Meat, Total — Production in Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Democratic People's Republic of Korea: Meat, Total — Production was 344,589 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat, Total — 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 344,589 t for meat, total — production in 2024.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 1.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat, total — production in Democratic People's Republic of Korea peaked at 361,590 t in 2019 and was at its lowest, 86,488 t, in 1961.
That places Democratic People's Republic of Korea 13th out of 20 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Meat, Total — Production in Democratic People's Republic of Korea, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 86,488 t | — |
| 1962 | 87,422 t | +1.1% |
| 1963 | 89,285 t | +2.1% |
| 1964 | 94,604 t | +6.0% |
| 1965 | 94,764 t | +0.2% |
| 1966 | 99,642 t | +5.1% |
| 1967 | 105,538 t | +5.9% |
| 1968 | 106,720 t | +1.1% |
| 1969 | 112,785 t | +5.7% |
| 1970 | 129,035 t | +14.4% |
| 1971 | 135,659 t | +5.1% |
| 1972 | 147,425 t | +8.7% |
| 1973 | 149,682 t | +1.5% |
| 1974 | 167,585 t | +12.0% |
| 1975 | 180,420 t | +7.7% |
| 1976 | 192,394 t | +6.6% |
| 1977 | 205,369 t | +6.7% |
| 1978 | 212,600 t | +3.5% |
| 1979 | 224,915 t | +5.8% |
| 1980 | 235,430 t | +4.7% |
| 1981 | 246,850 t | +4.9% |
| 1982 | 248,530 t | +0.7% |
| 1983 | 262,795 t | +5.7% |
| 1984 | 265,310 t | +1.0% |
| 1985 | 278,725 t | +5.1% |
| 1986 | 287,745 t | +3.2% |
| 1987 | 297,530 t | +3.4% |
| 1988 | 310,755 t | +4.4% |
| 1989 | 314,480 t | +1.2% |
| 1990 | 317,950 t | +1.1% |
| 1991 | 326,270 t | +2.6% |
| 1992 | 252,875 t | -22.5% |
| 1993 | 220,825 t | -12.7% |
| 1994 | 200,225 t | -9.3% |
| 1995 | 185,270 t | -7.5% |
| 1996 | 170,135 t | -8.2% |
| 1997 | 141,656 t | -16.7% |
| 1998 | 174,600 t | +23.3% |
| 1999 | 214,039 t | +22.6% |
| 2000 | 255,605 t | +19.4% |
| 2001 | 305,570 t | +19.5% |
| 2002 | 329,197 t | +7.7% |
| 2003 | 333,310 t | +1.2% |
| 2004 | 337,191 t | +1.2% |
| 2005 | 340,984 t | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 332,788 t | -2.4% |
| 2007 | 322,022 t | -3.2% |
| 2008 | 312,978 t | -2.8% |
| 2009 | 323,950 t | +3.5% |
| 2010 | 324,010 t | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 339,985 t | +4.9% |
| 2012 | 343,480 t | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 343,480 t | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 339,094 t | -1.3% |
| 2015 | 344,908 t | +1.7% |
| 2016 | 356,277 t | +3.3% |
| 2017 | 357,926 t | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 350,837 t | -2.0% |
| 2019 | 361,590 t | +3.1% |
| 2020 | 330,855 t | -8.5% |
| 2021 | 325,285 t | -1.7% |
| 2022 | 343,252 t | +5.5% |
| 2023 | 343,354 t | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 344,589 t | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 97,472 t | 86,488 t | 112,785 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 174,508 t | 129,035 t | 224,915 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 274,815 t | 235,430 t | 314,480 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 220,384 t | 141,656 t | 326,270 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 319,360 t | 255,605 t | 340,984 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 346,159 t | 324,010 t | 361,590 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 337,467 t | 325,285 t | 344,589 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Democratic People's Republic of Korea
- 10 Germany 6.88 million t compare
- 10 United Republic of Tanzania 1.08 million t compare
- 11 Argentina 6.43 million t compare
- 11 Melanesia 601,576 t compare
- 12 Pakistan 5.85 million t compare
- 12 Syrian Arab Republic 418,050 t compare
- 13 Australia 5.58 million t compare
- 14 Democratic Republic of the Congo 256,277 t compare
- 14 Poland 5.46 million t compare
- 15 Canada 5.19 million t compare
- 15 Lao People's Democratic Republic 231,256 t compare
- 16 France 5.18 million t compare
- 16 Republic of Moldova 78,232 t compare
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- Cabbages — Area harvested, annual growth rate -0.5454 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Yield, annual growth rate 0.8322 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Production, annual growth rate 0.2823 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production, annual 0.1069 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing 0.1068 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Production, annual growth rate 0.107 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield, annual growth rate -0.009 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested, annual growth rate 0.0939 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat, total — production in Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
- Meat, total — production in Democratic People's Republic of Korea was 344,589 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat, total — production recorded in Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
- The highest recorded value was 361,590 t in 2019.
- What is the lowest meat, total — production recorded in Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
- The lowest recorded value was 86,488 t in 1961.
- How does Democratic People's Republic of Korea rank for meat, total — production?
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea ranks 13th out of 20 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat, total — production rising or falling in Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.6%. 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, Total — 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.