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Agricultural land in South Korea

Agricultural land in South Korea was 16% in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is down 0.1 pts from 2023. That is the 175th highest of 224 countries in 2024.

202416% Estimated
Change on 2023-0.1 pts
Rank175th of 224Countries ranked
Series high24.31968
Series low162024

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Agricultural land in South Korea, 1961 to 2024

1416182022242619611971198119912001201120241961: 21.9 %1962: 21.6 %1963: 21.8 %1964: 22.7 %1965: 23.6 %1966: 24 %1967: 24.2 %1968: 24.3 %1969: 24.2 %1970: 24.1 %1971: 23.8 %1972: 23.5 %1973: 23.5 %1974: 23.5 %1975: 23.6 %1976: 23.5 %1977: 23.5 %1978: 23.5 %1979: 23.4 %1980: 23.3 %1981: 23.3 %1982: 23.3 %1983: 23.2 %1984: 23.1 %1985: 23 %1986: 23 %1987: 23 %1988: 23 %1989: 22.8 %1990: 22.6 %1991: 22.4 %1992: 22.1 %1993: 22 %1994: 21.7 %1995: 21.2 %1996: 20.8 %1997: 20.6 %1998: 20.4 %1999: 20.3 %2000: 20.5 %2001: 20.1 %2002: 19.8 %2003: 19.7 %2004: 19.6 %2005: 19.4 %2006: 19.2 %2007: 19 %2008: 18.7 %2009: 18.5 %2010: 18.2 %2011: 18.1 %2012: 18.4 %2013: 18.2 %2014: 17.9 %2015: 17.8 %2016: 17.5 %2017: 17.2 %2018: 16.9 %2019: 16.8 %2020: 16.6 %2021: 16.4 %2022: 16.2 %2023: 16.1 %2024: 16 %1517.52022.52519611983200520241961: 21.9 %1962: 21.6 %1963: 21.8 %1964: 22.7 %1965: 23.6 %1966: 24 %1967: 24.2 %1968: 24.3 %1969: 24.2 %1970: 24.1 %1971: 23.8 %1972: 23.5 %1973: 23.5 %1974: 23.5 %1975: 23.6 %1976: 23.5 %1977: 23.5 %1978: 23.5 %1979: 23.4 %1980: 23.3 %1981: 23.3 %1982: 23.3 %1983: 23.2 %1984: 23.1 %1985: 23 %1986: 23 %1987: 23 %1988: 23 %1989: 22.8 %1990: 22.6 %1991: 22.4 %1992: 22.1 %1993: 22 %1994: 21.7 %1995: 21.2 %1996: 20.8 %1997: 20.6 %1998: 20.4 %1999: 20.3 %2000: 20.5 %2001: 20.1 %2002: 19.8 %2003: 19.7 %2004: 19.6 %2005: 19.4 %2006: 19.2 %2007: 19 %2008: 18.7 %2009: 18.5 %2010: 18.2 %2011: 18.1 %2012: 18.4 %2013: 18.2 %2014: 17.9 %2015: 17.8 %2016: 17.5 %2017: 17.2 %2018: 16.9 %2019: 16.8 %2020: 16.6 %2021: 16.4 %2022: 16.2 %2023: 16.1 %2024: 16 %
%. Source: FAOSTAT, Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-10-02.
All 64 values
Period%
202416 Estimated
202316.1 Estimated
202216.2 Estimated
202116.4 Estimated
202016.6 Estimated
201916.8 Estimated
201816.9 Estimated
201717.2 Estimated
201617.5 Estimated
201517.8 Estimated
201417.9 Estimated
201318.2 Estimated
201218.4 Estimated
201118.1 Estimated
201018.2 Estimated
200918.5 Estimated
200818.7 Estimated
200719 Estimated
200619.2 Estimated
200519.4 Estimated
200419.6 Estimated
200319.7 Estimated
200219.8 Estimated
200120.1 Estimated
200020.5 Estimated
199920.3 Estimated
199820.4 Estimated
199720.6 Estimated
199620.8 Estimated
199521.2 Estimated
199421.7 Estimated
199322 Estimated
199222.1 Estimated
199122.4 Estimated
199022.6 Estimated
198922.8 Estimated
198823 Estimated
198723 Estimated
198623 Estimated
198523 Estimated
198423.1 Estimated
198323.2 Estimated
198223.3 Estimated
198123.3 Estimated
198023.3 Estimated
197923.4 Estimated
197823.5 Estimated
197723.5 Estimated
197623.5 Estimated
197523.6 Estimated
197423.5 Estimated
197323.5 Estimated
197223.5 Estimated
197123.8 Estimated
197024.1 Estimated
196924.2 Estimated
196824.3 Estimated
196724.2 Estimated
196624 Estimated
196523.6 Estimated
196422.7 Estimated
196321.8 Estimated
196221.6 Estimated
196121.9 Estimated

