Cereals, primary — Production in Republic of Korea

Republic of Korea: Cereals, primary — Production was 4.98 million t in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
4.98 million t
Change on year
down 2.9%
World rank
60th
of 178 countries
All-time high
10.54 million t
in 1978
All-time low
4.95 million t
in 2020
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Cereals, primary — Production in Republic of Korea, 1961–2024

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

Analysis

Republic of Korea recorded 4.98 million t for cereals, primary — production in 2024.

That represents a change of down 2.9% on the previous year and down 14.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, cereals, primary — production in Republic of Korea peaked at 10.54 million t in 1978 and was at its lowest, 4.95 million t, in 2020.

Republic of Korea ranks 60th 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 — Production in Republic of Korea, year by year

Annual values for Cereals, primary — Production in Republic of Korea, 1961 to 2024.
Year t Change
1961 6.63 million t
1962 5.90 million t -11.0%
1963 6.38 million t +8.0%
1964 7.38 million t +15.7%
1965 7.21 million t -2.3%
1966 8.04 million t +11.5%
1967 7.45 million t -7.3%
1968 7.16 million t -4.0%
1969 8.38 million t +17.0%
1970 8.03 million t -4.1%
1971 7.97 million t -0.8%
1972 7.98 million t +0.1%
1973 8.06 million t +1.0%
1974 8.28 million t +2.8%
1975 9.04 million t +9.2%
1976 9.88 million t +9.3%
1977 9.64 million t -2.4%
1978 10.54 million t +9.3%
1979 10.15 million t -3.7%
1980 6.68 million t -34.2%
1981 8.53 million t +27.8%
1982 8.58 million t +0.6%
1983 9.00 million t +4.8%
1984 9.27 million t +3.0%
1985 8.81 million t -5.0%
1986 8.64 million t -1.9%
1987 8.47 million t -2.0%
1988 9.16 million t +8.2%
1989 8.95 million t -2.3%
1990 8.43 million t -5.8%
1991 7.72 million t -8.5%
1992 7.68 million t -0.6%
1993 6.81 million t -11.2%
1994 7.16 million t +5.0%
1995 6.77 million t -5.5%
1996 7.51 million t +10.9%
1997 7.61 million t +1.4%
1998 7.07 million t -7.1%
1999 7.40 million t +4.6%
2000 7.44 million t +0.5%
2001 7.75 million t +4.2%
2002 6.99 million t -9.8%
2003 6.40 million t -8.4%
2004 7.01 million t +9.6%
2005 6.72 million t -4.2%
2006 6.54 million t -2.7%
2007 6.24 million t -4.7%
2008 6.75 million t +8.3%
2009 6.76 million t +0.1%
2010 6.02 million t -10.9%
2011 5.83 million t -3.2%
2012 5.60 million t -3.8%
2013 5.81 million t +3.7%
2014 5.85 million t +0.7%
2015 5.98 million t +2.1%
2016 5.83 million t -2.4%
2017 5.49 million t -5.9%
2018 5.42 million t -1.3%
2019 5.27 million t -2.7%
2020 4.95 million t -6.2%
2021 5.44 million t +10.1%
2022 5.22 million t -4.1%
2023 5.13 million t -1.6%
2024 4.98 million t -2.9%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 7.17 million t 5.90 million t 8.38 million t 9
1970s 8.96 million t 7.97 million t 10.54 million t 10
1980s 8.61 million t 6.68 million t 9.27 million t 10
1990s 7.42 million t 6.77 million t 8.43 million t 10
2000s 6.86 million t 6.24 million t 7.75 million t 10
2010s 5.71 million t 5.27 million t 6.02 million t 10
2020s 5.15 million t 4.95 million t 5.44 million t 5

Countries ranked near Republic of Korea

  1. 57 Burkina Faso 5.21 million t compare
  2. 58 Sweden 5.15 million t compare
  3. 59 Ethiopia PDR 5.03 million t compare
  4. 61 Kenya 4.98 million t compare
  5. 62 Sri Lanka 4.93 million t compare
  6. 63 Austria 4.88 million t compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is cereals, primary — production in Republic of Korea?
Cereals, primary — production in Republic of Korea was 4.98 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest cereals, primary — production recorded in Republic of Korea?
The highest recorded value was 10.54 million t in 1978.
What is the lowest cereals, primary — production recorded in Republic of Korea?
The lowest recorded value was 4.95 million t in 2020.
How does Republic of Korea rank for cereals, primary — production?
Republic of Korea ranks 60th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
Is cereals, primary — production rising or falling in Republic of Korea?
Over the last ten years it is down 14.8%. 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 — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Cereals, primary — Production
Unit
t
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.