North Korea vs Paraguay: Cereal yield vs. fertilizer use
North Korea
3.61 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Paraguay
3.62 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
North Korea rank
82nd
Paraguay rank
81st
Cereal yield vs. fertilizer use over time
- North Korea
- Paraguay
How they compare
Paraguay currently reports 3.62 tonnes per hectare against 3.61 tonnes per hectare in North Korea, a difference of 0.01 tonnes per hectare.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was North Korea ahead.
North Korea ranks 82nd and Paraguay ranks 81st of 186 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, North Korea averaged higher in 5 and Paraguay in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | North Korea | Paraguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.65 tonnes per hectare | 1.25 tonnes per hectare | 1.4 tonnes per hectare | North Korea |
| 1970s | 3.24 tonnes per hectare | 1.35 tonnes per hectare | 1.89 tonnes per hectare | North Korea |
| 1980s | 3.73 tonnes per hectare | 1.67 tonnes per hectare | 2.06 tonnes per hectare | North Korea |
| 1990s | 3.83 tonnes per hectare | 2.03 tonnes per hectare | 1.8 tonnes per hectare | North Korea |
| 2000s | 3.2 tonnes per hectare | 2.33 tonnes per hectare | 0.8749 tonnes per hectare | North Korea |
| 2010s | 3.87 tonnes per hectare | 3.88 tonnes per hectare | 0.0082 tonnes per hectare | Paraguay |
| 2020s | 3.55 tonnes per hectare | 3.98 tonnes per hectare | 0.4362 tonnes per hectare | Paraguay |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cereal yield vs. fertilizer use, North Korea or Paraguay?
- Paraguay, at 3.62 tonnes per hectare against 3.61 tonnes per hectare in North Korea as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cereal yield vs. fertilizer use between North Korea and Paraguay?
- 0.01 tonnes per hectare, with Paraguay ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for North Korea and Paraguay?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do North Korea and Paraguay rank globally for cereal yield vs. fertilizer use?
- North Korea ranks 82nd and Paraguay ranks 81st of 186 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) β with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Cereal yield vs. fertilizer use. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Measured in tonnes per hectare.