South Korea vs Spain: Annual number of objects launched into space

South Korea
22 objects
in 2025
Spain
17 objects
in 2025
South Korea rank
7th
Spain rank
10th

Annual number of objects launched into space over time

  • South Korea
  • Spain
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How they compare

South Korea currently reports 22 objects against 17 objects in Spain, a difference of 5 objects.

That makes South Korea's figure about 1.3 times Spain's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 16 shared years of data; in 1992 it was Spain ahead.

South Korea ranks 7th and Spain ranks 10th of 50 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Annual number of objects launched into space
Unit
objects
Source
United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
52 places, 979 data points, 1957–2025
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Annual number of satellites, probes, landers, crewed spacecrafts, and space station flight elements, launched into Earth orbit or beyond.