# South Korea Korea: Masonry / Number of Buildings (BOK ECOS)

South Korea Korea: Masonry / Number of Buildings (BOK ECOS) was 324.0 units in September 2026, up 8.0% from August 2026 and down 21.2% from a year earlier.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 235.0 units (Jan 2025) to 1,180.0 units (Apr 2017), averaging 598.5 units.

- Source agency: Bank of Korea
- Makrognosis code: `KR.BPERMIT.M.NSA.ITEM-I43AAB-2`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: units
- Coverage: 2016-01-01 to 2026-09-01 (129 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/south-korea/korea-masonry-number-of-buildings-bok-ecos

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| September 2026 | 324.0 units |
| August 2026 | 300.0 units |
| July 2026 | 413.0 units |
| June 2026 | 427.0 units |
| May 2026 | 385.0 units |
| April 2026 | 520.0 units |
| March 2026 | 452.0 units |
| February 2026 | 250.0 units |
| January 2026 | 286.0 units |
| December 2025 | 378.0 units |
| November 2025 | 356.0 units |
| October 2025 | 339.0 units |
| September 2025 | 411.0 units |
| August 2025 | 323.0 units |
| July 2025 | 398.0 units |
| June 2025 | 389.0 units |
| May 2025 | 393.0 units |
| April 2025 | 425.0 units |
| March 2025 | 358.0 units |
| February 2025 | 261.0 units |
| January 2025 | 235.0 units |
| December 2024 | 345.0 units |
| November 2024 | 432.0 units |
| October 2024 | 449.0 units |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.BPERMIT.M.NSA.ITEM-I43AAB-2"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.BPERMIT.M.NSA.ITEM-I43AAB-2",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```