In 2016, almost 700 thousand people obtained a driver's license to drive automatic cars, compared to around 29 thousand people for manual cars. The number of new licensed drivers for automatic cars increased from 301 thousand in 2007 to 695 thousand in 2016.
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JoongAng Ilbo (The Central Times). (July 5, 2017). Number of people who obtained a driver's license in South Korea from 2007 to 2016, by type of transmission (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 24, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1037671/south-korea-number-of-new-licensed-drivers-by-type-of-transmission/
JoongAng Ilbo (The Central Times). "Number of people who obtained a driver's license in South Korea from 2007 to 2016, by type of transmission (in 1,000s)." Chart. July 5, 2017. Statista. Accessed August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1037671/south-korea-number-of-new-licensed-drivers-by-type-of-transmission/
JoongAng Ilbo (The Central Times). (2017). Number of people who obtained a driver's license in South Korea from 2007 to 2016, by type of transmission (in 1,000s). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1037671/south-korea-number-of-new-licensed-drivers-by-type-of-transmission/
JoongAng Ilbo (The Central Times). "Number of People Who Obtained a Driver's License in South Korea from 2007 to 2016, by Type of Transmission (in 1,000s)." Statista, Statista Inc., 5 Jul 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1037671/south-korea-number-of-new-licensed-drivers-by-type-of-transmission/
JoongAng Ilbo (The Central Times), Number of people who obtained a driver's license in South Korea from 2007 to 2016, by type of transmission (in 1,000s) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1037671/south-korea-number-of-new-licensed-drivers-by-type-of-transmission/ (last visited August 24, 2024)
Number of people who obtained a driver's license in South Korea from 2007 to 2016, by type of transmission (in 1,000s) [Graph], JoongAng Ilbo (The Central Times), July 5, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1037671/south-korea-number-of-new-licensed-drivers-by-type-of-transmission/