Botswana vs South Korea: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops
Botswana
0.3512
in 2023
South Korea
0.3518
in 2023
Botswana rank
89th
South Korea rank
88th
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops over time
- Botswana
- South Korea
How they compare
South Korea currently reports 0.3518 against 0.3512 in Botswana, a difference of 0.0006.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was South Korea ahead.
Botswana ranks 89th and South Korea ranks 88th of 163 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Botswana averaged higher in 6 and South Korea in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Botswana | South Korea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.28 | 0.8786 | 0.4011 | Botswana |
| 1970s | 0.9364 | 0.5994 | 0.337 | Botswana |
| 1980s | 0.9751 | 0.4604 | 0.5148 | Botswana |
| 1990s | 0.8416 | 0.377 | 0.4647 | Botswana |
| 2000s | 0.5858 | 0.3231 | 0.2627 | Botswana |
| 2010s | 0.5201 | 0.3181 | 0.202 | Botswana |
| 2020s | 0.2923 | 0.3228 | 0.0305 | South Korea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops, Botswana or South Korea?
- South Korea, at 0.3518 against 0.3512 in Botswana as of 2023.
- What is the difference in arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops between Botswana and South Korea?
- 0.0006, with South Korea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and South Korea?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Botswana and South Korea rank globally for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
- Botswana ranks 89th and South Korea ranks 88th of 163 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Index of arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops (where values in 1961 are equal to 1.0).