Meat, Poultry — Production in Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Democratic People's Republic of Korea: Meat, Poultry — Production was 36,881 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat, Poultry — Production in Democratic People's Republic of Korea, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Democratic People's Republic of Korea recorded 36,881 t for meat, poultry — production in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and down 17.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat, poultry — production in Democratic People's Republic of Korea peaked at 55,300 t in 1991 and was at its lowest, 16,500 t, in 1961.
Democratic People's Republic of Korea ranks 15th 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 — Production in Democratic People's Republic of Korea, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 16,500 t | — |
| 1962 | 16,500 t | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 16,500 t | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 17,875 t | +8.3% |
| 1965 | 17,875 t | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 17,490 t | -2.2% |
| 1967 | 18,150 t | +3.8% |
| 1968 | 18,920 t | +4.2% |
| 1969 | 19,250 t | +1.7% |
| 1970 | 20,020 t | +4.0% |
| 1971 | 20,900 t | +4.4% |
| 1972 | 22,000 t | +5.3% |
| 1973 | 23,650 t | +7.5% |
| 1974 | 25,300 t | +7.0% |
| 1975 | 26,950 t | +6.5% |
| 1976 | 28,050 t | +4.1% |
| 1977 | 29,700 t | +5.9% |
| 1978 | 30,800 t | +3.7% |
| 1979 | 31,900 t | +3.6% |
| 1980 | 36,050 t | +13.0% |
| 1981 | 36,600 t | +1.5% |
| 1982 | 37,350 t | +2.0% |
| 1983 | 39,200 t | +5.0% |
| 1984 | 40,500 t | +3.3% |
| 1985 | 41,800 t | +3.2% |
| 1986 | 44,200 t | +5.7% |
| 1987 | 46,600 t | +5.4% |
| 1988 | 49,000 t | +5.2% |
| 1989 | 51,400 t | +4.9% |
| 1990 | 52,900 t | +2.9% |
| 1991 | 55,300 t | +4.5% |
| 1992 | 41,800 t | -24.4% |
| 1993 | 34,000 t | -18.7% |
| 1994 | 25,850 t | -24.0% |
| 1995 | 23,800 t | -7.9% |
| 1996 | 24,350 t | +2.3% |
| 1997 | 20,420 t | -16.1% |
| 1998 | 22,850 t | +11.9% |
| 1999 | 26,390 t | +15.5% |
| 2000 | 30,640 t | +16.1% |
| 2001 | 36,600 t | +19.5% |
| 2002 | 41,337 t | +12.9% |
| 2003 | 44,740 t | +8.2% |
| 2004 | 46,526 t | +4.0% |
| 2005 | 45,850 t | -1.5% |
| 2006 | 44,850 t | -2.2% |
| 2007 | 44,150 t | -1.6% |
| 2008 | 42,660 t | -3.4% |
| 2009 | 42,700 t | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 42,700 t | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 42,700 t | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 43,800 t | +2.6% |
| 2013 | 43,800 t | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 44,656 t | +2.0% |
| 2015 | 41,679 t | -6.7% |
| 2016 | 42,595 t | +2.2% |
| 2017 | 42,851 t | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 41,868 t | -2.3% |
| 2019 | 43,758 t | +4.5% |
| 2020 | 45,224 t | +3.4% |
| 2021 | 45,906 t | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 37,566 t | -18.2% |
| 2023 | 36,771 t | -2.1% |
| 2024 | 36,881 t | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 17,673 t | 16,500 t | 19,250 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 25,927 t | 20,020 t | 31,900 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 42,270 t | 36,050 t | 51,400 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 32,766 t | 20,420 t | 55,300 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 42,005 t | 30,640 t | 46,526 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 43,041 t | 41,679 t | 44,656 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 40,469 t | 36,771 t | 45,906 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Democratic People's Republic of Korea
- 12 Pakistan 2.37 million t compare
- 12 Melanesia 54,817 t compare
- 13 Argentina 2.34 million t compare
- 13 Republic of Moldova 50,640 t compare
- 14 Lao People's Democratic Republic 48,337 t compare
- 14 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 2.00 million t compare
- 15 Thailand 1.99 million t compare
- 16 Democratic Republic of the Congo 10,000 t compare
- 16 South Africa 1.92 million t compare
- 17 Peru 1.90 million t compare
- 17 Polynesia 1,488 t compare
- 18 Colombia 1.82 million t compare
- 18 Micronesia 1,322 t compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is meat, poultry — production in Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
- Meat, poultry — production in Democratic People's Republic of Korea was 36,881 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat, poultry — production recorded in Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
- The highest recorded value was 55,300 t in 1991.
- What is the lowest meat, poultry — production recorded in Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
- The lowest recorded value was 16,500 t in 1961.
- How does Democratic People's Republic of Korea rank for meat, poultry — production?
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea ranks 15th out of 20 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat, poultry — production rising or falling in Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.4%. 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 — Production. 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.