Democratic People's Republic of Korea vs Iran (Islamic Republic of): Cereals, primary — Yield

Democratic People's Republic of Korea
3,610 kg/ha
in 2024
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
2,725 kg/ha
in 2024
Democratic People's Republic of Korea rank
6th
Iran (Islamic Republic of) rank
9th

Cereals, primary — Yield over time

  • Democratic People's Republic of Korea
  • Iran (Islamic Republic of)
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How they compare

Democratic People's Republic of Korea currently reports 3,610 kg/ha against 2,725 kg/ha in Iran (Islamic Republic of), a difference of 885 kg/ha.

That makes Democratic People's Republic of Korea's figure about 1.3 times Iran (Islamic Republic of)'s.

Across all 64 years both countries report, Democratic People's Republic of Korea has been ahead every year.

Democratic People's Republic of Korea ranks 6th and Iran (Islamic Republic of) ranks 9th of 19 countries.

Democratic People's Republic of Korea has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Democratic People's Republic of Korea Iran (Islamic Republic of) Difference Ahead
1960s 2,654 kg/ha 871.77 kg/ha 1,783 kg/ha Democratic People's Republic of Korea
1970s 3,237 kg/ha 1,031 kg/ha 2,206 kg/ha Democratic People's Republic of Korea
1980s 3,726 kg/ha 1,189 kg/ha 2,537 kg/ha Democratic People's Republic of Korea
1990s 3,832 kg/ha 1,818 kg/ha 2,014 kg/ha Democratic People's Republic of Korea
2000s 3,201 kg/ha 2,171 kg/ha 1,031 kg/ha Democratic People's Republic of Korea
2010s 3,870 kg/ha 2,226 kg/ha 1,644 kg/ha Democratic People's Republic of Korea
2020s 3,547 kg/ha 2,636 kg/ha 911.04 kg/ha Democratic People's Republic of Korea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cereals, primary — yield, Democratic People's Republic of Korea or Iran (Islamic Republic of)?
Democratic People's Republic of Korea, at 3,610 kg/ha against 2,725 kg/ha in Iran (Islamic Republic of) as of 2024.
What is the difference in cereals, primary — yield between Democratic People's Republic of Korea and Iran (Islamic Republic of)?
885 kg/ha, with Democratic People's Republic of Korea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Democratic People's Republic of Korea and Iran (Islamic Republic of)?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Democratic People's Republic of Korea and Iran (Islamic Republic of) rank globally for cereals, primary — yield?
Democratic People's Republic of Korea ranks 6th and Iran (Islamic Republic of) ranks 9th of 19 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Cereals, primary — Yield. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Cereals, primary — Yield
Unit
kg/ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
226 places, 12,848 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.