Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Democratic People's Republic of Korea: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested was 171,070 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Democratic People's Republic of Korea, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Democratic People's Republic of Korea recorded 171,070 ha for roots and tubers, total — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 7.6% on the previous year and down 11.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Democratic People's Republic of Korea peaked at 268,602 ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 44,000 ha, in 1961.
That places Democratic People's Republic of Korea 12th out of 20 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Democratic People's Republic of Korea, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 44,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 44,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 44,500 ha | +1.1% |
| 1964 | 45,000 ha | +1.1% |
| 1965 | 46,000 ha | +2.2% |
| 1966 | 46,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 46,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 46,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 46,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 48,500 ha | +5.4% |
| 1971 | 48,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 48,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 49,000 ha | +1.0% |
| 1974 | 50,000 ha | +2.0% |
| 1975 | 52,000 ha | +4.0% |
| 1976 | 54,000 ha | +3.8% |
| 1977 | 57,500 ha | +6.5% |
| 1978 | 60,000 ha | +4.3% |
| 1979 | 61,500 ha | +2.5% |
| 1980 | 64,000 ha | +4.1% |
| 1981 | 66,500 ha | +3.9% |
| 1982 | 66,000 ha | -0.8% |
| 1983 | 69,000 ha | +4.5% |
| 1984 | 71,000 ha | +2.9% |
| 1985 | 74,000 ha | +4.2% |
| 1986 | 74,500 ha | +0.7% |
| 1987 | 77,000 ha | +3.4% |
| 1988 | 75,000 ha | -2.6% |
| 1989 | 77,500 ha | +3.3% |
| 1990 | 78,529 ha | +1.3% |
| 1991 | 86,064 ha | +9.6% |
| 1992 | 92,000 ha | +6.9% |
| 1993 | 45,500 ha | -50.5% |
| 1994 | 69,000 ha | +51.6% |
| 1995 | 56,000 ha | -18.8% |
| 1996 | 61,000 ha | +8.9% |
| 1997 | 105,000 ha | +72.1% |
| 1998 | 154,000 ha | +46.7% |
| 1999 | 223,500 ha | +45.1% |
| 2000 | 211,000 ha | -5.6% |
| 2001 | 212,700 ha | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 225,000 ha | +5.8% |
| 2003 | 214,179 ha | -4.8% |
| 2004 | 216,500 ha | +1.1% |
| 2005 | 216,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 213,825 ha | -1.2% |
| 2007 | 205,341 ha | -4.0% |
| 2008 | 208,690 ha | +1.6% |
| 2009 | 162,000 ha | -22.4% |
| 2010 | 164,000 ha | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 171,000 ha | +4.3% |
| 2012 | 162,000 ha | -5.3% |
| 2013 | 179,000 ha | +10.5% |
| 2014 | 193,190 ha | +7.9% |
| 2015 | 268,602 ha | +39.0% |
| 2016 | 209,979 ha | -21.8% |
| 2017 | 187,569 ha | -10.7% |
| 2018 | 214,806 ha | +14.5% |
| 2019 | 188,803 ha | -12.1% |
| 2020 | 188,135 ha | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 191,744 ha | +1.9% |
| 2022 | 197,522 ha | +3.0% |
| 2023 | 185,080 ha | -6.3% |
| 2024 | 171,070 ha | -7.6% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Democratic People's Republic of Korea changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | +72.1% | 61,000 ha | 105,000 ha |
| 1993 | -50.5% | 92,000 ha | 45,500 ha |
| 1994 | +51.6% | 45,500 ha | 69,000 ha |
| 1998 | +46.7% | 105,000 ha | 154,000 ha |
| 1999 | +45.1% | 154,000 ha | 223,500 ha |
| 2015 | +39.0% | 193,190 ha | 268,602 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 45,278 ha | 44,000 ha | 46,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 52,950 ha | 48,500 ha | 61,500 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 71,450 ha | 64,000 ha | 77,500 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 97,059 ha | 45,500 ha | 223,500 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 208,574 ha | 162,000 ha | 225,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 193,895 ha | 162,000 ha | 268,602 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 186,710 ha | 171,070 ha | 197,522 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
- Roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Democratic People's Republic of Korea was 171,070 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
- The highest recorded value was 268,602 ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
- The lowest recorded value was 44,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Democratic People's Republic of Korea rank for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea ranks 12th out of 20 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — area harvested rising or falling in Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- 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 Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested. 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.