Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested in Democratic People's Republic of Korea

Democratic People's Republic of Korea: Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested was 40,072 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
40,072 ha
Change on year
up 0.2%
World rank
9th
of 15 countries
All-time high
40,856 ha
in 2017
All-time low
22,000 ha
in 1961
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested in Democratic People's Republic of Korea, 1961–2024

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

Analysis

The most recent figure for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested in Democratic People's Republic of Korea is 40,072 ha, measured in 2024.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and down 1.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested in Democratic People's Republic of Korea peaked at 40,856 ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 22,000 ha, in 1961.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.

Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested in Democratic People's Republic of Korea, year by year

Annual values for Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested in Democratic People's Republic of Korea, 1961 to 2024.
Year ha Change
1961 22,000 ha
1962 22,000 ha +0.0%
1963 22,000 ha +0.0%
1964 22,000 ha +0.0%
1965 22,000 ha +0.0%
1966 22,000 ha +0.0%
1967 22,000 ha +0.0%
1968 22,000 ha +0.0%
1969 22,000 ha +0.0%
1970 22,000 ha +0.0%
1971 23,000 ha +4.5%
1972 23,000 ha +0.0%
1973 23,000 ha +0.0%
1974 23,000 ha +0.0%
1975 23,000 ha +0.0%
1976 23,000 ha +0.0%
1977 23,000 ha +0.0%
1978 23,000 ha +0.0%
1979 23,000 ha +0.0%
1980 23,000 ha +0.0%
1981 23,500 ha +2.2%
1982 25,000 ha +6.4%
1983 25,000 ha +0.0%
1984 26,000 ha +4.0%
1985 28,000 ha +7.7%
1986 29,000 ha +3.6%
1987 31,000 ha +6.9%
1988 31,000 ha +0.0%
1989 31,000 ha +0.0%
1990 32,000 ha +3.2%
1991 34,000 ha +6.2%
1992 33,900 ha -0.3%
1993 35,700 ha +5.3%
1994 36,500 ha +2.2%
1995 35,000 ha -4.1%
1996 35,500 ha +1.4%
1997 35,700 ha +0.6%
1998 36,500 ha +2.2%
1999 36,500 ha +0.0%
2000 37,000 ha +1.4%
2001 37,000 ha +0.0%
2002 37,500 ha +1.4%
2003 37,500 ha +0.0%
2004 38,000 ha +1.3%
2005 38,000 ha +0.0%
2006 38,000 ha +0.0%
2007 38,000 ha +0.0%
2008 39,000 ha +2.6%
2009 40,000 ha +2.6%
2010 39,000 ha -2.5%
2011 39,000 ha +0.0%
2012 39,000 ha +0.0%
2013 39,000 ha +0.0%
2014 40,520 ha +3.9%
2015 40,661 ha +0.3%
2016 40,783 ha +0.3%
2017 40,856 ha +0.2%
2018 40,481 ha -0.9%
2019 40,349 ha -0.3%
2020 39,539 ha -2.0%
2021 39,738 ha +0.5%
2022 39,842 ha +0.3%
2023 39,994 ha +0.4%
2024 40,072 ha +0.2%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 22,000 ha 22,000 ha 22,000 ha 9
1970s 22,900 ha 22,000 ha 23,000 ha 10
1980s 27,250 ha 23,000 ha 31,000 ha 10
1990s 35,130 ha 32,000 ha 36,500 ha 10
2000s 38,000 ha 37,000 ha 40,000 ha 10
2010s 39,965 ha 39,000 ha 40,856 ha 10
2020s 39,837 ha 39,539 ha 40,072 ha 5

Countries ranked near Democratic People's Republic of Korea

  1. 6 Democratic Republic of the Congo 82,078 ha compare
  2. 6 Pakistan 2.04 million ha compare
  3. 7 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 50,000 ha compare
  4. 7 Uzbekistan 964,810 ha compare
  5. 8 Bangladesh 740,330 ha compare
  6. 9 Burkina Faso 651,844 ha compare
  7. 10 Argentina 626,731 ha compare
  8. 10 Syrian Arab Republic 33,301 ha compare
  9. 11 Mali 625,645 ha compare
  10. 11 Viet Nam 13,648 ha compare
  11. 12 Nigeria 589,825 ha compare
  12. 12 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 4,723 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested in Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
Fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested in Democratic People's Republic of Korea was 40,072 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested recorded in Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
The highest recorded value was 40,856 ha in 2017.
What is the lowest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested recorded in Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
The lowest recorded value was 22,000 ha in 1961.
How does Democratic People's Republic of Korea rank for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested?
Democratic People's Republic of Korea ranks 9th out of 15 countries with data for 2024.
Is fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
Over the last ten years it is down 1.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
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 Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
176 places, 9,571 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.