What is the difference in agricultural land use per person between North Korea and Nepal?

0.0063 hectares per person, with North Korea ahead.

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

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 Agricultural land use per person. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

North Korea vs Nepal: Agricultural land use per person

North Korea

0.1011 hectares per person

in 2025

Nepal

0.0948 hectares per person

in 2025

North Korea rank

163rd

Nepal rank

165th

Agricultural land use per person over time

North Korea
Nepal

How they compare

North Korea currently reports 0.1011 hectares per person against 0.0948 hectares per person in Nepal, a difference of 0.0063 hectares per person.

That makes North Korea's figure about 1.1 times Nepal's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was North Korea ahead.

North Korea ranks 163rd and Nepal ranks 165th of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, North Korea averaged higher in 8 and Nepal in 32.

Head to head by decade

Decade	North Korea	Nepal	Difference	Ahead
1000s	0.6106 hectares per person	0.4678 hectares per person	0.1428 hectares per person	North Korea
1100s	0.5894 hectares per person	0.4611 hectares per person	0.1283 hectares per person	North Korea
1200s	0.5666 hectares per person	0.4544 hectares per person	0.1122 hectares per person	North Korea
1300s	0.5417 hectares per person	0.4475 hectares per person	0.0942 hectares per person	North Korea
1400s	0.5144 hectares per person	0.4405 hectares per person	0.0739 hectares per person	North Korea
1500s	0.4838 hectares per person	0.4335 hectares per person	0.0503 hectares per person	North Korea
1600s	0.4487 hectares per person	0.4264 hectares per person	0.0224 hectares per person	North Korea
1700s	0.4071 hectares per person	0.4192 hectares per person	0.0121 hectares per person	Nepal
1710s	0.4025 hectares per person	0.4193 hectares per person	0.0168 hectares per person	Nepal
1720s	0.3977 hectares per person	0.4237 hectares per person	0.026 hectares per person	Nepal
1730s	0.3928 hectares per person	0.4259 hectares per person	0.0331 hectares per person	Nepal
1740s	0.3878 hectares per person	0.4285 hectares per person	0.0407 hectares per person	Nepal
1750s	0.3827 hectares per person	0.4316 hectares per person	0.0489 hectares per person	Nepal
1760s	0.3774 hectares per person	0.4351 hectares per person	0.0577 hectares per person	Nepal
1770s	0.3719 hectares per person	0.439 hectares per person	0.067 hectares per person	Nepal
1780s	0.3663 hectares per person	0.4433 hectares per person	0.077 hectares per person	Nepal
1790s	0.3606 hectares per person	0.4481 hectares per person	0.0876 hectares per person	Nepal
1800s	0.3546 hectares per person	0.4535 hectares per person	0.0989 hectares per person	Nepal
1810s	0.3484 hectares per person	0.4595 hectares per person	0.111 hectares per person	Nepal
1820s	0.342 hectares per person	0.4704 hectares per person	0.1284 hectares per person	Nepal
1830s	0.3354 hectares per person	0.4733 hectares per person	0.138 hectares per person	Nepal
1840s	0.3284 hectares per person	0.4912 hectares per person	0.1628 hectares per person	Nepal
1850s	0.3212 hectares per person	0.4831 hectares per person	0.1619 hectares per person	Nepal
1860s	0.3136 hectares per person	0.4706 hectares per person	0.157 hectares per person	Nepal
1870s	0.3056 hectares per person	0.4589 hectares per person	0.1533 hectares per person	Nepal
1880s	0.2972 hectares per person	0.4573 hectares per person	0.1601 hectares per person	Nepal
1890s	0.2883 hectares per person	0.438 hectares per person	0.1497 hectares per person	Nepal
1900s	0.2787 hectares per person	0.4333 hectares per person	0.1546 hectares per person	Nepal
1910s	0.2685 hectares per person	0.4491 hectares per person	0.1806 hectares per person	Nepal
1920s	0.2574 hectares per person	0.4476 hectares per person	0.1902 hectares per person	Nepal
1930s	0.2452 hectares per person	0.4377 hectares per person	0.1925 hectares per person	Nepal
1940s	0.2315 hectares per person	0.4218 hectares per person	0.1904 hectares per person	Nepal
1950s	0.2071 hectares per person	0.3831 hectares per person	0.176 hectares per person	Nepal
1960s	0.1781 hectares per person	0.3285 hectares per person	0.1504 hectares per person	Nepal
1970s	0.1457 hectares per person	0.2968 hectares per person	0.1511 hectares per person	Nepal
1980s	0.1338 hectares per person	0.2462 hectares per person	0.1125 hectares per person	Nepal
1990s	0.1184 hectares per person	0.1965 hectares per person	0.0781 hectares per person	Nepal
2000s	0.1092 hectares per person	0.1566 hectares per person	0.0475 hectares per person	Nepal
2010s	0.1057 hectares per person	0.1235 hectares per person	0.0178 hectares per person	Nepal
2020s	0.1016 hectares per person	0.1004 hectares per person	0.0012 hectares per person	North Korea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher agricultural land use per person, North Korea or Nepal?: North Korea, at 0.1011 hectares per person against 0.0948 hectares per person in Nepal as of 2025.
What is the difference in agricultural land use per person between North Korea and Nepal?: 0.0063 hectares per person, with North Korea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for North Korea and Nepal?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do North Korea and Nepal rank globally for agricultural land use per person?: North Korea ranks 163rd and Nepal ranks 165th of 202 countries.
Where does this data come from?: HYDE (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Agricultural land use per person. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Agricultural land use per person
Unit: hectares per person
Source: HYDE (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 202 places, 21,784 data points, 1000–2025
Last refreshed: 09 October 2026

Total agricultural land per person for each separate country over time.