Korea - Arable land

Arable land (hectares)

The value for Arable land (hectares) in Korea was 1,374,000 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2,196,000 in 1967 and a minimum value of 1,374,000 in 2018.

Definition: 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.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

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Year Value
1961 2,033,000
1962 1,998,000
1963 2,010,000
1964 2,091,000
1965 2,163,000
1966 2,187,000
1967 2,196,000
1968 2,174,000
1969 2,156,000
1970 2,153,000
1971 2,134,000
1972 2,104,000
1973 2,095,000
1974 2,075,000
1975 2,061,000
1976 2,060,000
1977 2,067,000
1978 2,079,000
1979 2,069,000
1980 2,060,000
1981 2,051,000
1982 2,049,000
1983 2,032,000
1984 2,017,000
1985 2,009,000
1986 2,004,000
1987 2,007,000
1988 1,997,000
1989 1,978,000
1990 1,953,000
1991 1,927,000
1992 1,898,000
1993 1,875,000
1994 1,845,000
1995 1,783,000
1996 1,745,000
1997 1,722,000
1998 1,708,000
1999 1,699,000
2000 1,718,000
2001 1,689,000
2002 1,674,000
2003 1,659,000
2004 1,653,000
2005 1,643,000
2006 1,619,000
2007 1,597,000
2008 1,565,000
2009 1,536,000
2010 1,507,000
2011 1,488,000
2012 1,522,200
2013 1,495,800
2014 1,476,000
2015 1,464,500
2016 1,421,000
2017 1,396,700
2018 1,374,000

Arable land (hectares per person)

The value for Arable land (hectares per person) in Korea was 0.027 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.079 in 1961 and a minimum value of 0.027 in 2018.

Definition: 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.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

See also:

Year Value
1961 0.079
1962 0.075
1963 0.074
1964 0.075
1965 0.075
1966 0.074
1967 0.073
1968 0.070
1969 0.068
1970 0.067
1971 0.065
1972 0.063
1973 0.061
1974 0.060
1975 0.058
1976 0.057
1977 0.057
1978 0.056
1979 0.055
1980 0.054
1981 0.053
1982 0.052
1983 0.051
1984 0.050
1985 0.049
1986 0.049
1987 0.048
1988 0.048
1989 0.047
1990 0.046
1991 0.045
1992 0.043
1993 0.042
1994 0.041
1995 0.040
1996 0.038
1997 0.037
1998 0.037
1999 0.036
2000 0.037
2001 0.036
2002 0.035
2003 0.035
2004 0.034
2005 0.034
2006 0.033
2007 0.033
2008 0.032
2009 0.031
2010 0.030
2011 0.030
2012 0.030
2013 0.030
2014 0.029
2015 0.029
2016 0.028
2017 0.027
2018 0.027

Arable land (% of land area)

Arable land (% of land area) in Korea was 14.09 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 57 years was 22.77 in 1967, while its lowest value was 14.09 in 2018.

Definition: Arable land 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.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

See also:

Year Value
1961 21.08
1962 20.71
1963 20.84
1964 21.68
1965 22.42
1966 22.67
1967 22.77
1968 22.54
1969 22.35
1970 22.32
1971 22.12
1972 21.81
1973 21.72
1974 21.51
1975 21.37
1976 21.36
1977 21.43
1978 21.55
1979 21.45
1980 21.36
1981 21.26
1982 21.24
1983 21.07
1984 20.91
1985 20.83
1986 20.78
1987 20.81
1988 20.70
1989 20.51
1990 20.25
1991 19.98
1992 19.68
1993 19.44
1994 19.13
1995 18.48
1996 18.09
1997 17.85
1998 17.71
1999 17.61
2000 17.81
2001 17.46
2002 17.30
2003 17.14
2004 17.07
2005 16.96
2006 16.71
2007 16.48
2008 16.14
2009 15.83
2010 15.50
2011 15.31
2012 15.64
2013 15.35
2014 15.15
2015 15.03
2016 14.58
2017 14.32
2018 14.09

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use