South Korea compared with nearby places

United Arab Emirates: 5.6 %Afghanistan: 58.4 %Antigua and Barbuda: 21.1 %Albania: 41.1 %Armenia: 59.4 %Angola: 36.3 %Argentina: 45.8 %Austria: 31.1 %Australia: 47.3 %Azerbaijan: 57.8 %Bosnia and Herzegovina: 22.4 %Bangladesh: 72.2 %Belgium: 44.4 %Burkina Faso: 62.6 %Bulgaria: 46.2 %Burundi: 74.2 %Benin: 43.1 %Brunei: 2.9 %Bolivia: 36.1 %Brazil: 28.4 %Bahamas: 1.3 %Bhutan: 13.8 %Botswana: 45.6 %Belarus: 39.1 %Belize: 8.2 %Canada: 6.5 %Democratic Republic of the Congo: 16.2 %Central African Republic: 9.3 %Republic of the Congo: 31.2 %Switzerland: 37.7 %Côte d’Ivoire: 83.9 %Chile: 14.4 %Cameroon: 21.1 %China: 41.7 %Colombia: 36.5 %Costa Rica: 31.4 %Cuba: 61.7 %Cape Verde: 24.8 %Cyprus: 13.6 %Czechia: 45.8 %Germany: 47.4 %Djibouti: 73.5 %Denmark: 65.1 %Dominican Republic: 51.5 %Algeria: 17.4 %Ecuador: 20.3 %Estonia: 23 %Egypt: 4.3 %Western Sahara: 18.8 %Eritrea: 62.8 %Spain: 49.3 %Ethiopia: 34.3 %Finland: 7.4 %Fiji: 17 %Falkland Islands: 93.2 %Faroe Islands: 70.1 %France: 52.8 %Gabon: 6.9 %United Kingdom: 69.2 %Georgia: 33.7 %Ghana: 55.4 %Greenland: 0.6 %Gambia: 76.1 %Guinea: 73.2 %Equatorial Guinea: 3.4 %Greece: 38.9 %Guatemala: 46 %Guinea-Bissau: 31.4 %Guyana: 3.4 %Hong Kong: 3.8 %Honduras: 28.5 %Croatia: 26.2 %Haiti: 65.1 %Hungary: 55.5 %Indonesia: 28.9 %Ireland: 65.2 %Israel: 23.8 %Isle of Man: 68.3 %India: 59.9 %Iraq: 21.7 %Iran: 29 %Iceland: 16.3 %Italy: 43.6 %Jamaica: 39.1 %Jordan: 11.6 %Japan: 12.6 %Kenya: 50 %Kyrgyzstan: 54 %Cambodia: 34.7 %Kiribati: 41.9 %North Korea: 21.6 %South Korea: 16 %Kuwait: 8.4 %Cayman Islands: 11.3 %Kazakhstan: 79.2 %Laos: 9.5 %Lebanon: 63.7 %Sri Lanka: 48.8 %Liberia: 20.1 %Lesotho: 92.9 %Lithuania: 45.7 %Luxembourg: 51.7 %Latvia: 31.7 %Libya: 8.7 %Morocco: 67.2 %Moldova: 73.2 %Montenegro: 18.5 %Madagascar: 70.4 %North Macedonia: 49.2 %Mali: 34.2 %Myanmar: 19.9 %Mongolia: 68.8 %Mauritania: 38.5 %Mauritius: 40.9 %Malawi: 65 %Mexico: 50.6 %Malaysia: 24.8 %Mozambique: 56.1 %Namibia: 47.1 %New Caledonia: 9.8 %Niger: 36.8 %Nigeria: 77.1 %Netherlands: 53.4 %Norway: 2.7 %Nepal: 26.1 %New Zealand: 36.8 %Oman: 4.8 %Panama: 23.1 %Peru: 19 %French Polynesia: 8.1 %Papua New Guinea: 3.1 %Philippines: 42.8 %Pakistan: 47.2 %Poland: 46.2 %Puerto Rico: 18.5 %Palestine: 64.9 %Portugal: 41.3 %Palau: 9.4 %Paraguay: 54.1 %Qatar: 6.4 %Romania: 55.2 %Serbia: 38.1 %Russia: 13.2 %Rwanda: 75.7 %Saudi Arabia: 81.7 %Solomon Islands: 4.1 %Sudan: 60.3 %Sweden: 7.3 %Singapore: 0.9 %Slovenia: 30.4 %Slovakia: 37.8 %Sierra Leone: 55.2 %Senegal: 49.4 %Somalia: 70.3 %Suriname: 0.5 %South Sudan: 44.7 %El Salvador: 57.3 %Syria: 74.1 %Eswatini: 69.6 %Chad: 40 %Togo: 69.1 %Thailand: 43.3 %Tajikistan: 28 %Timor-Leste: 23 %Turkmenistan: 84.3 %Tunisia: 62.1 %Türkiye: 50.2 %Trinidad and Tobago: 11.6 %Taiwan: 21.9 %Tanzania: 45.1 %Ukraine: 71.3 %Uganda: 80.3 %United States: 46.1 %Uruguay: 87.4 %Uzbekistan: 59 %Venezuela: 24.4 %Vietnam: 39.2 %Vanuatu: 13.3 %Samoa: 17.8 %Yemen: 44.4 %South Africa: 79.4 %Zambia: 32.1 %Zimbabwe: 48.1 %
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Agricultural land, 2024, %. South Korea is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

