Barley — Production in Democratic People's Republic of Korea

Democratic People's Republic of Korea: Barley — Production was 53,060 t in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
53,060 t
Change on year
down 6.4%
Rank
7th
of 11 regions
All-time high
210,000 t
in 1963
All-time low
11,000 t
in 2015
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Barley — Production in Democratic People's Republic of Korea, 1961–2024

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Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.

Analysis

In 2024, barley — production in Democratic People's Republic of Korea stood at 53,060 t.

The figure is down 6.4% on the previous year and up 342.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, barley — production in Democratic People's Republic of Korea peaked at 210,000 t in 1963 and was at its lowest, 11,000 t, in 2015.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.

Barley — Production in Democratic People's Republic of Korea, year by year

Annual values for Barley — Production in Democratic People's Republic of Korea, 1961 to 2024.
Year t Change
1961 200,000 t
1962 200,000 t +0.0%
1963 210,000 t +5.0%
1964 200,000 t -4.8%
1965 180,000 t -10.0%
1966 150,000 t -16.7%
1967 130,000 t -13.3%
1968 120,000 t -7.7%
1969 110,000 t -8.3%
1970 120,000 t +9.1%
1971 130,000 t +8.3%
1972 112,000 t -13.8%
1973 145,000 t +29.5%
1974 150,000 t +3.4%
1975 140,000 t -6.7%
1976 140,000 t +0.0%
1977 140,000 t +0.0%
1978 160,000 t +14.3%
1979 170,000 t +6.2%
1980 150,000 t -11.8%
1981 145,000 t -3.3%
1982 150,000 t +3.4%
1983 140,000 t -6.7%
1984 150,000 t +7.1%
1985 150,000 t +0.0%
1986 150,000 t +0.0%
1987 150,000 t +0.0%
1988 150,000 t +0.0%
1989 150,000 t +0.0%
1990 150,000 t +0.0%
1991 145,000 t -3.3%
1992 130,000 t -10.3%
1993 120,000 t -7.7%
1994 210,000 t +75.0%
1995 180,000 t -14.3%
1996 160,000 t -11.1%
1997 140,000 t -12.5%
1998 90,000 t -35.7%
1999 55,000 t -38.9%
2000 29,000 t -47.3%
2001 69,638 t +140.1%
2002 69,000 t -0.9%
2003 69,000 t +0.0%
2004 64,000 t -7.2%
2005 74,000 t +15.6%
2006 77,000 t +4.1%
2007 75,000 t -2.6%
2008 65,000 t -13.3%
2009 63,000 t -3.1%
2010 80,000 t +27.0%
2011 55,000 t -31.2%
2012 29,000 t -47.3%
2013 30,300 t +4.5%
2014 12,000 t -60.4%
2015 11,000 t -8.3%
2016 16,200 t +47.3%
2017 28,000 t +72.8%
2018 32,500 t +16.1%
2019 55,900 t +72.0%
2020 57,000 t +2.0%
2021 56,500 t -0.9%
2022 56,800 t +0.5%
2023 56,700 t -0.2%
2024 53,060 t -6.4%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 166,667 t 110,000 t 210,000 t 9
1970s 140,700 t 112,000 t 170,000 t 10
1980s 148,500 t 140,000 t 150,000 t 10
1990s 138,000 t 55,000 t 210,000 t 10
2000s 65,464 t 29,000 t 77,000 t 10
2010s 34,990 t 11,000 t 80,000 t 10
2020s 56,012 t 53,060 t 57,000 t 5

Countries ranked near Democratic People's Republic of Korea

  1. 4 Australia 13.27 million t compare
  2. 5 Germany 10.61 million t compare
  3. 6 France 9.67 million t compare
  4. 7 Canada 8.14 million t compare
  5. 8 Spain 7.44 million t compare
  6. 9 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 7.09 million t compare
  7. 10 Democratic Republic of the Congo 1,007 t compare
  8. 10 Ukraine 5.31 million t compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is barley — production in Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
Barley — production in Democratic People's Republic of Korea was 53,060 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest barley — production recorded in Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
The highest recorded value was 210,000 t in 1963.
What is the lowest barley — production recorded in Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
The lowest recorded value was 11,000 t in 2015.
How does Democratic People's Republic of Korea rank for barley — production?
Democratic People's Republic of Korea ranks 7th out of 11 regions with data for 2024.
Is barley — production rising or falling in Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
Over the last ten years it is up 342.2%. 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 — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Barley — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
142 places, 7,699 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.