# South Korea Korea: Machinery and equipment (BOK ECOS)

South Korea Korea: Machinery and equipment (BOK ECOS) was up 16.9% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with 10.9% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 54,146 ₩ billion.
That is the highest reading since Q2 2021.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −16.0% (Q1 2019) to 26.1% (Q1 2017), averaging 5.0%.

- Source agency: Bank of Korea
- Makrognosis code: `KR.INVEST.Q.NOM.ITEM-1010520`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: ₩ billion
- Coverage: 2016-01-01 to 2026-04-01 (42 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/south-korea/korea-machinery-and-equipment-bok-ecos-kr-invest-q-nom-item-1010520

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 54,146 ₩ billion | 16.9 |
| Q1 2026 | 52,150 ₩ billion | 10.9 |
| Q4 2025 | 48,122 ₩ billion | 1.8 |
| Q3 2025 | 48,028 ₩ billion | 3.0 |
| Q2 2025 | 46,301 ₩ billion | 3.8 |
| Q1 2025 | 47,023 ₩ billion | 3.4 |
| Q4 2024 | 47,248 ₩ billion | 6.5 |
| Q3 2024 | 46,632 ₩ billion | 5.7 |
| Q2 2024 | 44,614 ₩ billion | −3.7 |
| Q1 2024 | 45,466 ₩ billion | 0.5 |
| Q4 2023 | 44,372 ₩ billion | −6.2 |
| Q3 2023 | 44,135 ₩ billion | −4.9 |
| Q2 2023 | 46,318 ₩ billion | 6.3 |
| Q1 2023 | 45,224 ₩ billion | 7.9 |
| Q4 2022 | 47,293 ₩ billion | 15.4 |
| Q3 2022 | 46,398 ₩ billion | 10.8 |
| Q2 2022 | 43,586 ₩ billion | 3.0 |
| Q1 2022 | 41,894 ₩ billion | 2.5 |
| Q4 2021 | 40,985 ₩ billion | 9.1 |
| Q3 2021 | 41,859 ₩ billion | 14.0 |
| Q2 2021 | 42,297 ₩ billion | 17.3 |
| Q1 2021 | 40,874 ₩ billion | 14.2 |
| Q4 2020 | 37,570 ₩ billion | 7.1 |
| Q3 2020 | 36,729 ₩ billion | 7.3 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.INVEST.Q.NOM.ITEM-1010520"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.INVEST.Q.NOM.ITEM-1010520",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```