Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Democratic People's Republic of Korea: Cereals, primary — Area harvested was 1.35 million ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cereals, primary — 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 cereals, primary — area harvested in Democratic People's Republic of Korea is 1.35 million ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 7.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — area harvested in Democratic People's Republic of Korea peaked at 1.64 million ha in 1978 and was at its lowest, 1.21 million ha, in 2017.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Democratic People's Republic of Korea, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.43 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 1.44 million ha | +0.3% |
| 1963 | 1.48 million ha | +2.8% |
| 1964 | 1.48 million ha | +0.2% |
| 1965 | 1.46 million ha | -1.3% |
| 1966 | 1.48 million ha | +1.6% |
| 1967 | 1.49 million ha | +0.4% |
| 1968 | 1.48 million ha | -0.5% |
| 1969 | 1.51 million ha | +1.7% |
| 1970 | 1.51 million ha | +0.1% |
| 1971 | 1.51 million ha | +0.3% |
| 1972 | 1.52 million ha | +0.6% |
| 1973 | 1.56 million ha | +2.3% |
| 1974 | 1.59 million ha | +2.2% |
| 1975 | 1.62 million ha | +1.5% |
| 1976 | 1.62 million ha | +0.1% |
| 1977 | 1.64 million ha | +1.1% |
| 1978 | 1.64 million ha | +0.2% |
| 1979 | 1.64 million ha | -0.2% |
| 1980 | 1.61 million ha | -1.5% |
| 1981 | 1.63 million ha | +1.2% |
| 1982 | 1.59 million ha | -2.6% |
| 1983 | 1.59 million ha | +0.3% |
| 1984 | 1.58 million ha | -0.8% |
| 1985 | 1.57 million ha | -0.4% |
| 1986 | 1.56 million ha | -0.8% |
| 1987 | 1.63 million ha | +4.6% |
| 1988 | 1.61 million ha | -1.1% |
| 1989 | 1.63 million ha | +1.0% |
| 1990 | 1.60 million ha | -1.9% |
| 1991 | 1.57 million ha | -1.7% |
| 1992 | 1.55 million ha | -1.4% |
| 1993 | 1.49 million ha | -3.9% |
| 1994 | 1.52 million ha | +2.2% |
| 1995 | 1.52 million ha | -0.6% |
| 1996 | 1.41 million ha | -7.2% |
| 1997 | 1.45 million ha | +2.9% |
| 1998 | 1.43 million ha | -1.5% |
| 1999 | 1.35 million ha | -5.4% |
| 2000 | 1.24 million ha | -8.2% |
| 2001 | 1.29 million ha | +3.9% |
| 2002 | 1.32 million ha | +2.6% |
| 2003 | 1.35 million ha | +2.4% |
| 2004 | 1.31 million ha | -3.2% |
| 2005 | 1.38 million ha | +5.5% |
| 2006 | 1.32 million ha | -4.3% |
| 2007 | 1.33 million ha | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 1.32 million ha | -1.2% |
| 2009 | 1.32 million ha | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 1.32 million ha | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 1.31 million ha | -0.7% |
| 2012 | 1.32 million ha | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 1.31 million ha | -1.4% |
| 2014 | 1.26 million ha | -3.7% |
| 2015 | 1.23 million ha | -2.5% |
| 2016 | 1.22 million ha | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 1.21 million ha | -1.1% |
| 2018 | 1.21 million ha | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 1.30 million ha | +7.7% |
| 2020 | 1.34 million ha | +2.6% |
| 2021 | 1.34 million ha | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 1.34 million ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 1.35 million ha | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 1.35 million ha | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.47 million ha | 1.43 million ha | 1.51 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.58 million ha | 1.51 million ha | 1.64 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.60 million ha | 1.56 million ha | 1.63 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.49 million ha | 1.35 million ha | 1.60 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.32 million ha | 1.24 million ha | 1.38 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.27 million ha | 1.21 million ha | 1.32 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.34 million ha | 1.34 million ha | 1.35 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Democratic People's Republic of Korea
- 8 Australia 19.46 million ha compare
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- 11 Kazakhstan 16.06 million ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — area harvested in Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
- Cereals, primary — area harvested in Democratic People's Republic of Korea was 1.35 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
- The highest recorded value was 1.64 million ha in 1978.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.21 million ha in 2017.
- How does Democratic People's Republic of Korea rank for cereals, primary — area harvested?
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea ranks 11th out of 19 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — area harvested rising or falling in Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.6%. 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 Cereals, primary — 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.