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

0.0009 hectares per person, with Netherlands ahead.

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

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 Netherlands: Agricultural land use per person

North Korea

0.1011 hectares per person

in 2025

Netherlands

0.102 hectares per person

in 2025

North Korea rank

163rd

Netherlands rank

162nd

Agricultural land use per person over time

North Korea
Netherlands

How they compare

Netherlands currently reports 0.102 hectares per person against 0.1011 hectares per person in North Korea, a difference of 0.0009 hectares per person.

Across all 108 years both countries report, Netherlands has been ahead every year.

North Korea ranks 163rd and Netherlands ranks 162nd of 202 countries.

Netherlands has averaged higher in every one of the 40 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	North Korea	Netherlands	Difference	Ahead
1000s	0.6106 hectares per person	2.76 hectares per person	2.14 hectares per person	Netherlands
1100s	0.5894 hectares per person	3.45 hectares per person	2.86 hectares per person	Netherlands
1200s	0.5666 hectares per person	2.77 hectares per person	2.21 hectares per person	Netherlands
1300s	0.5417 hectares per person	2.1 hectares per person	1.56 hectares per person	Netherlands
1400s	0.5144 hectares per person	2.39 hectares per person	1.88 hectares per person	Netherlands
1500s	0.4838 hectares per person	1.76 hectares per person	1.28 hectares per person	Netherlands
1600s	0.4487 hectares per person	1.46 hectares per person	1.01 hectares per person	Netherlands
1700s	0.4071 hectares per person	1.42 hectares per person	1.01 hectares per person	Netherlands
1710s	0.4025 hectares per person	1.32 hectares per person	0.921 hectares per person	Netherlands
1720s	0.3977 hectares per person	1.23 hectares per person	0.8308 hectares per person	Netherlands
1730s	0.3928 hectares per person	1.13 hectares per person	0.7407 hectares per person	Netherlands
1740s	0.3878 hectares per person	1.04 hectares per person	0.6508 hectares per person	Netherlands
1750s	0.3827 hectares per person	0.9436 hectares per person	0.561 hectares per person	Netherlands
1760s	0.3774 hectares per person	0.9103 hectares per person	0.5329 hectares per person	Netherlands
1770s	0.3719 hectares per person	0.877 hectares per person	0.505 hectares per person	Netherlands
1780s	0.3663 hectares per person	0.8437 hectares per person	0.4773 hectares per person	Netherlands
1790s	0.3606 hectares per person	0.8103 hectares per person	0.4498 hectares per person	Netherlands
1800s	0.3546 hectares per person	0.777 hectares per person	0.4224 hectares per person	Netherlands
1810s	0.3484 hectares per person	0.7464 hectares per person	0.398 hectares per person	Netherlands
1820s	0.342 hectares per person	0.7157 hectares per person	0.3737 hectares per person	Netherlands
1830s	0.3354 hectares per person	0.6866 hectares per person	0.3513 hectares per person	Netherlands
1840s	0.3284 hectares per person	0.6566 hectares per person	0.3282 hectares per person	Netherlands
1850s	0.3212 hectares per person	0.6261 hectares per person	0.3049 hectares per person	Netherlands
1860s	0.3136 hectares per person	0.5945 hectares per person	0.281 hectares per person	Netherlands
1870s	0.3056 hectares per person	0.5625 hectares per person	0.2569 hectares per person	Netherlands
1880s	0.2972 hectares per person	0.5288 hectares per person	0.2316 hectares per person	Netherlands
1890s	0.2883 hectares per person	0.494 hectares per person	0.2057 hectares per person	Netherlands
1900s	0.2787 hectares per person	0.4604 hectares per person	0.1817 hectares per person	Netherlands
1910s	0.2685 hectares per person	0.4107 hectares per person	0.1422 hectares per person	Netherlands
1920s	0.2574 hectares per person	0.3642 hectares per person	0.1068 hectares per person	Netherlands
1930s	0.2452 hectares per person	0.3197 hectares per person	0.0745 hectares per person	Netherlands
1940s	0.2315 hectares per person	0.2773 hectares per person	0.0458 hectares per person	Netherlands
1950s	0.2071 hectares per person	0.2247 hectares per person	0.0176 hectares per person	Netherlands
1960s	0.1781 hectares per person	0.1862 hectares per person	0.0081 hectares per person	Netherlands
1970s	0.1457 hectares per person	0.1554 hectares per person	0.0097 hectares per person	Netherlands
1980s	0.1338 hectares per person	0.14 hectares per person	0.0062 hectares per person	Netherlands
1990s	0.1184 hectares per person	0.128 hectares per person	0.0096 hectares per person	Netherlands
2000s	0.1092 hectares per person	0.1189 hectares per person	0.0098 hectares per person	Netherlands
2010s	0.1057 hectares per person	0.1087 hectares per person	0.0031 hectares per person	Netherlands
2020s	0.1016 hectares per person	0.1036 hectares per person	0.0019 hectares per person	Netherlands

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher agricultural land use per person, North Korea or Netherlands?: Netherlands, at 0.102 hectares per person against 0.1011 hectares per person in North Korea as of 2025.
What is the difference in agricultural land use per person between North Korea and Netherlands?: 0.0009 hectares per person, with Netherlands ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for North Korea and Netherlands?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do North Korea and Netherlands rank globally for agricultural land use per person?: North Korea ranks 163rd and Netherlands ranks 162nd 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.