Fat of pigs — Production in Republic of Korea

Republic of Korea: Fat of pigs — Production was 98,311 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2024)
98,311 t
Change on year
up 1.4%
World rank
16th
of 172 countries
All-time high
98,311 t
in 2024
All-time low
2,697 t
in 1962
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Fat of pigs — Production in Republic of Korea, 1961–2024

020.0k40.0k60.0k80.0k100.0k196119922024

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

Analysis

Republic of Korea recorded 98,311 t for fat of pigs — production in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.

That represents a change of up 1.4% on the previous year and up 21.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, fat of pigs — production in Republic of Korea peaked at 98,311 t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2,697 t, in 1962.

That places Republic of Korea 16th out of 172 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Fat of pigs — Production in Republic of Korea, year by year

Annual values for Fat of pigs — Production in Republic of Korea, 1961 to 2024.
Year t Change
1961 4,260 t
1962 2,697 t -36.7%
1963 3,912 t +45.0%
1964 4,435 t +13.4%
1965 5,154 t +16.2%
1966 6,473 t +25.6%
1967 4,875 t -24.7%
1968 4,173 t -14.4%
1969 5,141 t +23.2%
1970 5,577 t +8.5%
1971 5,465 t -2.0%
1972 6,097 t +11.6%
1973 6,090 t -0.1%
1974 6,443 t +5.8%
1975 6,679 t +3.7%
1976 7,677 t +14.9%
1977 9,884 t +28.7%
1978 11,595 t +17.3%
1979 18,475 t +59.3%
1980 19,833 t +7.4%
1981 17,673 t -10.9%
1982 20,242 t +14.5%
1983 24,908 t +23.0%
1984 28,990 t +16.4%
1985 29,307 t +1.1%
1986 21,757 t -25.8%
1987 25,473 t +17.1%
1988 28,716 t +12.7%
1989 32,432 t +12.9%
1990 37,162 t +14.6%
1991 35,811 t -3.6%
1992 50,811 t +41.9%
1993 52,027 t +2.4%
1994 53,108 t +2.1%
1995 53,986 t +1.7%
1996 59,929 t +11.0%
1997 60,527 t +1.0%
1998 63,470 t +4.9%
1999 67,316 t +6.1%
2000 61,885 t -8.1%
2001 62,682 t +1.3%
2002 67,918 t +8.4%
2003 77,635 t +14.3%
2004 64,844 t -16.5%
2005 60,770 t -6.3%
2006 67,568 t +11.2%
2007 70,473 t +4.3%
2008 71,351 t +1.2%
2009 71,757 t +0.6%
2010 75,000 t +4.5%
2011 56,554 t -24.6%
2012 73,378 t +29.7%
2013 84,595 t +15.3%
2014 81,081 t -4.2%
2015 82,230 t +1.4%
2016 85,540 t +4.0%
2017 86,486 t +1.1%
2018 89,797 t +3.8%
2019 92,162 t +2.6%
2020 94,797 t +2.9%
2021 95,068 t +0.3%
2022 95,878 t +0.9%
2023 96,960 t +1.1%
2024 98,311 t +1.4%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 4,569 t 2,697 t 6,473 t 9
1970s 8,398 t 5,465 t 18,475 t 10
1980s 24,933 t 17,673 t 32,432 t 10
1990s 53,415 t 35,811 t 67,316 t 10
2000s 67,688 t 60,770 t 77,635 t 10
2010s 80,682 t 56,554 t 92,162 t 10
2020s 96,203 t 94,797 t 98,311 t 5

Countries ranked near Republic of Korea

  1. 13 Mexico 132,017 t compare
  2. 13 United Republic of Tanzania 1,507 t compare
  3. 14 Romania 131,637 t compare
  4. 14 Timor-Leste 778.04 t compare
  5. 15 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 116,454 t compare
  6. 15 Polynesia 340.24 t compare
  7. 16 Micronesia 135.24 t compare
  8. 17 Denmark 91,943 t compare
  9. 17 Micronesia (Federated States of) 75.95 t compare
  10. 18 Belgium 79,334 t compare
  11. 18 Türkiye 0.12 t compare
  12. 19 France 75,454 t compare
  13. 19 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0 t compare

See the full ranking of 220 places →

More agriculture & rural data for Republic of Korea

All data for Republic of Korea →

Frequently asked questions

What is fat of pigs — production in Republic of Korea?
Fat of pigs — production in Republic of Korea was 98,311 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest fat of pigs — production recorded in Republic of Korea?
The highest recorded value was 98,311 t in 2024.
What is the lowest fat of pigs — production recorded in Republic of Korea?
The lowest recorded value was 2,697 t in 1962.
How does Republic of Korea rank for fat of pigs — production?
Republic of Korea ranks 16th out of 172 countries with data for 2024.
Is fat of pigs — production rising or falling in Republic of Korea?
Over the last ten years it is up 21.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
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 Fat of pigs — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 64 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Fat of pigs — Production in Republic of Korea. Statizoid, drawing on Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved 07 September 2026, from https://agriculture.statizoid.com/stat/fat-of-pigs-production/republic-of-korea/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://agriculture.statizoid.com/stat/fat-of-pigs-production/republic-of-korea/">Fat of pigs — Production in Republic of Korea</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Fat of pigs — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
220 places, 12,613 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed

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.