What is the difference in arable land use per person between Equatorial Guinea and South Korea?

0.0005 hectares per person, with Equatorial Guinea ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Equatorial Guinea and South Korea?

63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Arable land use per person. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Equatorial Guinea vs South Korea: Arable land use per person

Equatorial Guinea

0.0287 hectares per person

in 2023

South Korea

0.0282 hectares per person

in 2023

Equatorial Guinea rank

161st

South Korea rank

162nd

Arable land use per person over time

Equatorial Guinea
South Korea

How they compare

Equatorial Guinea currently reports 0.0287 hectares per person against 0.0282 hectares per person in South Korea, a difference of 0.0005 hectares per person.

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

Equatorial Guinea ranks 161st and South Korea ranks 162nd of 206 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Equatorial Guinea averaged higher in 5 and South Korea in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Equatorial Guinea	South Korea	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.1275 hectares per person	0.0738 hectares per person	0.0537 hectares per person	Equatorial Guinea
1970s	0.0904 hectares per person	0.06 hectares per person	0.0304 hectares per person	Equatorial Guinea
1980s	0.0438 hectares per person	0.05 hectares per person	0.0062 hectares per person	South Korea
1990s	0.0315 hectares per person	0.0406 hectares per person	0.0091 hectares per person	South Korea
2000s	0.0412 hectares per person	0.034 hectares per person	0.0073 hectares per person	Equatorial Guinea
2010s	0.0382 hectares per person	0.0286 hectares per person	0.0096 hectares per person	Equatorial Guinea
2020s	0.0298 hectares per person	0.0264 hectares per person	0.0033 hectares per person	Equatorial Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher arable land use per person, Equatorial Guinea or South Korea?: Equatorial Guinea, at 0.0287 hectares per person against 0.0282 hectares per person in South Korea as of 2023.
What is the difference in arable land use per person between Equatorial Guinea and South Korea?: 0.0005 hectares per person, with Equatorial Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Equatorial Guinea and South Korea?: 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Equatorial Guinea and South Korea rank globally for arable land use per person?: Equatorial Guinea ranks 161st and South Korea ranks 162nd of 206 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Arable land use per person. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

About this data

Indicator: Arable land use per person
Unit: hectares per person
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 206 places, 11,842 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Arable land is defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops, temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. It is measured in hectares per person.