Q3 2025 | 27,015 ₩ billion | 1.5 |
| Q2 2025 | 26,818 ₩ billion | 3.2 |
| Q1 2025 | 26,777 ₩ billion | 1.0 |
| Q4 2024 | 26,744 ₩ billion | 0.3 |
| Q3 2024 | 26,616 ₩ billion | 0.8 |
| Q2 2024 | 25,994 ₩ billion | 1.1 |
| Q1 2024 | 26,516 ₩ billion | 3.5 |
| Q4 2023 | 26,653 ₩ billion | 5.7 |
| Q3 2023 | 26,411 ₩ billion | 4.5 |
| Q2 2023 | 25,712 ₩ billion | 2.1 |
| Q1 2023 | 25,628 ₩ billion | 6.2 |
| Q4 2022 | 25,218 ₩ billion | −0.6 |
| Q3 2022 | 25,262 ₩ billion | 2.6 |
| Q2 2022 | 25,171 ₩ billion | 4.3 |
| Q1 2022 | 24,136 ₩ billion | 3.1 |
| Q4 2021 | 25,371 ₩ billion | 11.9 |
| Q3 2021 | 24,615 ₩ billion | 12.3 |
| Q2 2021 | 24,127 ₩ billion | 8.0 |
| Q1 2021 | 23,402 ₩ billion | 5.1 |
| Q4 2020 | 22,675 ₩ billion | 4.6 |

## API

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

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