India vs South Korea: Reported passenger kilometers

India
1.16 trillion passenger-kilometers
in 2017
South Korea
100.38 billion passenger-kilometers
in 2019
India rank
2nd
South Korea rank
5th

Reported passenger kilometers over time

  • India
  • South Korea
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How they compare

India currently reports 1.16 trillion passenger-kilometers against 100.38 billion passenger-kilometers in South Korea, a difference of 1.06 trillion passenger-kilometers.

That makes India's figure about 11.6 times South Korea's.

Across all 28 years both countries report, India has been ahead every year.

India ranks 2nd 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.