Summary
- Pakistan → South Korea
- $303million
- South Korea → Pakistan
- $961million
- Pakistan’s balance
- -$658million
Balance
Pakistan’s trade balance with South Korea
Trade between Pakistan and South Korea grew 2-fold since 1995
USD billions (current). Pakistan’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).
- Exports 0.3
- Imports 1
- Balance -0.7
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Exports | Imports | Trade balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | $279 million | $358 million | -$79 million |
| 1996 | $283 million | $358 million | -$75 million |
| 1997 | $222 million | $359 million | -$137 million |
| 1998 | $145 million | $342 million | -$197 million |
| 1999 | $211 million | $338 million | -$127 million |
| 2000 | $263 million | $404 million | -$141 million |
| 2001 | $320 million | $355 million | -$35 million |
| 2002 | $267 million | $405 million | -$138 million |
| 2003 | $252 million | $454 million | -$201 million |
| 2004 | $292 million | $539 million | -$247 million |
| 2005 | $338 million | $786 million | -$448 million |
| 2006 | $368 million | $738 million | -$370 million |
| 2007 | $504 million | $742 million | -$238 million |
| 2008 | $644 million | $895 million | -$250 million |
| 2009 | $394 million | $766 million | -$372 million |
| 2010 | $414 million | $884 million | -$470 million |
| 2011 | $773 million | $969 million | -$196 million |
| 2012 | $810 million | $830 million | -$20 million |
| 2013 | $538 million | $1 billion | -$494 million |
| 2014 | $426 million | $746 million | -$320 million |
| 2015 | $311 million | $875 million | -$564 million |
| 2016 | $310 million | $914 million | -$604 million |
| 2017 | $437 million | $1.1 billion | -$640 million |
| 2018 | $388 million | $1.1 billion | -$740 million |
| 2019 | $422 million | $893 million | -$471 million |
| 2020 | $239 million | $1.2 billion | -$926 million |
| 2021 | $356 million | $1.4 billion | -$1.1 billion |
| 2022 | $493 million | $1.3 billion | -$828 million |
| 2023 | $267 million | $903 million | -$635 million |
| 2024 | $303 million | $961 million | -$658 million |
What they sell each other
What Pakistan sells to South Korea
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
What South Korea sells to Pakistan
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
How it travels
The estimated sea route between Karachi and Busan is 5,520 nautical miles (10,223 km) long: ≈ 13–16.5 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).
Passages it crosses: Strait of Malacca and Singapore.
Sailing estimate without port calls, waiting or transshipment; not a schedule. One main reference port per country: in large countries it does not represent all of its ports.
Split by transport mode
Mode estimated from value per kilo and geography; both directions together.
How much each matters to the other
South Korea was Pakistan’s 20th largest trading partner (1% of its trade), and Pakistan was South Korea’s 64th (0.1%).
- South Korea in Pakistan’s trade
- 1.3%
- South Korea’s rank among Pakistan’s partners
- 20th
- Pakistan in South Korea’s trade
- 0.1%
- Pakistan’s rank among South Korea’s partners
- 64th
Compare with
Other partners of Pakistan
Other partners of South Korea
Sources and methodology
Sources and licenses
- CEPII BACI · Licence Ouverte Etalab 2.0
- World Bank, Global Shipping Traffic Density · CC BY 4.0 (route network derived by this site)
- World Port Index (NGA) · Public domain (US Government work)
- Natural Earth · Public domain
Methodology
Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), in current US dollars, with exports and imports reconciled between countries. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. The sea route comes from our own network derived from World Bank shipping density (not from nautical charts), between one main reference port per country (World Port Index); days are the distance at 14 and 18 knots, without port calls or waiting. Data up to 2024.