China vs Democratic People's Republic of Korea: Pulses, Total — Area harvested

China
2.63 million ha
in 2024
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
373,014 ha
in 2024
China rank
10th
Democratic People's Republic of Korea rank
9th

Pulses, Total — Area harvested over time

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

China currently reports 2.63 million ha against 373,014 ha in Democratic People's Republic of Korea, a difference of 2.26 million ha.

That makes China's figure about 7.0 times Democratic People's Republic of Korea's.

Across all 64 years both countries report, China has been ahead every year.

China ranks 10th and Democratic People's Republic of Korea ranks 9th of 169 countries.

China has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade China Democratic People's Republic of Korea Difference Ahead
1960s 8.71 million ha 316,444 ha 8.40 million ha China
1970s 6.04 million ha 322,700 ha 5.72 million ha China
1980s 4.68 million ha 337,800 ha 4.34 million ha China
1990s 3.10 million ha 333,405 ha 2.77 million ha China
2000s 3.29 million ha 361,000 ha 2.93 million ha China
2010s 2.61 million ha 369,273 ha 2.24 million ha China
2020s 2.64 million ha 372,833 ha 2.27 million ha China

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher pulses, total — area harvested, China or Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
China, at 2.63 million ha against 373,014 ha in Democratic People's Republic of Korea as of 2024.
What is the difference in pulses, total — area harvested between China and Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
2.26 million ha, with China ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for China and Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do China and Democratic People's Republic of Korea rank globally for pulses, total — area harvested?
China ranks 10th and Democratic People's Republic of Korea ranks 9th of 169 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Pulses, Total — Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Pulses, Total — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
215 places, 12,296 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.