Germany vs South Korea: Reported passenger kilometers

Germany
57.53 billion passenger-kilometers
in 2021
South Korea
100.38 billion passenger-kilometers
in 2019
Germany rank
7th
South Korea rank
5th

Reported passenger kilometers over time

  • Germany
  • South Korea
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How they compare

South Korea currently reports 100.38 billion passenger-kilometers against 57.53 billion passenger-kilometers in Germany, a difference of 42.85 billion passenger-kilometers.

That makes South Korea's figure about 1.7 times Germany's.

Across all 50 years both countries report, Germany has been ahead every year.

Germany ranks 7th and South Korea ranks 5th of 63 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Reported passenger kilometers
Unit
passenger-kilometers
Source
OECD (2023); OECD (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
63 places, 2,649 data points, 1970–2022
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Number of kilometers traveled by passengers by rail.