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

South Korea Korea: Machinery and equipment (BOK ECOS) was up 11.2% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with 8.9% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 46,751 ₩ billion.
That is the highest reading since Q3 2021.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −17.8% (Q1 2019) to 27.7% (Q1 2017), averaging 3.5%.

- Source agency: Bank of Korea
- Makrognosis code: `KR.INVEST.Q.REAL.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-real-inflation-adjusted-quarterly

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 46,751 ₩ billion | 11.2 |
| Q1 2026 | 45,686 ₩ billion | 8.9 |
| Q4 2025 | 42,914 ₩ billion | −0.2 |
| Q3 2025 | 43,274 ₩ billion | 1.9 |
| Q2 2025 | 42,024 ₩ billion | 2.5 |
| Q1 2025 | 41,962 ₩ billion | 0.5 |
| Q4 2024 | 43,018 ₩ billion | 3.9 |
| Q3 2024 | 42,468 ₩ billion | 4.1 |
| Q2 2024 | 40,990 ₩ billion | −5.9 |
| Q1 2024 | 41,771 ₩ billion | −1.9 |
| Q4 2023 | 41,417 ₩ billion | −6.0 |
| Q3 2023 | 40,811 ₩ billion | −4.6 |
| Q2 2023 | 43,569 ₩ billion | 5.8 |
| Q1 2023 | 42,591 ₩ billion | 5.0 |
| Q4 2022 | 44,070 ₩ billion | 9.8 |
| Q3 2022 | 42,800 ₩ billion | 3.9 |
| Q2 2022 | 41,163 ₩ billion | −3.5 |
| Q1 2022 | 40,550 ₩ billion | −2.4 |
| Q4 2021 | 40,127 ₩ billion | 5.0 |
| Q3 2021 | 41,187 ₩ billion | 12.7 |
| Q2 2021 | 42,670 ₩ billion | 19.2 |
| Q1 2021 | 41,534 ₩ billion | 16.5 |
| Q4 2020 | 38,199 ₩ billion | 8.5 |
| Q3 2020 | 36,550 ₩ billion | 6.9 |

## API

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

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