# South Korea Korea: Retail sales not in stores / Value Index (BOK ECOS)

South Korea Korea: Retail sales not in stores / Value Index (BOK ECOS) was up 2.8% year on year in September 2026, compared with 6.8% in August 2026.
The level stood at 149.8 (index).
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −2.9% (Dec 2022) to 37.0% (Sep 2020), averaging 10.7%.

- Source agency: Bank of Korea
- Makrognosis code: `KR.RETSALES.M.NSA.ITEM-I74V-I74A`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: index
- Coverage: 2016-01-01 to 2026-09-01 (129 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/south-korea/korea-retail-sales-not-in-stores-value-index-bok-ecos

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 149.8 | 2.8 |
| August 2026 | 139.6 | 6.8 |
| July 2026 | 146.4 | 5.7 |
| June 2026 | 147.3 | 11.8 |
| May 2026 | 149.0 | 9.9 |
| April 2026 | 142.5 | 6.2 |
| March 2026 | 151.3 | 10.6 |
| February 2026 | 132.2 | 2.8 |
| January 2026 | 142.9 | 8.5 |
| December 2025 | 144.0 | 5.8 |
| November 2025 | 143.4 | 2.6 |
| October 2025 | 135.0 | 1.3 |
| September 2025 | 145.7 | 14.8 |
| August 2025 | 130.7 | 4.3 |
| July 2025 | 138.5 | 6.5 |
| June 2025 | 131.7 | 3.0 |
| May 2025 | 135.6 | 0.07 |
| April 2025 | 134.2 | 1.4 |
| March 2025 | 136.8 | 2.8 |
| February 2025 | 128.6 | 2.1 |
| January 2025 | 131.7 | −2.0 |
| December 2024 | 136.1 | 3.7 |
| November 2024 | 139.7 | 0.8 |
| October 2024 | 133.3 | 0.8 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.RETSALES.M.NSA.ITEM-I74V-I74A"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.RETSALES.M.NSA.ITEM-I74V-I74A",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```