Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Democratic People's Republic of Korea

Democratic People's Republic of Korea: Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 27,654 1000 An in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
27,654 1000 An
Change on year
down 0.0%
World rank
14th
of 20 countries
All-time high
47,900 1000 An
in 1991
All-time low
15,000 1000 An
in 1961
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Democratic People's Republic of Korea, 1961–2024

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Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 An.

Analysis

The most recent figure for meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Democratic People's Republic of Korea is 27,654 1000 An, measured in 2024.

That represents a change of down 23.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Democratic People's Republic of Korea peaked at 47,900 1000 An in 1991 and was at its lowest, 15,000 1000 An, in 1961.

Democratic People's Republic of Korea ranks 14th of 20 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

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

Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Democratic People's Republic of Korea, year by year

Annual values for Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Democratic People's Republic of Korea, 1961 to 2024.
Year 1000 An Change
1961 15,000 1000 An
1962 15,000 1000 An +0.0%
1963 15,000 1000 An +0.0%
1964 16,250 1000 An +8.3%
1965 16,250 1000 An +0.0%
1966 15,900 1000 An -2.2%
1967 16,500 1000 An +3.8%
1968 17,200 1000 An +4.2%
1969 17,500 1000 An +1.7%
1970 18,200 1000 An +4.0%
1971 19,000 1000 An +4.4%
1972 20,000 1000 An +5.3%
1973 21,500 1000 An +7.5%
1974 23,000 1000 An +7.0%
1975 24,500 1000 An +6.5%
1976 25,500 1000 An +4.1%
1977 27,000 1000 An +5.9%
1978 28,000 1000 An +3.7%
1979 29,000 1000 An +3.6%
1980 31,300 1000 An +7.9%
1981 31,800 1000 An +1.6%
1982 32,400 1000 An +1.9%
1983 34,000 1000 An +4.9%
1984 35,100 1000 An +3.2%
1985 36,200 1000 An +3.1%
1986 38,300 1000 An +5.8%
1987 40,400 1000 An +5.5%
1988 42,500 1000 An +5.2%
1989 44,600 1000 An +4.9%
1990 45,800 1000 An +2.7%
1991 47,900 1000 An +4.6%
1992 36,200 1000 An -24.4%
1993 29,600 1000 An -18.2%
1994 22,600 1000 An -23.6%
1995 20,900 1000 An -7.5%
1996 21,400 1000 An +2.4%
1997 17,950 1000 An -16.1%
1998 19,750 1000 An +10.0%
1999 22,780 1000 An +15.3%
2000 26,300 1000 An +15.5%
2001 30,900 1000 An +17.5%
2002 34,470 1000 An +11.6%
2003 37,220 1000 An +8.0%
2004 38,410 1000 An +3.2%
2005 37,550 1000 An -2.2%
2006 36,600 1000 An -2.5%
2007 35,800 1000 An -2.2%
2008 34,380 1000 An -4.0%
2009 34,400 1000 An +0.1%
2010 34,400 1000 An +0.0%
2011 34,400 1000 An +0.0%
2012 35,400 1000 An +2.9%
2013 35,400 1000 An +0.0%
2014 36,125 1000 An +2.0%
2015 33,032 1000 An -8.6%
2016 33,534 1000 An +1.5%
2017 33,676 1000 An +0.4%
2018 32,850 1000 An -2.5%
2019 34,240 1000 An +4.2%
2020 35,724 1000 An +4.3%
2021 36,351 1000 An +1.8%
2022 28,470 1000 An -21.7%
2023 27,657 1000 An -2.9%
2024 27,654 1000 An -0.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 16,067 1000 An 15,000 1000 An 17,500 1000 An 9
1970s 23,570 1000 An 18,200 1000 An 29,000 1000 An 10
1980s 36,660 1000 An 31,300 1000 An 44,600 1000 An 10
1990s 28,488 1000 An 17,950 1000 An 47,900 1000 An 10
2000s 34,603 1000 An 26,300 1000 An 38,410 1000 An 10
2010s 34,306 1000 An 32,850 1000 An 36,125 1000 An 10
2020s 31,171 1000 An 27,654 1000 An 36,351 1000 An 5

Countries ranked near Democratic People's Republic of Korea

  1. 11 Poland 1.37 million 1000 An compare
  2. 11 United Republic of Tanzania 102,529 1000 An compare
  3. 12 Lao People's Democratic Republic 57,276 1000 An compare
  4. 12 Thailand 1.37 million 1000 An compare
  5. 13 Philippines 1.36 million 1000 An compare
  6. 13 Republic of Moldova 43,141 1000 An compare
  7. 14 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1.20 million 1000 An compare
  8. 15 Republic of Korea 1.11 million 1000 An compare
  9. 15 Melanesia 23,363 1000 An compare
  10. 16 Colombia 1.07 million 1000 An compare
  11. 16 Democratic Republic of the Congo 16,992 1000 An compare
  12. 17 South Africa 1.05 million 1000 An compare
  13. 17 Polynesia 1,778 1000 An compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
Meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Democratic People's Republic of Korea was 27,654 1000 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
The highest recorded value was 47,900 1000 An in 1991.
What is the lowest meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
The lowest recorded value was 15,000 1000 An in 1961.
How does Democratic People's Republic of Korea rank for meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered?
Democratic People's Republic of Korea ranks 14th out of 20 countries with data for 2024.
Is meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
Over the last ten years it is down 23.4%. 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 Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered
Unit
1000 An
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
240 places, 13,971 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.