South Korea vs Laos: Land use

South Korea
1.51 million hectares
in 2023
Laos
1.61 million hectares
in 2023
South Korea rank
101st
Laos rank
99th

Land use over time

  • South Korea
  • Laos
500.0k1.0M1.5M2.0M2.5M196119922023

How they compare

Laos currently reports 1.61 million hectares against 1.51 million hectares in South Korea, a difference of 98,200 hectares.

That makes Laos's figure about 1.1 times South Korea's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was South Korea ahead.

South Korea ranks 101st and Laos ranks 99th of 223 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Land use
Unit
hectares
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
225 places, 13,015 data points, 1961–2023
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