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Definition

Agricultural land as a share of land area: cropland (arable land and permanent crops) plus permanent meadows and pastures. Land area excludes inland waters. FAOSTAT land use domain, element "Share in Land area".

Many countries report land use rarely, so FAO often carries the last figure forward and recent years can repeat earlier ones. This is the FAO series the World Bank republishes as AG.LND.AGRI.ZS. FAO fills gaps in national reporting with its own estimates and imputations, which are marked as estimated, and revises past years when countries send new figures.

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FAO. 2026. FAOSTAT: Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209). Accessed on 2026-10-12. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip Licence: CC-BY-4.0. FAO does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. (2026). Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209) (Agricultural land, South Korea, 1961 to 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip

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Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209), Agricultural land, South Korea, 1961 to 2024. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2 Oct. 2026, https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/agricultural-land-share/south-korea. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 2026. Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209). Agricultural land, South Korea, 1961 to 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/agricultural-land-share/south-korea.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209), Agricultural land, South Korea, 1961 to 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/agricultural-land-share/south-korea (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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}
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What is the agricultural land in South Korea?

Agricultural land in South Korea was 16% in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is down 0.1 pts from 2023. That is the 175th highest of 224 countries in 2024.

Where does this figure come from?

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest agricultural land in South Korea?

24.3% in 1968, the highest value since 1961 in this series.

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