Barley — Area harvested in Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Democratic People's Republic of Korea: Barley — Area harvested was 44,671 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Barley — Area harvested in Democratic People's Republic of Korea, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for barley — area harvested in Democratic People's Republic of Korea is 44,671 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 5.2% on the previous year and up 458.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — area harvested in Democratic People's Republic of Korea peaked at 120,000 ha in 1963 and was at its lowest, 7,000 ha, in 2015.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Barley — Area harvested in Democratic People's Republic of Korea, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 100,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 100,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 120,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 1964 | 100,000 ha | -16.7% |
| 1965 | 100,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 90,000 ha | -10.0% |
| 1967 | 95,000 ha | +5.6% |
| 1968 | 95,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 90,000 ha | -5.3% |
| 1970 | 90,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 90,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 90,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 90,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 85,000 ha | -5.6% |
| 1975 | 85,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 80,000 ha | -5.9% |
| 1977 | 80,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 80,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 75,000 ha | -6.2% |
| 1980 | 70,000 ha | -6.7% |
| 1981 | 70,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 65,000 ha | -7.1% |
| 1983 | 65,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 60,000 ha | -7.7% |
| 1985 | 60,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 60,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 60,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 60,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 60,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 60,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 60,338 ha | +0.6% |
| 1992 | 55,000 ha | -8.8% |
| 1993 | 50,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 1994 | 87,000 ha | +74.0% |
| 1995 | 75,000 ha | -13.8% |
| 1996 | 72,000 ha | -4.0% |
| 1997 | 70,000 ha | -2.8% |
| 1998 | 50,000 ha | -28.6% |
| 1999 | 41,000 ha | -18.0% |
| 2000 | 34,000 ha | -17.1% |
| 2001 | 35,630 ha | +4.8% |
| 2002 | 39,000 ha | +9.5% |
| 2003 | 34,000 ha | -12.8% |
| 2004 | 32,000 ha | -5.9% |
| 2005 | 30,000 ha | -6.2% |
| 2006 | 32,000 ha | +6.7% |
| 2007 | 31,000 ha | -3.1% |
| 2008 | 27,000 ha | -12.9% |
| 2009 | 29,600 ha | +9.6% |
| 2010 | 30,500 ha | +3.0% |
| 2011 | 27,000 ha | -11.5% |
| 2012 | 20,000 ha | -25.9% |
| 2013 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 8,000 ha | -60.0% |
| 2015 | 7,000 ha | -12.5% |
| 2016 | 13,500 ha | +92.9% |
| 2017 | 23,260 ha | +72.3% |
| 2018 | 26,000 ha | +11.8% |
| 2019 | 47,689 ha | +83.4% |
| 2020 | 47,103 ha | -1.2% |
| 2021 | 47,200 ha | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 47,000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 47,100 ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 44,671 ha | -5.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 98,889 ha | 90,000 ha | 120,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 84,500 ha | 75,000 ha | 90,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 63,000 ha | 60,000 ha | 70,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 62,034 ha | 41,000 ha | 87,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 32,423 ha | 27,000 ha | 39,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 22,295 ha | 7,000 ha | 47,689 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 46,615 ha | 44,671 ha | 47,200 ha | 5 |
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- Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth 0.1443 % change on previous year (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is barley — area harvested in Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
- Barley — area harvested in Democratic People's Republic of Korea was 44,671 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — area harvested recorded in Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
- The highest recorded value was 120,000 ha in 1963.
- What is the lowest barley — area harvested recorded in Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,000 ha in 2015.
- How does Democratic People's Republic of Korea rank for barley — area harvested?
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea ranks 8th out of 11 countries with data for 2024.
- Is barley — area harvested rising or falling in Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 458.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Democratic People's Republic of Korea data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Barley — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.