Rice — Yield in Republic of Korea
Republic of Korea: Rice — Yield was 6,855 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Rice — Yield in Republic of Korea, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Republic of Korea recorded 6,855 kg/ha for rice — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.9% on the previous year and down 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — yield in Republic of Korea peaked at 7,223 kg/ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 3,577 kg/ha, in 1962.
Republic of Korea ranks 15th of 114 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Rice — Yield in Republic of Korea, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,148 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,577 kg/ha | -13.8% |
| 1963 | 4,397 kg/ha | +22.9% |
| 1964 | 4,472 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1965 | 3,963 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 1966 | 4,426 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 1967 | 4,055 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 1968 | 3,859 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1969 | 4,662 kg/ha | +20.8% |
| 1970 | 4,552 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1971 | 4,670 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1972 | 4,615 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1973 | 4,950 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 1974 | 5,126 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1975 | 5,324 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1976 | 5,967 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 1977 | 6,787 kg/ha | +13.7% |
| 1978 | 6,938 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1979 | 6,390 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 1980 | 4,308 kg/ha | -32.6% |
| 1981 | 5,841 kg/ha | +35.6% |
| 1982 | 6,151 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1983 | 6,193 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1984 | 6,475 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1985 | 6,351 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1986 | 6,369 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1987 | 6,017 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1988 | 6,555 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 1989 | 6,446 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1990 | 6,206 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1991 | 6,035 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1992 | 6,273 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1993 | 5,638 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 1994 | 6,191 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1995 | 6,051 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1996 | 6,787 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 1997 | 6,951 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1998 | 6,412 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1999 | 6,627 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2000 | 6,711 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2001 | 6,838 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2002 | 6,350 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 2003 | 6,054 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2004 | 6,729 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 2005 | 6,568 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2006 | 6,601 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 6,274 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2008 | 6,912 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 2009 | 7,034 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2010 | 6,514 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 2011 | 6,577 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 6,365 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2013 | 6,764 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 2014 | 6,913 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2015 | 7,220 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2016 | 7,223 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 7,003 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2018 | 7,043 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 6,873 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2020 | 6,488 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 2021 | 7,114 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 2022 | 6,875 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2023 | 6,918 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 6,855 kg/ha | -0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,173 kg/ha | 3,577 kg/ha | 4,662 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,532 kg/ha | 4,552 kg/ha | 6,938 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,071 kg/ha | 4,308 kg/ha | 6,555 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,317 kg/ha | 5,638 kg/ha | 6,951 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,607 kg/ha | 6,054 kg/ha | 7,034 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,850 kg/ha | 6,365 kg/ha | 7,223 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,850 kg/ha | 6,488 kg/ha | 7,114 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Republic of Korea
- 12 El Salvador 7,020 kg/ha compare
- 12 Melanesia 2,575 kg/ha compare
- 13 Mexico 7,005 kg/ha compare
- 13 Timor-Leste 2,170 kg/ha compare
- 14 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 2,073 kg/ha compare
- 14 Japan 6,956 kg/ha compare
- 15 Micronesia (Federated States of) 1,834 kg/ha compare
- 15 Micronesia 1,834 kg/ha compare
- 16 Chile 6,832 kg/ha compare
- 17 Brazil 6,728 kg/ha compare
- 18 Democratic Republic of the Congo 1,052 kg/ha compare
- 18 Guyana 6,654 kg/ha compare
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- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross Production Value -100 % change on previous year (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is rice — yield in Republic of Korea?
- Rice — yield in Republic of Korea was 6,855 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — yield recorded in Republic of Korea?
- The highest recorded value was 7,223 kg/ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest rice — yield recorded in Republic of Korea?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,577 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does Republic of Korea rank for rice — yield?
- Republic of Korea ranks 15th out of 114 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rice — yield rising or falling in Republic of Korea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Republic of Korea data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Rice — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.