Republic of Korea

General information GNI per capita at PPP$, 2011: 30,370 Internal renewable water resources, 2011: 64.9 km3/year Incoming water flow, 2011: 4.9 km3/year Main food consumed, 2009: vegetables including oils, rice, fruits, fermented beverages, meat, fish, wheat Rice consumption, 2009: 81.3 kg milled rice per person per year

Production season   Planting Harvesting Main May-Jun Sep-Oct

Write-up taken from the IRRI's Rice Almanac (2013):

The Republic of Korea (South Korea) occupies the southern part of the Korean Peninsula, with a population of 48.4 million (2011) in an area of 99,900 km². The country has large areas of coastal plains in the west and south used mainly for agriculture. Arable land is about 16.4% of the land area. The country has become mainly industrial and agriculture is only 2.7% (2011) of GDP, supporting 6.6% of the workforce.

Source: FAOSTAT database online and AQUASTAT database online, as of November 2012.

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