Statizoid

South Korea vs Sri Lanka: Arable land

South Korea
1.46 million hectares
in 2023
Sri Lanka
1.37 million hectares
in 2023
South Korea rank
92nd
Sri Lanka rank
94th

Arable land over time

  • South Korea
  • Sri Lanka
500.0k1.0M1.5M2.0M196119922023

How they compare

South Korea currently reports 1.46 million hectares against 1.37 million hectares in Sri Lanka, a difference of 84,000 hectares.

That makes South Korea's figure about 1.1 times Sri Lanka's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was South Korea ahead.

Globally, South Korea ranks 92nd and Sri Lanka ranks 94th 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.