# South Korea Korea: Public administration, defence and social security (BOK ECOS)

South Korea Korea: Public administration, defence and social security (BOK ECOS) was up 5.0% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with 5.2% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 44,993 ₩ billion.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 4.0% (Q3 2025) to 8.5% (Q3 2021), averaging 5.9%.

- Source agency: Bank of Korea
- Makrognosis code: `KR.GDP.Q.NOM.ITEM-1110`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: ₩ billion
- Coverage: 2016-01-01 to 2026-04-01 (42 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/south-korea/korea-public-administration-defence-and-social-security-bok-ecos-kr-gdp-q-nom-item-1110

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 44,993 ₩ billion | 5.0 |
| Q1 2026 | 44,707 ₩ billion | 5.2 |
| Q4 2025 | 44,212 ₩ billion | 5.4 |
| Q3 2025 | 43,098 ₩ billion | 4.0 |
| Q2 2025 | 42,860 ₩ billion | 4.2 |
| Q1 2025 | 42,508 ₩ billion | 5.3 |
| Q4 2024 | 41,940 ₩ billion | 6.5 |
| Q3 2024 | 41,460 ₩ billion | 5.3 |
| Q2 2024 | 41,147 ₩ billion | 6.0 |
| Q1 2024 | 40,377 ₩ billion | 5.2 |
| Q4 2023 | 39,386 ₩ billion | 4.4 |
| Q3 2023 | 39,356 ₩ billion | 4.6 |
| Q2 2023 | 38,832 ₩ billion | 4.1 |
| Q1 2023 | 38,367 ₩ billion | 5.4 |
| Q4 2022 | 37,744 ₩ billion | 7.4 |
| Q3 2022 | 37,630 ₩ billion | 6.4 |
| Q2 2022 | 37,292 ₩ billion | 7.9 |
| Q1 2022 | 36,413 ₩ billion | 8.3 |
| Q4 2021 | 35,132 ₩ billion | 5.1 |
| Q3 2021 | 35,368 ₩ billion | 8.5 |
| Q2 2021 | 34,574 ₩ billion | 8.3 |
| Q1 2021 | 33,614 ₩ billion | 5.3 |
| Q4 2020 | 33,422 ₩ billion | 5.3 |
| Q3 2020 | 32,594 ₩ billion | 4.2 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.GDP.Q.NOM.ITEM-1110"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.GDP.Q.NOM.ITEM-1110",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```