# South Korea Korea: Supermarkets and other retail sale in non-specialized stores / Value Index (BOK ECOS)

South Korea Korea: Supermarkets and other retail sale in non-specialized stores / Value Index (BOK ECOS) was up 9.1% year on year in September 2026, compared with 2.7% in August 2026.
The level stood at 114.0 (index).
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −15.8% (Feb 2025) to 18.9% (Feb 2024), averaging 1.0%.

- Source agency: Bank of Korea
- Makrognosis code: `KR.RETSALES.M.NSA.ITEM-I74I-I74A`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: index
- Coverage: 2016-01-01 to 2026-09-01 (129 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/south-korea/korea-supermarkets-and-other-retail-sale-in-non-specialized-stores

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 114.0 | 9.1 |
| August 2026 | 107.6 | 2.7 |
| July 2026 | 105.8 | 0.9 |
| June 2026 | 102.9 | 2.0 |
| May 2026 | 104.9 | 0.10 |
| April 2026 | 97.40 | −0.5 |
| March 2026 | 100.1 | −0.8 |
| February 2026 | 103.0 | 16.0 |
| January 2026 | 98.00 | −11.9 |
| December 2025 | 100.0 | −3.2 |
| November 2025 | 100.0 | −1.5 |
| October 2025 | 109.0 | 6.2 |
| September 2025 | 104.5 | −8.3 |
| August 2025 | 104.8 | −5.2 |
| July 2025 | 104.9 | 0.5 |
| June 2025 | 100.9 | −2.9 |
| May 2025 | 104.8 | −1.7 |
| April 2025 | 97.90 | −1.7 |
| March 2025 | 100.9 | −1.0 |
| February 2025 | 88.80 | −15.8 |
| January 2025 | 111.3 | 8.1 |
| December 2024 | 103.3 | 0.9 |
| November 2024 | 101.5 | 0.10 |
| October 2024 | 102.6 | 1.9 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.RETSALES.M.NSA.ITEM-I74I-I74A"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.RETSALES.M.NSA.ITEM-I74I-I74A",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```