Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Democratic People's Republic of Korea: Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield was 5,785 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Democratic People's Republic of Korea, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, roots and tubers, total — yield in Democratic People's Republic of Korea stood at 5,785 kg/ha.
That represents a change of up 2.9% on the previous year and down 43.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — yield in Democratic People's Republic of Korea peaked at 13,548 kg/ha in 1989 and was at its lowest, 4,625 kg/ha, in 2017.
That places Democratic People's Republic of Korea 19th out of 20 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Democratic People's Republic of Korea, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 11,364 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 11,454 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1963 | 11,461 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1964 | 11,422 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1965 | 11,261 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1966 | 11,261 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 11,304 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1968 | 11,348 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1969 | 11,391 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1970 | 11,052 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1971 | 11,134 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1972 | 11,258 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1973 | 11,224 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1974 | 11,200 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1975 | 12,423 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 1976 | 12,815 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1977 | 12,870 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1978 | 13,000 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1979 | 12,764 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1980 | 12,609 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1981 | 12,180 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1982 | 12,727 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1983 | 12,464 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1984 | 12,746 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1985 | 13,176 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1986 | 13,463 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1987 | 13,338 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1988 | 13,453 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1989 | 13,548 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1990 | 13,524 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1991 | 12,084 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 1992 | 12,554 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1993 | 11,824 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1994 | 11,087 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1995 | 10,357 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1996 | 11,180 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1997 | 10,476 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1998 | 10,987 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1999 | 8,783 kg/ha | -20.1% |
| 2000 | 10,237 kg/ha | +16.6% |
| 2001 | 12,167 kg/ha | +18.9% |
| 2002 | 9,884 kg/ha | -18.8% |
| 2003 | 11,080 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 2004 | 11,141 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 11,178 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 11,037 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2007 | 11,055 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 9,106 kg/ha | -17.6% |
| 2009 | 12,037 kg/ha | +32.2% |
| 2010 | 13,018 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 2011 | 12,836 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2012 | 11,728 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 2013 | 12,598 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 2014 | 10,191 kg/ha | -19.1% |
| 2015 | 7,832 kg/ha | -23.1% |
| 2016 | 6,056 kg/ha | -22.7% |
| 2017 | 4,625 kg/ha | -23.6% |
| 2018 | 5,567 kg/ha | +20.4% |
| 2019 | 6,626 kg/ha | +19.0% |
| 2020 | 6,490 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2021 | 6,366 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2022 | 5,615 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 2023 | 5,622 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 5,785 kg/ha | +2.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11,363 kg/ha | 11,261 kg/ha | 11,461 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 11,974 kg/ha | 11,052 kg/ha | 13,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 12,971 kg/ha | 12,180 kg/ha | 13,548 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 11,286 kg/ha | 8,783 kg/ha | 13,524 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 10,892 kg/ha | 9,106 kg/ha | 12,167 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,108 kg/ha | 4,625 kg/ha | 13,018 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,976 kg/ha | 5,615 kg/ha | 6,490 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Democratic People's Republic of Korea
- 16 Sweden 37,311 kg/ha compare
- 16 United Republic of Tanzania 6,489 kg/ha compare
- 17 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 6,370 kg/ha compare
- 17 Palestine, State of 36,427 kg/ha compare
- 18 Republic of Moldova 6,035 kg/ha compare
- 18 Switzerland 34,690 kg/ha compare
- 19 Algeria 33,944 kg/ha compare
- 20 Chile 33,633 kg/ha compare
- 20 Timor-Leste 3,095 kg/ha compare
- 21 Israel 33,454 kg/ha compare
- 22 Cabo Verde 10,604 kg/ha compare
- 22 Saudi Arabia 33,172 kg/ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — yield in Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
- Roots and tubers, total — yield in Democratic People's Republic of Korea was 5,785 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
- The highest recorded value was 13,548 kg/ha in 1989.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,625 kg/ha in 2017.
- How does Democratic People's Republic of Korea rank for roots and tubers, total — yield?
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea ranks 19th out of 20 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — yield rising or falling in Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 43.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 — Yield. 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.