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

South Korea Korea: Manufacture / Index of Manufacturing Capacity Utilization Rate(Original Index) (BOK ECOS) was 106.8 in September 2026, up 12.2% from August 2026 and down 2.8% from a year earlier.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 86.15 (Feb 2019) to 117.2 (Dec 2021), averaging 102.8.

- Source agency: Bank of Korea
- Makrognosis code: `KR.CAPUTIL.M.NSA.ITEM-I32A-I11B`
- 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

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| September 2026 | 106.8 2020=100 |
| August 2026 | 95.20 2020=100 |
| July 2026 | 104.9 2020=100 |
| June 2026 | 107.4 2020=100 |
| May 2026 | 99.00 2020=100 |
| April 2026 | 103.5 2020=100 |
| March 2026 | 107.9 2020=100 |
| February 2026 | 91.30 2020=100 |
| January 2026 | 98.50 2020=100 |
| December 2025 | 108.7 2020=100 |
| November 2025 | 101.4 2020=100 |
| October 2025 | 94.70 2020=100 |
| September 2025 | 109.9 2020=100 |
| August 2025 | 99.90 2020=100 |
| July 2025 | 102.9 2020=100 |
| June 2025 | 103.4 2020=100 |
| May 2025 | 102.2 2020=100 |
| April 2025 | 104.0 2020=100 |
| March 2025 | 105.0 2020=100 |
| February 2025 | 95.00 2020=100 |
| January 2025 | 92.80 2020=100 |
| December 2024 | 106.6 2020=100 |
| November 2024 | 103.8 2020=100 |
| October 2024 | 104.8 2020=100 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.CAPUTIL.M.NSA.ITEM-I32A-I11B"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.CAPUTIL.M.NSA.ITEM-I32A-I11B",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```