Singapore vs South Korea
Singapore vs South Korea: Forest area
Forest area in 2024: 21.8% in Singapore and 64.4% in South Korea, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in South Korea, by 42.6 percentage points, or 2.95 times that in Singapore.
% of land · FAO
What the numbers say
- South Korea has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
- In 2024, Singapore ranked 128 and South Korea ranked 23 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of land · FAO
| Year | Singapore | South Korea | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21.8 | 64.4 | – |
| 2023 | 21.8 | 64.4 | 31.1 |
| 2022 | 21.9 | 64.5 | 31.1 |
| 2021 | 22 | 64.5 | 31.2 |
| 2020 | 22 | 64.5 | 31.2 |
| 2019 | 22.3 | 64.6 | 31.2 |
| 2018 | 22.5 | 64.7 | 31.3 |
| 2017 | 22.8 | 64.8 | 31.3 |
| 2016 | 23.1 | 64.9 | 31.3 |
| 2015 | 23.3 | 65 | 31.4 |
| 2014 | 23.6 | 65.1 | 31.4 |
| 2013 | 24 | 65.3 | 31.4 |
| 2012 | 24.4 | 65.4 | 31.5 |
| 2011 | 24.9 | 65.6 | 31.9 |
| 2010 | 25.3 | 65.7 | 32 |
| 2009 | 25.3 | 65.9 | 32 |
| 2008 | 25.1 | 66 | 32 |
| 2007 | 25.2 | 66.2 | 32.1 |
| 2006 | 25.2 | 66.3 | 32.1 |
| 2005 | 25.2 | 66.4 | 32.1 |
| 2004 | 25.1 | 66.5 | 32.2 |
| 2003 | 25.1 | 66.6 | 32.3 |
| 2002 | 25.4 | 66.7 | 32.3 |
| 2001 | 25.5 | 66.9 | 32.3 |
| 2000 | 25.4 | 67.1 | 32.4 |
| 1999 | 25.1 | 67.2 | 32.5 |
| 1998 | 24.7 | 67.3 | 32.5 |
| 1997 | 24.4 | 67.4 | 32.6 |
| 1996 | 24.1 | 67.5 | 32.7 |
| 1995 | 23.8 | 67.5 | 32.7 |
| 1994 | 23.4 | 67.6 | 32.8 |
| 1993 | 23.1 | 67.7 | 32.8 |
| 1992 | 22.8 | 67.8 | 33 |
| 1991 | 22.5 | 67.8 | – |
| 1990 | 22.1 | 67.9 | – |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of land under trees at least 5 metres tall, natural or planted, leaving out orchards and city parks.
- Source: FAO, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 209 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Singapore vs South Korea
Health
- Life expectancySingapore: 83.7 years in 2023South Korea: 84.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalitySingapore: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024South Korea: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalitySingapore: 1.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023South Korea: 2.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterSingapore: 100% in 2022South Korea: 99.3% in 2022
- DepressionSingapore: 3.44% in 2017South Korea: 3.17% in 2017
- Suicide rateSingapore: 7.3 per 100,000 people in 2017South Korea: 20.8 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationSingapore: 5.79 million people in 2023South Korea: 51.8 million people in 2023
- Population growthSingapore: 0.81% a year in 2023South Korea: -0.04% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateSingapore: 0.94 births per woman in 2023South Korea: 0.72 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationSingapore: 100% in 2025South Korea: 81.2% in 2025
- Median ageSingapore: 35.1 years in 2023South Korea: 44.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overSingapore: 13.1% in 2023South Korea: 18.3% in 2023
- Net migration rateSingapore: 4.7 per 1,000 people in 2023South Korea: 1.7 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingSingapore: 3.05% of GDP in 2025South Korea: 2.6% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsSingapore: $16.9B in 2025South Korea: $48.9B in 2025
- Military spending per personSingapore: $2,980 in 2025South Korea: $924 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingSingapore: 18% of government spending in 2025South Korea: 10.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelSingapore: 59,000 people in 2020South Korea: 569,000 people in 2020
- National powerSingapore: 0.25% of world capability in 2022South Korea: 2% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersSingapore: 1.72% of the labour force in 2020South Korea: 2.01% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsSingapore: 57 million TIV in 2025South Korea: 222 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsSingapore: 79 million TIV in 2025South Korea: 2.02 billion TIV in 2025