Statizoid

South Korea vs Latvia: Arable land

South Korea
1.46 million hectares
in 2023
Latvia
1.36 million hectares
in 2023
South Korea rank
92nd
Latvia rank
95th

Arable land over time

  • South Korea
  • Latvia
0500.0k1.0M1.5M2.0M196119922023

How they compare

South Korea currently reports 1.46 million hectares against 1.36 million hectares in Latvia, a difference of 96,000 hectares.

That makes South Korea's figure about 1.1 times Latvia's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 32 shared years of data; in 1992 it was South Korea ahead.

Globally, South Korea ranks 92nd and Latvia ranks 95th of 206 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Arable land (hectares)
Unit
hectares
Source
FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
206 places, 11,871 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

Arable land (in hectares) includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.