What is the difference in land use over the long-term between North Korea and Puerto Rico?

52,700 hectares, with Puerto Rico ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for North Korea and Puerto Rico?

108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.

Where does this data come from?

HYDE (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Land use over the long-term. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

North Korea vs Puerto Rico: Land use over the long-term

North Korea

50,000 hectares

in 2025

Puerto Rico

102,700 hectares

in 2025

North Korea rank

152nd

Puerto Rico rank

149th

Land use over the long-term over time

North Korea
Puerto Rico

How they compare

Puerto Rico currently reports 102,700 hectares against 50,000 hectares in North Korea, a difference of 52,700 hectares.

That makes Puerto Rico's figure about 2.1 times North Korea's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was North Korea ahead.

North Korea ranks 152nd and Puerto Rico ranks 149th of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, North Korea averaged higher in 24 and Puerto Rico in 16.

Head to head by decade

Decade	North Korea	Puerto Rico	Difference	Ahead
1000s	38,835 hectares	0 hectares	38,835 hectares	North Korea
1100s	44,926 hectares	0 hectares	44,926 hectares	North Korea
1200s	57,487 hectares	0 hectares	57,487 hectares	North Korea
1300s	41,137 hectares	0 hectares	41,137 hectares	North Korea
1400s	45,440 hectares	0 hectares	45,440 hectares	North Korea
1500s	48,642 hectares	0 hectares	48,642 hectares	North Korea
1600s	56,043 hectares	1,534 hectares	54,509 hectares	North Korea
1700s	62,875 hectares	2,256 hectares	60,619 hectares	North Korea
1710s	68,169 hectares	2,882 hectares	65,287 hectares	North Korea
1720s	70,791 hectares	3,682 hectares	67,109 hectares	North Korea
1730s	73,472 hectares	4,703 hectares	68,768 hectares	North Korea
1740s	76,206 hectares	6,008 hectares	70,198 hectares	North Korea
1750s	78,988 hectares	7,676 hectares	71,312 hectares	North Korea
1760s	81,811 hectares	9,805 hectares	72,005 hectares	North Korea
1770s	84,664 hectares	12,526 hectares	72,138 hectares	North Korea
1780s	87,537 hectares	16,002 hectares	71,535 hectares	North Korea
1790s	90,415 hectares	20,442 hectares	69,972 hectares	North Korea
1800s	93,281 hectares	26,115 hectares	67,166 hectares	North Korea
1810s	96,114 hectares	33,361 hectares	62,753 hectares	North Korea
1820s	98,888 hectares	42,618 hectares	56,270 hectares	North Korea
1830s	98,190 hectares	50,447 hectares	47,744 hectares	North Korea
1840s	96,106 hectares	57,952 hectares	38,154 hectares	North Korea
1850s	93,852 hectares	71,384 hectares	22,467 hectares	North Korea
1860s	91,401 hectares	85,355 hectares	6,046 hectares	North Korea
1870s	88,723 hectares	100,351 hectares	11,628 hectares	Puerto Rico
1880s	85,730 hectares	115,055 hectares	29,325 hectares	Puerto Rico
1890s	82,875 hectares	128,911 hectares	46,036 hectares	Puerto Rico
1900s	79,582 hectares	143,943 hectares	64,361 hectares	Puerto Rico
1910s	75,728 hectares	173,908 hectares	98,180 hectares	Puerto Rico
1920s	92,052 hectares	202,642 hectares	110,590 hectares	Puerto Rico
1930s	100,634 hectares	230,176 hectares	129,542 hectares	Puerto Rico
1940s	106,060 hectares	256,556 hectares	150,496 hectares	Puerto Rico
1950s	82,123 hectares	282,891 hectares	200,768 hectares	Puerto Rico
1960s	50,000 hectares	315,155 hectares	265,155 hectares	Puerto Rico
1970s	50,000 hectares	330,978 hectares	280,978 hectares	Puerto Rico
1980s	50,000 hectares	333,946 hectares	283,946 hectares	Puerto Rico
1990s	50,000 hectares	242,225 hectares	192,225 hectares	Puerto Rico
2000s	50,000 hectares	119,208 hectares	69,208 hectares	Puerto Rico
2010s	50,000 hectares	108,296 hectares	58,296 hectares	Puerto Rico
2020s	50,000 hectares	102,700 hectares	52,700 hectares	Puerto Rico

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher land use over the long-term, North Korea or Puerto Rico?: Puerto Rico, at 102,700 hectares against 50,000 hectares in North Korea as of 2025.
What is the difference in land use over the long-term between North Korea and Puerto Rico?: 52,700 hectares, with Puerto Rico ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for North Korea and Puerto Rico?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do North Korea and Puerto Rico rank globally for land use over the long-term?: North Korea ranks 152nd and Puerto Rico ranks 149th of 202 countries.
Where does this data come from?: HYDE (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Land use over the long-term. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Land use over the long-term
Unit: hectares
Source: HYDE (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 202 places, 21,816 data points, 1000–2025
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

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