What is the latest figure for South Korea OECD composite leading indicator (CLI) and its components?

CLI, amplitude adjusted stood at 102.53 in Sep 2026. That is −0.1% from Aug 2026 and +2.9% from a year earlier.

South Korea OECD composite leading indicator (CLI) and its components

Name: South Korea OECD composite leading indicator (CLI) and its components
Creator: OECD – Composite Leading Indicators (Main Economic Indicators)
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Monthly composite leading indicator (CLI) for South Korea computed by the OECD to anticipate turning points in economic activity six to nine months ahead, in amplitude-adjusted, normalised and trend-restored forms, with OECD composite business and consumer confidence, the normalised components (production tendency, export orders, price expectations, consumer confidence, orders, consumer prices, share prices, car registrations) and the GDP reference series expressed as ratio to trend.

Source: OECD – Composite Leading Indicators (Main Economic Indicators)Last updated: Oct 19, 2026, 15:36 UTCCurated by Bui Thanh Phuc

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Indicator	09-2026	08-2026	07-2026	06-2026	05-2026	04-2026	03-2026	02-2026	01-2026	12-2025	11-2025	10-2025	09-2025	08-2025	07-2025	06-2025	05-2025	04-2025	03-2025	02-2025	01-2025	12-2024	11-2024	10-2024	09-2024	08-2024	07-2024	06-2024	05-2024	04-2024	03-2024	02-2024	01-2024	12-2023	11-2023	10-2023	09-2023
Composite leading indicator4
CLI, amplitude adjusted	102.53	102.66	102.69	102.59	102.33	101.97	101.56	101.14	100.73	100.38	100.09	99.85	99.66	99.54	99.44	99.36	99.29	99.23	99.19	99.16	99.13	99.13	99.17	99.24	99.34	99.44	99.52	99.58	99.6	99.58	99.5	99.38	99.21	99.03	98.84	98.66	98.5
CLI, normalised	101.94	102.04	102.07	101.99	101.79	101.51	101.2	100.87	100.57	100.3	100.07	99.89	99.74	99.65	99.58	99.52	99.46	99.41	99.39	99.36	99.34	99.34	99.37	99.42	99.5	99.57	99.64	99.68	99.7	99.68	99.62	99.53	99.4	99.26	99.11	98.98	98.86
CLI, trend restored					132.79	132.1	131.34	130.56	129.82	129.14	128.54	128	127.54	127.16	126.82	126.5	126.18	125.89	125.63	125.37	125.12	124.91	124.73	124.61	124.52	124.43	124.32	124.17	123.99	123.75	123.44	123.07	122.65	122.21	121.77	121.34	120.93
CLI, trend restored, annual growth					5.29	4.97	4.58	4.18	3.78	3.41	3.07	2.74	2.44	2.2	2.02	1.87	1.77	1.72	1.77	1.86	2.01	2.2	2.43	2.7	2.96	3.22	3.46	3.69	3.91	4.07	4.1	3.99	3.72	3.3	2.77	2.21	1.66
Composite confidence indicators2
Composite business confidence	99.41	99.49	99.47	99.4	99.31	99.2	99.1	99	98.87	98.7	98.57	98.49	98.46	98.48	98.5	98.58	98.62	98.59	98.51	98.41	98.31	98.23	98.27	98.39	98.55	98.68	98.78	98.81	98.74	98.61	98.51	98.49	98.45	98.37	98.28	98.22	98.19
Composite consumer confidence	100.76	100.71	100.73	100.67	100.54	100.47	100.81	101.22	101.4	101.44	101.46	101.42	101.42	101.43	101.27	100.83	100.1	99.38	98.97	98.8	98.69	98.87	99.45	99.86	100.01	100.09	100.12	100	99.88	99.91	99.98	100.03	99.96	99.79	99.65	99.71	99.92
CLI components (normalised)1
Share prices	103.86	103.88	103.8	103.56	103.1	102.48	101.83	101.19	100.58	100.04	99.58	99.2	98.87	98.6	98.38	98.19	98.04	97.94	97.91	97.93	97.99	98.08	98.21	98.37	98.54	98.71	98.86	98.97	99.05	99.08	99.09	99.08	99.06	99.06	99.07	99.11	99.18
Reference series (GDP)2
GDP, ratio to trend					100.66	100.51	100.36	100.18	99.99	99.8	99.65	99.55	99.48	99.41	99.32	99.21	99.11	99.04	99.02	99.05	99.13	99.26	99.4	99.56	99.71	99.87	100.03	100.2	100.36	100.51	100.62	100.68	100.69	100.64	100.55	100.45	100.33
GDP, normalised					100.45	100.35	100.24	100.11	99.98	99.85	99.74	99.67	99.62	99.58	99.51	99.44	99.37	99.32	99.3	99.32	99.38	99.47	99.57	99.67	99.78	99.89	100.01	100.12	100.24	100.34	100.42	100.47	100.47	100.43	100.37	100.3	100.22

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The series on this page is monthly and runs from Jan 1990 to Sep 2026. Source: OECD – Composite Leading Indicators (Main Economic Indicators).

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What is the latest figure for South Korea OECD composite leading indicator (CLI) and its components?: CLI, amplitude adjusted stood at 102.53 in Sep 2026. That is −0.1% from Aug 2026 and +2.9% from a year earlier.
How far back does the South Korea OECD composite leading indicator (CLI) and its components data go?: The series on this page is monthly and runs from Jan 1990 to Sep 2026. Source: OECD – Composite Leading Indicators (Main Economic Indicators). Every series in the table can be charted over its full history and downloaded as CSV or Excel.