Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Republic of Korea
Republic of Korea: Cereals, primary — Area harvested was 761,624 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Republic of Korea, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Republic of Korea recorded 761,624 ha for cereals, primary — area harvested in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is down 1.9% on the previous year and down 13.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — area harvested in Republic of Korea peaked at 2.38 million ha in 1965 and was at its lowest, 761,624 ha, in 2024.
Republic of Korea ranks 83rd of 178 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Republic of Korea, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2.07 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 2.11 million ha | +1.9% |
| 1963 | 2.18 million ha | +3.1% |
| 1964 | 2.27 million ha | +4.3% |
| 1965 | 2.38 million ha | +4.5% |
| 1966 | 2.27 million ha | -4.3% |
| 1967 | 2.28 million ha | +0.4% |
| 1968 | 2.24 million ha | -1.7% |
| 1969 | 2.22 million ha | -0.8% |
| 1970 | 2.16 million ha | -2.9% |
| 1971 | 2.06 million ha | -4.7% |
| 1972 | 2.05 million ha | -0.2% |
| 1973 | 1.99 million ha | -3.3% |
| 1974 | 2.03 million ha | +2.3% |
| 1975 | 2.05 million ha | +1.0% |
| 1976 | 2.03 million ha | -0.9% |
| 1977 | 1.84 million ha | -9.5% |
| 1978 | 1.86 million ha | +1.1% |
| 1979 | 1.77 million ha | -4.7% |
| 1980 | 1.65 million ha | -7.1% |
| 1981 | 1.65 million ha | +0.2% |
| 1982 | 1.58 million ha | -3.9% |
| 1983 | 1.63 million ha | +2.7% |
| 1984 | 1.62 million ha | -0.3% |
| 1985 | 1.52 million ha | -6.3% |
| 1986 | 1.47 million ha | -3.2% |
| 1987 | 1.52 million ha | +3.1% |
| 1988 | 1.49 million ha | -1.6% |
| 1989 | 1.47 million ha | -1.4% |
| 1990 | 1.44 million ha | -2.0% |
| 1991 | 1.37 million ha | -5.0% |
| 1992 | 1.29 million ha | -5.6% |
| 1993 | 1.28 million ha | -1.0% |
| 1994 | 1.22 million ha | -4.8% |
| 1995 | 1.17 million ha | -3.7% |
| 1996 | 1.17 million ha | -0.1% |
| 1997 | 1.15 million ha | -1.7% |
| 1998 | 1.17 million ha | +1.8% |
| 1999 | 1.17 million ha | -0.1% |
| 2000 | 1.17 million ha | -0.5% |
| 2001 | 1.20 million ha | +2.8% |
| 2002 | 1.16 million ha | -3.0% |
| 2003 | 1.11 million ha | -4.8% |
| 2004 | 1.09 million ha | -1.3% |
| 2005 | 1.07 million ha | -2.3% |
| 2006 | 1.04 million ha | -2.7% |
| 2007 | 1.03 million ha | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 1.02 million ha | -1.4% |
| 2009 | 1.00 million ha | -1.6% |
| 2010 | 970,738 ha | -3.1% |
| 2011 | 925,794 ha | -4.6% |
| 2012 | 913,383 ha | -1.3% |
| 2013 | 896,782 ha | -1.8% |
| 2014 | 884,328 ha | -1.4% |
| 2015 | 876,942 ha | -0.8% |
| 2016 | 858,433 ha | -2.1% |
| 2017 | 821,734 ha | -4.3% |
| 2018 | 820,122 ha | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 806,495 ha | -1.7% |
| 2020 | 796,181 ha | -1.3% |
| 2021 | 797,457 ha | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 789,430 ha | -1.0% |
| 2023 | 776,509 ha | -1.6% |
| 2024 | 761,624 ha | -1.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.23 million ha | 2.07 million ha | 2.38 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.98 million ha | 1.77 million ha | 2.16 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.56 million ha | 1.47 million ha | 1.65 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.24 million ha | 1.15 million ha | 1.44 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.09 million ha | 1.00 million ha | 1.20 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 877,475 ha | 806,495 ha | 970,738 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 784,240 ha | 761,624 ha | 797,457 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — area harvested in Republic of Korea?
- Cereals, primary — area harvested in Republic of Korea was 761,624 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in Republic of Korea?
- The highest recorded value was 2.38 million ha in 1965.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in Republic of Korea?
- The lowest recorded value was 761,624 ha in 2024.
- How does Republic of Korea rank for cereals, primary — area harvested?
- Republic of Korea ranks 83rd out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — area harvested rising or falling in Republic of Korea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this 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.