What is the highest arable land recorded in South Korea?

The highest recorded value was 0.0789 hectares per person in 1961.

What is the lowest arable land recorded in South Korea?

The lowest recorded value was 0.0255 hectares per person in 2022.

How does South Korea rank for arable land?

South Korea ranks 162nd out of 206 countries with data for 2023.

Is arable land rising or falling in South Korea?

Over the last ten years it is down 5.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.

Arable land in South Korea

Name: Arable land in South Korea
Creator: 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)
License: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)

South Korea: Arable land was 0.0282 hectares per person in 2023. ▼ Falling

Latest (2023)

0.0282 hectares per person

Change on year

up 10.2%

World rank

162nd

of 206 countries

All-time high

0.0789 hectares per person

in 1961

All-time low

0.0255 hectares per person

in 2022

Years of data

1961–2023

Arable land in South Korea, 1961–2023

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). Measured in hectares per person.

Analysis

In 2023, arable land in South Korea stood at 0.0282 hectares per person.

The figure is up 10.2% on the previous year and down 5.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, arable land in South Korea peaked at 0.0789 hectares per person in 1961 and was at its lowest, 0.0255 hectares per person, in 2022.

That places South Korea 162nd out of 206 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	0.0738 hectares per person	0.0683 hectares per person	0.0789 hectares per person	9
1970s	0.06 hectares per person	0.0551 hectares per person	0.0668 hectares per person	10
1980s	0.05 hectares per person	0.0466 hectares per person	0.054 hectares per person	10
1990s	0.0406 hectares per person	0.0364 hectares per person	0.0456 hectares per person	10
2000s	0.034 hectares per person	0.0312 hectares per person	0.0365 hectares per person	10
2010s	0.0286 hectares per person	0.0263 hectares per person	0.0304 hectares per person	10
2020s	0.0264 hectares per person	0.0255 hectares per person	0.0282 hectares per person	4

Countries ranked near South Korea

159 Yemen 0.0294 hectares per person compare
160 Solomon Islands 0.0287 hectares per person compare
161 Equatorial Guinea 0.0287 hectares per person compare
163 Israel 0.0276 hectares per person compare
164 Egypt 0.0271 hectares per person compare
165 British Virgin Islands 0.0257 hectares per person compare

See the full ranking of 253 places →

More agriculture & rural data for South Korea

Agricultural raw materials exports 0.8% (2024)
Agricultural raw materials imports 0.9% (2024)
Rural population 18.8% (2025)
Rural population growth -0.2% (2025)
Rural population 9.73 million (2025)
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.5% (2025)
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 27.42 billion current US$ (2025)
Land under cereal production 776,099 hectares (2023)
Cereal yield 6,615 kg per hectare (2023)
Cereal production 5.13 million metric tons (2023)

All data for South Korea →

Frequently asked questions

What is arable land in South Korea?: Arable land in South Korea was 0.0282 hectares per person in 2023, according to 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).
What is the highest arable land recorded in South Korea?: The highest recorded value was 0.0789 hectares per person in 1961.
What is the lowest arable land recorded in South Korea?: The lowest recorded value was 0.0255 hectares per person in 2022.
How does South Korea rank for arable land?: South Korea ranks 162nd out of 206 countries with data for 2023.
Is arable land rising or falling in South Korea?: Over the last ten years it is down 5.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this South Korea data come from?: The figures come from 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), published as part of Arable land (hectares per person). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Arable land (hectares per person)
Unit: hectares per person
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: 253 places, 14,649 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Arable land (hectares per person) 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.