Leading Economic Index South Korea increased to 124.20 in January of 2026 over the same month in the previous year. Leading Economic Index in South Korea averaged 47.19 points from 1970 until 2026, reaching an all time high of 124.20 points in January of 2026 and a record low of 3.70 points in January of 1970. source: Statistics Korea

Related	Last	Previous	Unit	Reference
Business Confidence	72.00	73.00	points	Feb 2026
Capacity Utilization	104.70	105.70	points	Jan 2026
Car Production	360500.00	362564.00	Units	Jan 2026
Car Registrations	120787.00	144882.00	Units	Jan 2026
Changes in Inventories	2945.00	1685.00	KRW Billion	Dec 2025
Coincident Index	114.60	114.50	points	Jan 2026
Composite Leading Indicator	102.15	101.89	points	Feb 2026
Corruption Index	63.00	64.00	Points	Dec 2025
Corruption Rank	31.00	30.00		Dec 2025
Electricity Production	23305.51	22501.10	Gigawatt-hour	Jan 2026
Industrial Production YoY	7.10	1.40	percent	Jan 2026
Industrial Production MoM	-1.90	1.50	percent	Jan 2026
Leading Economic Index	124.20	123.10	points	Jan 2026
Manufacturing Production YoY	7.20	1.40	percent	Jan 2026
Mining Production	-1.90	0.10	percent	Jan 2026
New Orders	13971611.00	13968822.00	KRW Million	Jan 2026
Steel Production	5600.00	5200.00	Thousand Tonnes	Jan 2026

South Korea Leading Economic Index

In South Korea, Leading Composite Index examines the overall economic situation, predicting the direction and speed of a turning point in the economy. The index integrates a set of selected major indices that reflect each part of economy: opening-to-application ratio, inventory circulation indicator, consumer expectation index, machinery orders received, import of capital goods, construction orders received, stock price index, total liquidity, interest rate spread, 3-year treasury bonds less call rate, net barter terms of trade. The index has a base value of 100 as of 2020.