Composite Leading Indicator in South Korea increased to 101.33 points in August from 101.18 points in July of 2025. Composite Leading Indicator in South Korea averaged 100.00 points from 1990 until 2025, reaching an all time high of 105.67 points in September of 1999 and a record low of 94.72 points in March of 1998. source: OECD



Related Last Previous Unit Reference
Business Confidence 70.00 68.00 points Aug 2025
Capacity Utilization 103.10 103.20 points Jul 2025
Car Production 316295.00 353230.00 Units Jul 2025
Car Registrations 138503.00 145842.00 Units Jul 2025
Changes in Inventories 1989.90 896.70 KRW Billion Jun 2025
Coincident Index 113.30 113.30 points Jul 2025
Composite Leading Indicator 101.33 101.18 points Aug 2025
Corruption Index 64.00 63.00 Points Dec 2024
Corruption Rank 30.00 32.00 Dec 2024
Electricity Production 22192.91 21970.44 Gigawatt-hour Jun 2025
Industrial Production YoY 5.00 1.60 percent Jul 2025
Industrial Production MoM 0.30 1.70 percent Jul 2025
Leading Economic Index 120.50 119.60 points Jul 2025
Manufacturing Production YoY 5.10 1.80 percent Jul 2025
Mining Production 0.00 -14.50 percent Jul 2025
New Orders 13697423.00 11397974.00 KRW Million Jul 2025
Steel Production 5300.00 5000.00 Thousand Tonnes Jul 2025



South Korea Composite Leading Indicator
The composite leading indicator (CLI) is designed to provide early signals of turning points in business cycles showing fluctuation of the economic activity around its long term potential level. CLIs show short-term economic movements in qualitative rather than quantitative terms.
Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
101.33 101.18 105.67 94.72 1990 - 2025 points Monthly
Amplitude adjusted, Long-term average = 100