Infrastructure — South Korea
Transport, communications, and energy.
Profile updated 2026-06-02
⚡ Infrastructure at a glance
Transport, communications, and energy. Key figure for South Korea: 111
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Transportation
- Airports - total
111
- Airports with Paved Runways
71
- Heliports
466
- Railways
2,101 Miles 3,381 Kilometers
- Roadways- total
65,233 Miles 104,983 Kilometers
- Roadways- paved
51,697 Miles 83,199 Kilometers
- Waterways
994 Miles 1,600 Kilometers
- Ports and Terminals
Chinhae, Inch'on, Kunsan, Masan, Mokp'o, P'ohang, Pusan, Tonghae-hang, Ulsan, Yosu
Communications
- Telephones
19,289,000
- Cell Phones
43,500,000
- Internet Users
35,590,000
- Internet Country Code
.kr
- Internet Hosts
291,329
- Broadcast Media
- multiple national TV networks with 2 of the 3 largest networks publicly operated
- the largest privately owned network, Seoul Broadcasting Service (SBS), has ties with other commercial TV networks
- cable and satellite TV subscription services available
- publicly operated radio broadcast networks and many privately owned radio broadcasting networks, each with multiple affiliates, and independent local stations
- Telephone System
- general assessment: excellent domestic and international servic
- es featuring rapid incorporation of new technologies domestic: fixed-line and mobile-cellular services widely available with a combined telephone subscribership of roughly 170 per 100 persons; rapid assimilation of a full range of telecommunicatio
- ns technologies leading to a boom in e-commerce international: country code - 82; numerous submarine cables provide links throughout Asia, Australia, the Middle East, Europe, and US; satellite earth stations - 66
Energy
- Electricity Consumption- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
402,000,000,000
- Electricity Production- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
440,000,000,000
- Natural Gas Consumption - Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
49,660,000,000
- Natural Gas Imports- Cubic Meters (cu m)
47,340,000,000
- Natural Gas Production- Cubic Meters (cu m)
424,900,000
- Natural Gas Reserves- Cubic Meters (cu m)
5,269,000,000
- Oil Consumption- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
2,301,000
- Oil Imports- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
2,590,000