Democratic People's Republic of Korea vs Japan: Apples — Production

Democratic People's Republic of Korea
801,602 t
in 2024
Japan
658,377 t
in 2024
Democratic People's Republic of Korea rank
4th
Japan rank
20th

Apples — Production over time

  • Democratic People's Republic of Korea
  • Japan
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How they compare

Democratic People's Republic of Korea currently reports 801,602 t against 658,377 t in Japan, a difference of 143,225 t.

That makes Democratic People's Republic of Korea's figure about 1.2 times Japan's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Japan ahead.

Democratic People's Republic of Korea ranks 4th and Japan ranks 20th of 9 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Democratic People's Republic of Korea averaged higher in 2 and Japan in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade Democratic People's Republic of Korea Japan Difference Ahead
1960s 97,778 t 1.08 million t 984,156 t Japan
1970s 299,000 t 923,200 t 624,200 t Japan
1980s 560,300 t 957,130 t 396,830 t Japan
1990s 638,669 t 951,450 t 312,781 t Japan
2000s 659,853 t 849,990 t 190,137 t Japan
2010s 772,841 t 756,300 t 16,541 t Democratic People's Republic of Korea
2020s 795,760 t 684,935 t 110,825 t Democratic People's Republic of Korea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher apples — production, Democratic People's Republic of Korea or Japan?
Democratic People's Republic of Korea, at 801,602 t against 658,377 t in Japan as of 2024.
What is the difference in apples — production between Democratic People's Republic of Korea and Japan?
143,225 t, with Democratic People's Republic of Korea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Democratic People's Republic of Korea and Japan?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Democratic People's Republic of Korea and Japan rank globally for apples — production?
Democratic People's Republic of Korea ranks 4th and Japan ranks 20th of 9 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Apples — Production. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Apples — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
130 places, 7,019 data points, 1961–2024
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Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.