# South Korea Korea: Total Expenditure (BOK ECOS)

South Korea Korea: Total Expenditure (BOK ECOS) was 489,432 ₩ billion in August 2026, up 10.2% from July 2026 and up 8.7% from a year earlier.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 30,076 ₩ billion (Jan 2017) to 635,459 ₩ billion (Dec 2025), averaging 294,727 ₩ billion.

- Source agency: Bank of Korea
- Makrognosis code: `KR.GOVBAL.M.NSA.ITEM-B01`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: ₩ billion
- Coverage: 2016-01-01 to 2026-08-01 (128 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/south-korea/korea-total-expenditure-bok-ecos

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| August 2026 | 489,432 ₩ billion |
| July 2026 | 444,251 ₩ billion |
| June 2026 | 396,508 ₩ billion |
| May 2026 | 329,238 ₩ billion |
| April 2026 | 267,362 ₩ billion |
| March 2026 | 199,834 ₩ billion |
| February 2026 | 123,524 ₩ billion |
| January 2026 | 58,408 ₩ billion |
| December 2025 | 635,459 ₩ billion |
| November 2025 | 580,855 ₩ billion |
| October 2025 | 543,672 ₩ billion |
| September 2025 | 505,499 ₩ billion |
| August 2025 | 450,209 ₩ billion |
| July 2025 | 410,865 ₩ billion |
| June 2025 | 360,686 ₩ billion |
| May 2025 | 291,722 ₩ billion |
| April 2025 | 243,323 ₩ billion |
| March 2025 | 194,066 ₩ billion |
| February 2025 | 110,625 ₩ billion |
| January 2025 | 50,741 ₩ billion |
| December 2024 | 580,113 ₩ billion |
| November 2024 | 521,012 ₩ billion |
| October 2024 | 483,094 ₩ billion |
| September 2024 | 449,180 ₩ billion |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.GOVBAL.M.NSA.ITEM-B01"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.GOVBAL.M.NSA.ITEM-B01",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```