Kiribati vs South Korea: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops
Kiribati
0.3788
in 2023
South Korea
0.3518
in 2023
Kiribati rank
86th
South Korea rank
88th
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops over time
- Kiribati
- South Korea
How they compare
Kiribati currently reports 0.3788 against 0.3518 in South Korea, a difference of 0.027.
That makes Kiribati's figure about 1.1 times South Korea's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was South Korea ahead.
Kiribati ranks 86th and South Korea ranks 88th of 163 countries.
Kiribati has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kiribati | South Korea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.9934 | 0.8786 | 0.1148 | Kiribati |
| 1970s | 0.8792 | 0.5994 | 0.2798 | Kiribati |
| 1980s | 0.674 | 0.4604 | 0.2137 | Kiribati |
| 1990s | 0.7149 | 0.377 | 0.3379 | Kiribati |
| 2000s | 0.5228 | 0.3231 | 0.1997 | Kiribati |
| 2010s | 0.3698 | 0.3181 | 0.0517 | Kiribati |
| 2020s | 0.3787 | 0.3228 | 0.0559 | Kiribati |
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, Kiribati or South Korea?
- Kiribati, at 0.3788 against 0.3518 in South Korea as of 2023.
- What is the difference in arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops between Kiribati and South Korea?
- 0.027, with Kiribati ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kiribati and South Korea?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Kiribati and South Korea rank globally for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
- Kiribati ranks 86th 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).