Rice — Production in Democratic People's Republic of Korea

Democratic People's Republic of Korea: Rice — Production was 2.25 million t in 2024. ▬ Flat

Latest (2024)
2.25 million t
Change on year
up 4.7%
Rank
9th
of 18 regions
All-time high
4.79 million t
in 1993
All-time low
1.43 million t
in 1996
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Rice — Production in Democratic People's Republic of Korea, 1961–2024

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

Analysis

The most recent figure for rice — production in Democratic People's Republic of Korea is 2.25 million t, measured in 2024.

That represents a change of up 4.7% on the previous year and down 14.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, rice — production in Democratic People's Republic of Korea peaked at 4.79 million t in 1993 and was at its lowest, 1.43 million t, in 1996.

Rice — Production in Democratic People's Republic of Korea, year by year

Annual values for Rice — Production in Democratic People's Republic of Korea, 1961 to 2024.
Year t Change
1961 1.81 million t
1962 1.90 million t +4.9%
1963 2.07 million t +9.2%
1964 2.18 million t +5.0%
1965 1.91 million t -12.5%
1966 2.13 million t +11.7%
1967 1.98 million t -7.1%
1968 1.91 million t -3.2%
1969 2.34 million t +22.5%
1970 2.33 million t -0.7%
1971 2.41 million t +3.4%
1972 2.31 million t -4.0%
1973 2.60 million t +12.4%
1974 2.71 million t +4.3%
1975 2.81 million t +3.8%
1976 2.85 million t +1.4%
1977 3.06 million t +7.3%
1978 2.96 million t -3.4%
1979 3.06 million t +3.5%
1980 2.65 million t -13.5%
1981 3.04 million t +15.1%
1982 2.01 million t -34.0%
1983 2.06 million t +2.7%
1984 2.19 million t +6.2%
1985 2.11 million t -3.6%
1986 2.39 million t +13.0%
1987 2.22 million t -7.0%
1988 2.13 million t -4.1%
1989 2.14 million t +0.6%
1990 1.80 million t -16.0%
1991 4.12 million t +128.9%
1992 4.50 million t +9.2%
1993 4.79 million t +6.4%
1994 3.18 million t -33.6%
1995 2.02 million t -36.5%
1996 1.43 million t -29.3%
1997 1.53 million t +7.1%
1998 2.31 million t +51.1%
1999 2.34 million t +1.6%
2000 1.69 million t -27.9%
2001 2.06 million t +21.9%
2002 2.19 million t +6.1%
2003 2.24 million t +2.7%
2004 2.37 million t +5.6%
2005 2.58 million t +9.0%
2006 2.48 million t -4.1%
2007 1.87 million t -24.6%
2008 2.86 million t +53.1%
2009 2.34 million t -18.4%
2010 2.43 million t +3.9%
2011 2.48 million t +2.2%
2012 2.86 million t +15.4%
2013 2.90 million t +1.4%
2014 2.63 million t -9.5%
2015 1.95 million t -25.9%
2016 2.54 million t +30.3%
2017 2.38 million t -6.0%
2018 2.09 million t -12.4%
2019 2.80 million t +34.3%
2020 2.11 million t -24.6%
2021 2.10 million t -0.6%
2022 2.14 million t +1.9%
2023 2.15 million t +0.5%
2024 2.25 million t +4.7%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 2.02 million t 1.81 million t 2.34 million t 9
1970s 2.71 million t 2.31 million t 3.06 million t 10
1980s 2.29 million t 2.01 million t 3.04 million t 10
1990s 2.80 million t 1.43 million t 4.79 million t 10
2000s 2.27 million t 1.69 million t 2.86 million t 10
2010s 2.51 million t 1.95 million t 2.90 million t 10
2020s 2.15 million t 2.10 million t 2.25 million t 5

Countries ranked near Democratic People's Republic of Korea

  1. 6 Thailand 33.55 million t compare
  2. 7 Myanmar 27.65 million t compare
  3. 8 Philippines 19.09 million t compare
  4. 9 Pakistan 14.59 million t compare
  5. 10 Cambodia 14.20 million t compare
  6. 10 Democratic Republic of the Congo 1.94 million t compare
  7. 11 Brazil 10.67 million t compare
  8. 11 Türkiye 1.02 million t compare
  9. 12 Japan 10.14 million t compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is rice — production in Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
Rice — production in Democratic People's Republic of Korea was 2.25 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest rice — production recorded in Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
The highest recorded value was 4.79 million t in 1993.
What is the lowest rice — production recorded in Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
The lowest recorded value was 1.43 million t in 1996.
How does Democratic People's Republic of Korea rank for rice — production?
Democratic People's Republic of Korea ranks 9th out of 18 regions with data for 2024.
Is rice — production rising or falling in Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
Over the last ten years it is down 14.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
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 Rice — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Rice — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
179 places, 9,589 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.