# South Korea Korea: Wholesale and retail trade (BOK ECOS)

South Korea Korea: Wholesale and retail trade (BOK ECOS) was up 4.2% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with 4.9% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 45,471 ₩ billion.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −6.9% (Q4 2023) to 4.9% (Q1 2026), averaging 1.4%.

- Source agency: Bank of Korea
- Makrognosis code: `KR.GDP.Q.REAL.ITEM-110601`
- 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-bok-ecos

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 45,471 ₩ billion | 4.2 |
| Q1 2026 | 45,441 ₩ billion | 4.9 |
| Q4 2025 | 44,738 ₩ billion | 3.8 |
| Q3 2025 | 44,581 ₩ billion | 4.1 |
| Q2 2025 | 43,621 ₩ billion | 0.4 |
| Q1 2025 | 43,301 ₩ billion | −1.1 |
| Q4 2024 | 43,105 ₩ billion | −1.2 |
| Q3 2024 | 42,807 ₩ billion | −1.5 |
| Q2 2024 | 43,432 ₩ billion | −0.8 |
| Q1 2024 | 43,797 ₩ billion | −3.4 |
| Q4 2023 | 43,621 ₩ billion | −6.9 |
| Q3 2023 | 43,441 ₩ billion | −4.9 |
| Q2 2023 | 43,797 ₩ billion | −3.1 |
| Q1 2023 | 45,350 ₩ billion | 2.1 |
| Q4 2022 | 46,868 ₩ billion | 3.2 |
| Q3 2022 | 45,672 ₩ billion | 4.9 |
| Q2 2022 | 45,190 ₩ billion | 3.7 |
| Q1 2022 | 44,412 ₩ billion | 2.9 |
| Q4 2021 | 45,401 ₩ billion | 2.8 |
| Q3 2021 | 43,524 ₩ billion | 0.6 |
| Q2 2021 | 43,559 ₩ billion | 2.7 |
| Q1 2021 | 43,164 ₩ billion | −0.08 |
| Q4 2020 | 44,155 ₩ billion | 0.08 |
| Q3 2020 | 43,261 ₩ billion | −0.8 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.GDP.Q.REAL.ITEM-110601"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.GDP.Q.REAL.ITEM-110601",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```