Country Profiles

A snapshot of economies in numbers

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Republic of Korea

Merchant fleet (flag of registration), growth rates in dead-weight tons in [meta:header.period]

Growth rate Year-on-Year

Number of merchant ships (flag of registration) in [meta:header.period]

of 100 gross tons and above

Ship building in [meta:header.period]

in thousands gross tonnage

Ship recycling in [meta:header.period]

in thousands gross tonnage

Merchant fleet

Merchant fleet by flag of registration in [meta:header.filters.year]

Thousands dead weight tons

UN Trade and Development, UNCTADstat.

Propelled seagoing merchant vessels of 1000 gross tonnages and above with beneficial ownership in the economy.

Data updated on 18 Jun 2026.

Carrying capacity of registered ships by ship type

Thousands dead weight tons

UN Trade and Development, UNCTADstat.

Propelled seagoing merchant vessels of 100 gross tonnages and above across all economies of beneficial ownership.

Data updated on 18 Jun 2026.

Freight volumes by sea

Container port throughput

Thousands twenty-foot equivalent units

UN Trade and Development, UNCTADstat.

Data updated on 15 Apr 2026.

Seaborne trade by cargo type in [meta:header.filters.year]

Thousands tons

UN Trade and Development, UNCTADstat.

Data updated on 17 Mar 2026.

Maritime connectivity

Liner shipping connectivity index

Average across economies in Q1 2023 = 100

UN Trade and Development, UNCTADstat.

Data updated on 28 Sep 2026.

Port liner shipping connectivity index, top 5 in the [meta:period(header.filters.end_quarter)]

Average across all ports globally in Q1 2023 = 100

UN Trade and Development, UNCTADstat . Index calculated using data provided by MDS Transmodal (https://www.mdst.co.uk).

Data updated on 28 Sep 2026.

Liner shipping bilateral connectivity index

Top 10 partners in the [meta:period(header.filters.quarter)]

UN Trade and Development, UNCTADstat.

Data updated on 26 Jun 2026.

Global transport of merchandise trade

Average transport expenditure of the traded goods by destination

Per-unit freight rate in dollar per kilogram

UN Trade and Development, UNCTADstat.

Data updated on 22 May 2024.