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

South Korea Korea: Public administration, defence and social security (BOK ECOS) was up 3.0% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with 2.4% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 118.3 2020=100.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 1.2% (Q4 2021) to 5.8% (Q2 2017), averaging 3.0%.

- Source agency: Bank of Korea
- Makrognosis code: `KR.GDPDEF.Q.NSA.ITEM-1110`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: 2020=100
- 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-not

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 118.3 2020=100 | 3.0 |
| Q1 2026 | 117.2 2020=100 | 2.4 |
| Q4 2025 | 112.9 2020=100 | 3.1 |
| Q3 2025 | 127.1 2020=100 | 2.2 |
| Q2 2025 | 114.9 2020=100 | 2.8 |
| Q1 2025 | 114.5 2020=100 | 3.4 |
| Q4 2024 | 109.5 2020=100 | 3.8 |
| Q3 2024 | 124.4 2020=100 | 3.1 |
| Q2 2024 | 111.7 2020=100 | 3.2 |
| Q1 2024 | 110.7 2020=100 | 3.6 |
| Q4 2023 | 105.5 2020=100 | 3.0 |
| Q3 2023 | 120.7 2020=100 | 2.6 |
| Q2 2023 | 108.2 2020=100 | 2.5 |
| Q1 2023 | 106.8 2020=100 | 2.7 |
| Q4 2022 | 102.4 2020=100 | 3.8 |
| Q3 2022 | 117.6 2020=100 | 3.2 |
| Q2 2022 | 105.6 2020=100 | 5.4 |
| Q1 2022 | 104.0 2020=100 | 4.8 |
| Q4 2021 | 98.59 2020=100 | 1.2 |
| Q3 2021 | 114.0 2020=100 | 4.4 |
| Q2 2021 | 100.2 2020=100 | 3.8 |
| Q1 2021 | 99.24 2020=100 | 1.8 |
| Q4 2020 | 97.44 2020=100 | 2.0 |
| Q3 2020 | 109.1 2020=100 | 1.4 |

## API

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

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