The reading right now

As of April 2026, Business confidence for South Korea stood at -9. That is up 1 from the prior month. Over the trailing five years, the series has averaged -10.2, ranging from a low of -19 in March 2023 to a high of 8 in April 2021. The current reading sits 2.1 above its trailing ten-year mean of -11.1.

Computed from the observation series on this page. Numbers update when the underlying provider revises the data.