# South Korea Korea: Manufacture / Index of Manufacturing Capacity Utilization Rate(Seasonal Adjustment) (BOK ECOS)

South Korea Korea: Manufacture / Index of Manufacturing Capacity Utilization Rate(Seasonal Adjustment) (BOK ECOS) was 108.1 in September 2026, up 8.0% from August 2026 and up 4.7% from a year earlier.
That is the highest reading since March 2022.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 89.80 (May 2020) to 112.0 (Jan 2022), averaging 102.9.

- Source agency: Bank of Korea
- Makrognosis code: `KR.CAPUTIL.M.NSA.ITEM-I32A-I11C`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: 2020=100
- Coverage: 2016-01-01 to 2026-09-01 (129 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/south-korea/korea-manufacture-index-of-manufacturing-capacity-utilization-rate-kr-caputil-m-nsa-item-i32a-i11c

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| September 2026 | 108.1 2020=100 |
| August 2026 | 100.1 2020=100 |
| July 2026 | 105.4 2020=100 |
| June 2026 | 105.0 2020=100 |
| May 2026 | 99.60 2020=100 |
| April 2026 | 103.0 2020=100 |
| March 2026 | 105.0 2020=100 |
| February 2026 | 104.6 2020=100 |
| January 2026 | 99.50 2020=100 |
| December 2025 | 102.5 2020=100 |
| November 2025 | 99.70 2020=100 |
| October 2025 | 99.00 2020=100 |
| September 2025 | 103.2 2020=100 |
| August 2025 | 103.7 2020=100 |
| July 2025 | 101.5 2020=100 |
| June 2025 | 102.8 2020=100 |
| May 2025 | 101.1 2020=100 |
| April 2025 | 103.5 2020=100 |
| March 2025 | 103.9 2020=100 |
| February 2025 | 102.0 2020=100 |
| January 2025 | 101.6 2020=100 |
| December 2024 | 102.7 2020=100 |
| November 2024 | 100.4 2020=100 |
| October 2024 | 102.8 2020=100 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.CAPUTIL.M.NSA.ITEM-I32A-I11C"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.CAPUTIL.M.NSA.ITEM-I32A-I11C",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```