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Agricultural land share — South Korea

Agricultural land share in South Korea in 2023 — 16.07%. Ranked 163 in the world out of 209. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 5.84 pp.

2023 16.07% −0.16 pp vs 2022
World rank 163of 209
Period maximum 24.29%1968
Period minimum 16.07%2023

Trend over time

1961–2023 · % of land area

Agricultural land share — South Korea, 1961–20231517.52022.52519611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 21.91%1963: 21.77%1965: 23.62%1967: 24.22%1969: 24.23%1971: 23.83%1973: 23.54%1975: 23.55%1977: 23.5%1979: 23.35%1981: 23.27%1983: 23.18%1985: 23.01%1987: 23%1989: 22.78%1991: 22.4%1993: 21.96%1995: 21.23%1997: 20.56%1999: 20.26%2001: 20.11%2003: 19.65%2005: 19.42%2007: 18.98%2009: 18.49%2011: 18.07%2013: 18.15%2015: 17.82%2017: 17.2%2019: 16.77%2021: 16.42%2023: 16.07%
Change over the period: −5.84 pp Annual average: -0.09 pp

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: South Korea

South Korea 16.07%
World 36.93%
East Asia & Pacific 46.82%
Eastern Asia computed 55.22%
High-income countries computed 28.2%
Agricultural land share — South Korea, by year South Korea All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 16.07 −0.16 pp
2022 16.23 −0.19 pp
2021 16.42 −0.18 pp
2020 16.61 −0.16 pp
2019 16.77 −0.17 pp
2018 16.94 −0.26 pp
2017 17.2 −0.25 pp
2016 17.45 −0.37 pp
2015 17.82 −0.13 pp
2014 17.94 −0.21 pp
2013 18.15 −0.22 pp
2012 18.37 +0.31 pp
2011 18.07 −0.17 pp
2010 18.24 −0.25 pp
2009 18.49 −0.24 pp
2008 18.73 −0.25 pp
2007 18.98 −0.19 pp
2006 19.18 −0.24 pp
2005 19.42 −0.13 pp
2004 19.55 −0.1 pp
2003 19.65 −0.18 pp
2002 19.83 −0.28 pp
2001 20.11 −0.35 pp
2000 20.45 +0.2 pp
1999 20.26 −0.16 pp
1998 20.41 −0.15 pp
1997 20.56 −0.26 pp
1996 20.82 −0.41 pp
1995 21.23 −0.5 pp
1994 21.73 −0.23 pp
1993 21.96 −0.19 pp
1992 22.14 −0.26 pp
1991 22.4 −0.19 pp
1990 22.59 −0.19 pp
1989 22.78 −0.18 pp
1988 22.95 −0.05 pp
1987 23 +0.02 pp
1986 22.98 −0.03 pp
1985 23.01 −0.09 pp
1984 23.11 −0.07 pp
1983 23.18 −0.07 pp
1982 23.25 −0.02 pp
1981 23.27 −0.02 pp
1980 23.29 −0.05 pp
1979 23.35 −0.11 pp
1978 23.46 −0.04 pp
1977 23.5 −0.03 pp
1976 23.53 −0.02 pp
1975 23.55 +0.04 pp
1974 23.51 −0.03 pp
1973 23.54 +0.01 pp
1972 23.53 −0.3 pp
1971 23.83 −0.26 pp
1970 24.09 −0.13 pp
1969 24.23 −0.06 pp
1968 24.29 +0.07 pp
1967 24.22 +0.22 pp
1966 24 +0.38 pp
1965 23.62 +0.9 pp
1964 22.71 +0.94 pp
1963 21.77 +0.2 pp
1962 21.57 −0.33 pp
1961 21.91 —

Eastern Asia, 2023

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

MN Mongolia 68.96 CN China 55.43 KP North Korea 21.55 KR South Korea 16.07 JP Japan 12.64 HK Hong Kong 3.81
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About the indicator

The share of agricultural land in total land area: arable land, land under permanent crops, and permanent meadows and pastures. High values often come not from crop-growing countries but from pastoral ones — vast semi-desert rangelands formally count as agricultural land.

Important: The aggregate for country groups is weighted by land area.

Source: FAOSTAT (FAO), license CC BY 4.0.

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