Roots and Tubers, Total — Production in Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Democratic People's Republic of Korea: Roots and Tubers, Total — Production was 989,657 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Roots and Tubers, 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 989,657 t for roots and tubers, total — production in 2024.
The figure is down 4.9% on the previous year and down 49.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — production in Democratic People's Republic of Korea peaked at 2.59 million t in 2001 and was at its lowest, 500,000 t, in 1961.
Democratic People's Republic of Korea ranks 14th of 20 countries on this measure, 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 — Production in Democratic People's Republic of Korea, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 500,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 504,000 t | +0.8% |
| 1963 | 510,000 t | +1.2% |
| 1964 | 514,000 t | +0.8% |
| 1965 | 518,000 t | +0.8% |
| 1966 | 518,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 520,000 t | +0.4% |
| 1968 | 522,000 t | +0.4% |
| 1969 | 524,000 t | +0.4% |
| 1970 | 536,000 t | +2.3% |
| 1971 | 540,000 t | +0.7% |
| 1972 | 546,000 t | +1.1% |
| 1973 | 550,000 t | +0.7% |
| 1974 | 560,000 t | +1.8% |
| 1975 | 646,000 t | +15.4% |
| 1976 | 692,000 t | +7.1% |
| 1977 | 740,000 t | +6.9% |
| 1978 | 780,000 t | +5.4% |
| 1979 | 785,000 t | +0.6% |
| 1980 | 807,000 t | +2.8% |
| 1981 | 810,000 t | +0.4% |
| 1982 | 840,000 t | +3.7% |
| 1983 | 860,000 t | +2.4% |
| 1984 | 905,000 t | +5.2% |
| 1985 | 975,000 t | +7.7% |
| 1986 | 1.00 million t | +2.9% |
| 1987 | 1.03 million t | +2.4% |
| 1988 | 1.01 million t | -1.8% |
| 1989 | 1.05 million t | +4.1% |
| 1990 | 1.06 million t | +1.1% |
| 1991 | 1.04 million t | -2.1% |
| 1992 | 1.16 million t | +11.1% |
| 1993 | 538,000 t | -53.4% |
| 1994 | 765,000 t | +42.2% |
| 1995 | 580,000 t | -24.2% |
| 1996 | 682,000 t | +17.6% |
| 1997 | 1.10 million t | +61.3% |
| 1998 | 1.69 million t | +53.8% |
| 1999 | 1.96 million t | +16.0% |
| 2000 | 2.16 million t | +10.0% |
| 2001 | 2.59 million t | +19.8% |
| 2002 | 2.22 million t | -14.1% |
| 2003 | 2.37 million t | +6.7% |
| 2004 | 2.41 million t | +1.6% |
| 2005 | 2.42 million t | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 2.36 million t | -2.5% |
| 2007 | 2.27 million t | -3.8% |
| 2008 | 1.90 million t | -16.3% |
| 2009 | 1.95 million t | +2.6% |
| 2010 | 2.13 million t | +9.5% |
| 2011 | 2.19 million t | +2.8% |
| 2012 | 1.90 million t | -13.4% |
| 2013 | 2.25 million t | +18.7% |
| 2014 | 1.97 million t | -12.7% |
| 2015 | 2.10 million t | +6.9% |
| 2016 | 1.27 million t | -39.6% |
| 2017 | 867,547 t | -31.8% |
| 2018 | 1.20 million t | +37.8% |
| 2019 | 1.25 million t | +4.6% |
| 2020 | 1.22 million t | -2.4% |
| 2021 | 1.22 million t | -0.0% |
| 2022 | 1.11 million t | -9.1% |
| 2023 | 1.04 million t | -6.2% |
| 2024 | 989,657 t | -4.9% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Roots and Tubers, Total — Production 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 | +61.3% | 682,000 t | 1.10 million t |
| 1993 | -53.4% | 1.16 million t | 538,000 t |
| 1998 | +53.8% | 1.10 million t | 1.69 million t |
| 1994 | +42.2% | 538,000 t | 765,000 t |
| 2016 | -39.6% | 2.10 million t | 1.27 million t |
| 2018 | +37.8% | 867,547 t | 1.20 million t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 514,444 t | 500,000 t | 524,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 637,500 t | 536,000 t | 785,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 928,600 t | 807,000 t | 1.05 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.06 million t | 538,000 t | 1.96 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.27 million t | 1.90 million t | 2.59 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.71 million t | 867,547 t | 2.25 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.12 million t | 989,657 t | 1.22 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Democratic People's Republic of Korea
- 11 Russian Federation 18.45 million t compare
- 11 Melanesia 2.43 million t compare
- 12 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1.65 million t compare
- 12 Malawi 15.72 million t compare
- 13 Angola 14.58 million t compare
- 13 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1.20 million t compare
- 14 Cambodia 14.34 million t compare
- 15 Germany 12.70 million t compare
- 15 Syrian Arab Republic 671,811 t compare
- 16 Bangladesh 10.90 million t compare
- 16 Republic of Moldova 135,372 t compare
- 17 Cameroon 10.20 million t compare
- 17 Polynesia 55,054 t compare
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- Roots and Tubers, Total — Production, annual growth rate -4.89 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield, annual growth rate 2.9 % change on previous year (2024)
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- Pulses, Total — Yield, annual growth rate 0.0341 % change on previous year (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — production in Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
- Roots and tubers, total — production in Democratic People's Republic of Korea was 989,657 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — production recorded in Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
- The highest recorded value was 2.59 million t in 2001.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — production recorded in Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
- The lowest recorded value was 500,000 t in 1961.
- How does Democratic People's Republic of Korea rank for roots and tubers, total — production?
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea ranks 14th out of 20 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — production rising or falling in Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 49.7%. 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 — 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.