Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Republic of Korea

Republic of Korea: Cereals, primary — Area harvested was 761,624 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
761,624 ha
Change on year
down 1.9%
World rank
83rd
of 178 countries
All-time high
2.38 million ha
in 1965
All-time low
761,624 ha
in 2024
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Republic of Korea, 1961–2024

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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

Annual values for Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Republic of Korea, 1961 to 2024.
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

DecadeAverage LowestHighest 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

Countries ranked near Republic of Korea

  1. 80 Uruguay 813,974 ha compare
  2. 81 Tunisia 795,426 ha compare
  3. 82 Latvia 793,300 ha compare
  4. 84 Zambia 759,622 ha compare
  5. 85 Austria 726,060 ha compare
  6. 86 Greece 709,120 ha compare

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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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Indicator
Cereals, primary — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
226 places, 12,898 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.