The reading right now

As of January 2024, Real consumer spending for South Korea stood at 0.99%. That is down 0.95 percentage points from the prior year. Over the trailing five years, the series has averaged 1.41%, ranging from a low of -4.77% in January 2020 to a high of 4.41% in January 2022. The current reading sits 0.8 percentage points below its trailing ten-year mean of 1.79%.

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