Agricultural land — all countries

Agricultural land — North Korea

Agricultural land in North Korea in 2023 — 25,953 km². Ranked 109 in the world out of 209. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 16.6%.

2023 25,953 km² +0% vs 2022
World rank 109of 209
Period maximum 26,733 km²2010
Period minimum 22,251 km²1961

Trend over time

1961–2023 · km²

Agricultural land — North Korea, 1961–202322,00024,00026,00028,00019611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 22,251 km²1963: 22,261 km²1965: 22,271 km²1967: 22,289 km²1969: 22,295 km²1971: 22,475 km²1973: 23,010 km²1975: 23,218 km²1977: 23,316 km²1979: 23,370 km²1981: 24,491 km²1983: 24,701 km²1985: 24,970 km²1987: 24,981 km²1989: 24,986 km²1991: 25,257 km²1993: 25,186 km²1995: 26,208 km²1997: 25,247 km²1999: 25,266 km²2001: 25,324 km²2003: 25,343 km²2005: 25,905 km²2007: 25,966 km²2009: 26,662 km²2011: 26,321 km²2013: 26,313 km²2015: 26,306 km²2017: 25,970 km²2019: 25,950 km²2021: 25,960 km²2023: 25,953 km²
Change over the period: +3,702 (+16.64%) Average annual rate: 0.25 %

Comparison, 2023

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

North Korea 25,953 km²
World 47.92M km²
East Asia & Pacific 11.45M km²
Eastern Asia computed 6.37M km²
Low-income countries computed 6.24M km²
Agricultural land — North Korea, by year North Korea All countries CSV XLSX
Year km² Change Change, %
2023 25,953 +1 +0%
2022 25,952 −8 −0.03%
2021 25,960 −5 −0.02%
2020 25,965 +15 +0.06%
2019 25,950 −30 −0.12%
2018 25,980 +10 +0.04%
2017 25,970 −60 −0.23%
2016 26,030 −276 −1.05%
2015 26,306 +15 +0.06%
2014 26,291 −22 −0.08%
2013 26,313 +0 +0%
2012 26,313 −8 −0.03%
2011 26,321 −412 −1.54%
2010 26,733 +71 +0.27%
2009 26,662 +99 +0.37%
2008 26,563 +597 +2.3%
2007 25,966 +21 +0.08%
2006 25,945 +40 +0.16%
2005 25,905 +516 +2.03%
2004 25,389 +46 +0.18%
2003 25,343 +8 +0.03%
2002 25,336 +12 +0.05%
2001 25,324 +32 +0.13%
2000 25,292 +26 +0.1%
1999 25,266 +15 +0.06%
1998 25,251 +4 +0.02%
1997 25,247 +5 +0.02%
1996 25,242 −966 −3.69%
1995 26,208 −106 −0.4%
1994 26,314 +1,128 +4.48%
1993 25,186 −94 −0.37%
1992 25,280 +23 +0.09%
1991 25,257 +212 +0.85%
1990 25,045 +59 +0.23%
1989 24,986 +4 +0.02%
1988 24,982 +1 +0%
1987 24,981 +8 +0.03%
1986 24,973 +3 +0.01%
1985 24,970 +140 +0.56%
1984 24,830 +129 +0.52%
1983 24,701 +117 +0.48%
1982 24,584 +93 +0.38%
1981 24,491 +119 +0.49%
1980 24,372 +1,002 +4.29%
1979 23,370 +24 +0.1%
1978 23,346 +30 +0.13%
1977 23,316 +48 +0.21%
1976 23,268 +50 +0.22%
1975 23,218 +165 +0.72%
1974 23,053 +43 +0.19%
1973 23,010 +555 +2.47%
1972 22,455 −20 −0.09%
1971 22,475 +155 +0.69%
1970 22,320 +25 +0.11%
1969 22,295 +1 +0%
1968 22,294 +5 +0.02%
1967 22,289 +5 +0.02%
1966 22,284 +13 +0.06%
1965 22,271 +10 +0.04%
1964 22,261 +0 +0%
1963 22,261 +3 +0.01%
1962 22,258 +7 +0.03%
1961 22,251

Eastern Asia, 2023

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

About the indicator

The area of agricultural land: arable land, land under permanent crops, and permanent meadows and pastures. Pasture makes up most of this figure almost everywhere, so the largest agricultural countries by area turn out to be not the main grain producers but countries with vast dry rangelands — Australia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia. The indicator serves as the denominator for the share of irrigated land.

Important: Pasture is included and usually predominates, so the figure is far larger than the area of arable land. FAO estimates for pasture in arid countries are approximate: the boundary between rangeland and wasteland is a matter of convention.

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