Environment in Korea 64 indicators covering environment for Korea. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -5.6 Percentage change 2025 down 481.5% 41st Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -5.6 Percentage change 2025 down 817.3% 41st Exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 2.83 Percentage change 2024 up 446.4% 3rd Exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 0.248 Percentage change 2024 up 136.8% 7th Land use hidden — Land area 97,600 Square kilometres 2023 up 0.2% 4th Land use hidden — Cropland 15,120 Square kilometres 2023 down 11.6% 4th Land use hidden — Total area 100,450 Square kilometres 2023 up 0.2% 4th Land use hidden — Permanent meadows and pastures 560 Square kilometres 2023 down 2.9% 10th Land use hidden — Other areas 19,350 Square kilometres 2023 up 19.7% 5th Land use hidden — Land area, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2023 down 100.0% 1st Land use hidden — Permanent meadows and pastures, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2023 up 100.0% 1st Land use hidden — Total area, annual growth rate 0.01 % change on previous year 2023 down 91.4% 1st Land use hidden — Cropland, annual growth rate -1.05 % change on previous year 2023 up 4.7% 1st Land use hidden — Other areas, annual growth rate 1.36 % change on previous year 2023 down 47.5% 2nd Land use hidden — Naturally regenerating forest 40,045 Square kilometres 2023 down 2.2% 3rd Land use hidden — Planted Forest 22,525 Square kilometres 2023 down 0.5% 1st Land use hidden — Forest 62,570 Square kilometres 2023 down 1.6% 3rd River flooding exposure — Cropland share exposed to river flooding 2.49 Percentage of agricultural land area 2022 down 4.6% 48th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 08 - Sectoral breakdown of 1.8 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 24.9% 28th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 08 - Sectoral breakdown of 0.0147 Percentage of GDP 2021 down 0.7% 28th Land use — Agriculture area under organic agriculture 378.3 Square kilometres 2024 up 106.7% 6th Environment-related technologies patents — Patent applications 10,699 Patents 2023 up 60.3% 2nd Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 23 - Ecological 1,621 Hectares 2020 down 8.6% 23rd Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 23 - Ecological 1,352 Hectares 2020 down 10.3% 20th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 23 - Ecological 1,565 Hectares 2020 down 8.7% 20th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 23 - Ecological 6,287 Hectares 2020 down 1.6% 19th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 23 - Ecological 9,760 Hectares 2020 up 0.4% 20th Land use hidden — Agriculture area under organic agriculture 378.25 Square kilometres 2023 up 78.4% 6th Environment-related technologies patents — Patent grants 1,263 Patents 2022 down 64.8% 2nd Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 30 - Environmental causes 257.49 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants 2019 up 40.7% 5th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 30 - Environmental causes 421.53 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants 2019 up 35.4% 8th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 29 - National wealth 32.21 US dollar 2018 up 14.4% 15th Land cover and land cover change — Grassland 376.03 Square kilometres 2022 down 29.9% 64th Land cover and land cover change — Gain of artificial surfaces 2,449 Square kilometres 2022 up 523.0% 15th Land cover and land cover change — Loss of cropland 2,259 Square kilometres 2022 up 292.2% 29th Water accounts - assets — Precipitations 130 Cubic metres 2024 unchanged 1st Water accounts - assets — Evaporation and actual evapotranspiration 56.3 Cubic metres 2024 unchanged 1st Greenhouse gas emissions - Regions — GHG emissions from waste 22.39 million Tonnes of CO2-equivalent 2023 up 47.5% 2nd Water accounts - assets — Inflows from other territories 2.3 Cubic metres 2024 unchanged 4th Water accounts - assets — Outflows to other territories 0 Cubic metres 2024 — 4th Water accounts - assets — Outflows to marine waters 76 Cubic metres 2024 unchanged 1st Freshwater - resources — Outflow to marine waters 76 Cubic metres 2024 unchanged 1st Waste - Municipal waste: generation and treatment — Total waste 132.25 Index 2023 up 26.0% 4th Inland fisheries 5,500 Tonnes 2022 down 46.2% 4th Final energy consumption - Regions — Biofuels and waste 41,483 Gigawatt hours 2022 up 16.1% 1st Freshwater - abstractions — Public water supply 1,244 Cubic metres 2023 down 32.2% 1st Wastewater - connection rates to treatment — Public total treatment 95.2 Percentage of population 2024 up 2.9% 1st Agricultural land area — Arable and permanent crop land 1,606 Hectares 2023 down 8.2% 6th Agricultural land area — Total agricultural land area 1,638 Hectares 2023 down 8.3% 9th Agricultural land area — Arable land 1,606 Hectares 2023 down 8.2% 6th Agricultural land area — Permanent pasture 31.78 Hectares 2023 down 14.1% 12th Marine landings — Total landings 897,018 Tonnes 2022 down 17.0% 2nd Marine landings — National landings in domestic ports 880,499 Tonnes 2022 down 18.5% 2nd Intensity of use of forest resources — Gross Increment 33,648 Cubic metres 2024 down 14.5% 1st Agricultural greenhouse gases emissions — Forest land -39,540 Tonnes of CO2-equivalent 2022 up 23.3% 9th Agricultural greenhouse gases emissions — Cropland 2,859 Tonnes of CO2-equivalent 2022 up 5.8% 3rd Agricultural greenhouse gases emissions — Grassland 1.24 Tonnes of CO2-equivalent 2022 up 100.7% 6th Agricultural greenhouse gases emissions — Forest land 73.22 Tonnes of CO2-equivalent 2022 up 117,297.0% 7th Waste treatment - Regions — Municipal waste generation 448 Kilogrammes per person 2022 up 27.6% 2nd Agricultural greenhouse gases emissions — Forest land 139.85 Tonnes of CO2-equivalent 2022 up 117,297.0% 3rd Page 1 of 2 Next →