Air freight traffic in South Korea in 2023 — 12,293.8 M t-km. Ranked 6 in the world out of 137. Since 1970, the indicator has risen by 219,431.9%.
1970–2023 · million tonne-kilometers
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: South Korea
| Year | M t-km | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 12,293.8 | −1,447.2 | −10.53% |
| 2022 | 13,741 | −1,629 | −10.6% |
| 2021 | 15,370 | +2,913.4 | +23.39% |
| 2020 | 12,456.6 | +1,792.2 | +16.81% |
| 2019 | 10,664.4 | −854.2 | −7.42% |
| 2018 | 11,518.6 | +6.8 | +0.06% |
| 2017 | 11,511.8 | +705.8 | +6.53% |
| 2016 | 10,806 | −487.8 | −4.32% |
| 2015 | 11,293.8 | +169.1 | +1.52% |
| 2014 | 11,124.7 | +12.2 | +0.11% |
| 2013 | 11,112.5 | −1,178.2 | −9.59% |
| 2012 | 12,290.7 | −91 | −0.73% |
| 2011 | 12,381.6 | −561.1 | −4.34% |
| 2010 | 12,942.7 | −2,219.9 | −14.64% |
| 2009 | 15,162.6 | +6,435.8 | +73.75% |
| 2008 | 8,726.8 | −312.9 | −3.46% |
| 2007 | 9,039.7 | +1,288.1 | +16.62% |
| 2006 | 7,751.7 | +319.1 | +4.29% |
| 2005 | 7,432.6 | −640.2 | −7.93% |
| 2004 | 8,072.8 | +1,136.8 | +16.39% |
| 2003 | 6,935.9 | −960.6 | −12.16% |
| 2002 | 7,896.5 | +1,069.3 | +15.66% |
| 2001 | 6,827.2 | −824.2 | −10.77% |
| 2000 | 7,651.3 | −447.1 | −5.52% |
| 1999 | 8,098.4 | +808.4 | +11.09% |
| 1998 | 7,290 | −599.2 | −7.6% |
| 1997 | 7,889.2 | +1,338.3 | +20.43% |
| 1996 | 6,550.9 | +889.6 | +15.71% |
| 1995 | 5,661.3 | +1,018 | +21.92% |
| 1994 | 4,643.3 | +452.3 | +10.79% |
| 1993 | 4,191 | +868.3 | +26.13% |
| 1992 | 3,322.7 | +725.7 | +27.94% |
| 1991 | 2,597 | +137.6 | +5.59% |
| 1990 | 2,459.4 | +94.3 | +3.99% |
| 1989 | 2,365.1 | +452.2 | +23.64% |
| 1988 | 1,912.9 | +291.8 | +18% |
| 1987 | 1,621.1 | +169.9 | +11.71% |
| 1986 | 1,451.2 | +142.1 | +10.85% |
| 1985 | 1,309.1 | −108.2 | −7.63% |
| 1984 | 1,417.3 | +250.2 | +21.44% |
| 1983 | 1,167.1 | +118.5 | +11.3% |
| 1982 | 1,048.6 | +133.8 | +14.63% |
| 1981 | 914.8 | +78.8 | +9.43% |
| 1980 | 836 | +169.8 | +25.49% |
| 1979 | 666.2 | +172.8 | +35.02% |
| 1978 | 493.4 | +99 | +25.1% |
| 1977 | 394.4 | +46.2 | +13.27% |
| 1976 | 348.2 | +55 | +18.76% |
| 1975 | 293.2 | +92.9 | +46.38% |
| 1974 | 200.3 | +75 | +59.86% |
| 1973 | 125.3 | +52.6 | +72.35% |
| 1972 | 72.7 | +34.7 | +91.32% |
| 1971 | 38 | +32.4 | +578.57% |
| 1970 | 5.6 | — | — |
The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages
China
26,170.4
South Korea
12,293.8
Hong Kong
8,638.4
Japan
8,474
Mongolia
26.5
Macao
8.5
North Korea
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The volume of freight and mail carried by air, in millions of tonne-kilometers: the mass of the cargo multiplied by the distance of the haul. Air freight accounts for less than 1% of world trade by weight but about a third of it by value — what goes by air is high-margin and time-sensitive goods.
Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.
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