# South Korea Korea: Wholesale and retail trade, accommodation and food services (BOK ECOS)

South Korea Korea: Wholesale and retail trade, accommodation and food services (BOK ECOS) was up 5.9% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with 5.9% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 71,602 ₩ billion.
That is the lowest reading since Q2 2025.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −6.6% (Q2 2020) to 12.1% (Q2 2022), averaging 3.5%.

- Source agency: Bank of Korea
- Makrognosis code: `KR.GDP.Q.NOM.ITEM-1106`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: ₩ billion
- Coverage: 2016-01-01 to 2026-04-01 (42 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/south-korea/korea-wholesale-and-retail-trade-accommodation-and-food-services-bok-kr-gdp-q-nom-item-1106

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 71,602 ₩ billion | 5.9 |
| Q1 2026 | 71,134 ₩ billion | 5.9 |
| Q4 2025 | 72,145 ₩ billion | 6.4 |
| Q3 2025 | 70,166 ₩ billion | 7.1 |
| Q2 2025 | 67,624 ₩ billion | 3.6 |
| Q1 2025 | 67,182 ₩ billion | 2.4 |
| Q4 2024 | 67,791 ₩ billion | 2.9 |
| Q3 2024 | 65,511 ₩ billion | 2.8 |
| Q2 2024 | 65,268 ₩ billion | 3.1 |
| Q1 2024 | 65,591 ₩ billion | 1.2 |
| Q4 2023 | 65,891 ₩ billion | 6.7 |
| Q3 2023 | 63,748 ₩ billion | 0.5 |
| Q2 2023 | 63,288 ₩ billion | 0.3 |
| Q1 2023 | 64,785 ₩ billion | 7.8 |
| Q4 2022 | 61,746 ₩ billion | 4.1 |
| Q3 2022 | 63,440 ₩ billion | 10.9 |
| Q2 2022 | 63,071 ₩ billion | 12.1 |
| Q1 2022 | 60,105 ₩ billion | 10.3 |
| Q4 2021 | 59,325 ₩ billion | 8.9 |
| Q3 2021 | 57,190 ₩ billion | 5.4 |
| Q2 2021 | 56,244 ₩ billion | 6.7 |
| Q1 2021 | 54,497 ₩ billion | 2.0 |
| Q4 2020 | 54,500 ₩ billion | −4.6 |
| Q3 2020 | 54,244 ₩ billion | −4.3 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.GDP.Q.NOM.ITEM-1106"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.GDP.Q.NOM.ITEM-1106",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```