Maize (corn) — Yield in Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Democratic People's Republic of Korea: Maize (corn) — Yield was 3,932 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Maize (corn) — Yield in Democratic People's Republic of Korea, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for maize (corn) — yield in Democratic People's Republic of Korea is 3,932 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 11.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — yield in Democratic People's Republic of Korea peaked at 6,532 kg/ha in 1991 and was at its lowest, 1,401 kg/ha, in 1996.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Maize (corn) — Yield in Democratic People's Republic of Korea, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,371 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,462 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1963 | 2,698 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 1964 | 2,813 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1965 | 2,458 kg/ha | -12.6% |
| 1966 | 2,713 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 1967 | 2,528 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 1968 | 2,400 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1969 | 2,893 kg/ha | +20.5% |
| 1970 | 2,825 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1971 | 2,830 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1972 | 2,615 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 1973 | 2,841 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 1974 | 2,946 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1975 | 2,985 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1976 | 3,235 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 1977 | 3,333 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1978 | 3,478 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1979 | 3,623 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1980 | 3,913 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1981 | 4,058 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1982 | 4,203 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1983 | 4,348 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1984 | 4,638 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1985 | 4,783 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1986 | 5,000 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1987 | 5,147 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1988 | 5,454 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1989 | 5,429 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1990 | 5,882 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 1991 | 6,532 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 1992 | 5,773 kg/ha | -11.6% |
| 1993 | 6,269 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 1994 | 5,560 kg/ha | -11.3% |
| 1995 | 2,039 kg/ha | -63.3% |
| 1996 | 1,401 kg/ha | -31.3% |
| 1997 | 1,684 kg/ha | +20.3% |
| 1998 | 2,806 kg/ha | +66.6% |
| 1999 | 2,148 kg/ha | -23.5% |
| 2000 | 2,099 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2001 | 2,988 kg/ha | +42.4% |
| 2002 | 3,326 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 2003 | 3,485 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2004 | 3,489 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 2,964 kg/ha | -15.1% |
| 2006 | 3,653 kg/ha | +23.3% |
| 2007 | 3,200 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 2008 | 2,805 kg/ha | -12.3% |
| 2009 | 3,390 kg/ha | +20.8% |
| 2010 | 3,346 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2011 | 3,692 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 2012 | 3,842 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2013 | 3,799 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2014 | 4,417 kg/ha | +16.3% |
| 2015 | 4,087 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 2016 | 4,032 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2017 | 4,311 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 2018 | 3,690 kg/ha | -14.4% |
| 2019 | 4,634 kg/ha | +25.6% |
| 2020 | 3,796 kg/ha | -18.1% |
| 2021 | 3,932 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2022 | 3,932 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 3,932 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 3,932 kg/ha | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,593 kg/ha | 2,371 kg/ha | 2,893 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,071 kg/ha | 2,615 kg/ha | 3,623 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,697 kg/ha | 3,913 kg/ha | 5,454 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,009 kg/ha | 1,401 kg/ha | 6,532 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,140 kg/ha | 2,099 kg/ha | 3,653 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,985 kg/ha | 3,346 kg/ha | 4,634 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,904 kg/ha | 3,796 kg/ha | 3,932 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Democratic People's Republic of Korea
- 6 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 13,344 kg/ha compare
- 7 New Caledonia 12,449 kg/ha compare
- 8 Spain 12,115 kg/ha compare
- 9 Belgium-Luxembourg 12,108 kg/ha compare
- 10 Uzbekistan 11,915 kg/ha compare
- 11 Mauritius 11,890 kg/ha compare
- 12 New Zealand 11,301 kg/ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — yield in Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
- Maize (corn) — yield in Democratic People's Republic of Korea was 3,932 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
- The highest recorded value was 6,532 kg/ha in 1991.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,401 kg/ha in 1996.
- How does Democratic People's Republic of Korea rank for maize (corn) — yield?
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea ranks 9th out of 19 regions with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — yield rising or falling in Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.0%. 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 Maize (corn) — Yield. 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.