The reading right now

As of January 2024, Consumption expenditure for South Korea stood at 48.5%. That is down 1.5 percentage points from the prior year. Over the trailing five years, the series has averaged 48.7%, ranging from a low of 47.1% in January 2021 to a high of 50.1% in January 2019. The current reading sits 0.69 percentage points below its trailing ten-year mean of 49.2%.

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