Sorghum — Area harvested in Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Democratic People's Republic of Korea: Sorghum — Area harvested was 27,537 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Sorghum — Area harvested in Democratic People's Republic of Korea, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sorghum — area harvested in Democratic People's Republic of Korea is 27,537 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.3% on the previous year and up 6.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — area harvested in Democratic People's Republic of Korea peaked at 31,000 ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 4,029 ha, in 1996.
Sorghum — Area harvested in Democratic People's Republic of Korea, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 31,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 31,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 31,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 31,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 30,000 ha | -3.2% |
| 1966 | 30,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 30,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 28,000 ha | -6.7% |
| 1969 | 27,000 ha | -3.6% |
| 1970 | 24,000 ha | -11.1% |
| 1971 | 24,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 23,000 ha | -4.2% |
| 1973 | 23,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 22,000 ha | -4.3% |
| 1975 | 21,000 ha | -4.5% |
| 1976 | 20,000 ha | -4.8% |
| 1977 | 17,000 ha | -15.0% |
| 1978 | 16,000 ha | -5.9% |
| 1979 | 15,000 ha | -6.2% |
| 1980 | 13,000 ha | -13.3% |
| 1981 | 12,000 ha | -7.7% |
| 1982 | 13,000 ha | +8.3% |
| 1983 | 12,000 ha | -7.7% |
| 1984 | 10,000 ha | -16.7% |
| 1985 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 9,524 ha | -4.8% |
| 1991 | 12,864 ha | +35.1% |
| 1992 | 8,822 ha | -31.4% |
| 1993 | 8,377 ha | -5.0% |
| 1994 | 10,322 ha | +23.2% |
| 1995 | 5,000 ha | -51.6% |
| 1996 | 4,029 ha | -19.4% |
| 1997 | 5,243 ha | +30.1% |
| 1998 | 5,500 ha | +4.9% |
| 1999 | 6,000 ha | +9.1% |
| 2000 | 6,500 ha | +8.3% |
| 2001 | 8,800 ha | +35.4% |
| 2002 | 12,500 ha | +42.0% |
| 2003 | 18,500 ha | +48.0% |
| 2004 | 12,500 ha | -32.4% |
| 2005 | 19,000 ha | +52.0% |
| 2006 | 20,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 2007 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 22,000 ha | +10.0% |
| 2012 | 26,000 ha | +18.2% |
| 2013 | 26,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 25,830 ha | -0.7% |
| 2015 | 26,714 ha | +3.4% |
| 2016 | 27,487 ha | +2.9% |
| 2017 | 26,677 ha | -2.9% |
| 2018 | 27,450 ha | +2.9% |
| 2019 | 27,204 ha | -0.9% |
| 2020 | 27,827 ha | +2.3% |
| 2021 | 27,494 ha | -1.2% |
| 2022 | 27,508 ha | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 27,610 ha | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 27,537 ha | -0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 29,889 ha | 27,000 ha | 31,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 20,500 ha | 15,000 ha | 24,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 11,000 ha | 10,000 ha | 13,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,568 ha | 4,029 ha | 12,864 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 15,780 ha | 6,500 ha | 20,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 25,536 ha | 20,000 ha | 27,487 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 27,595 ha | 27,494 ha | 27,827 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Democratic People's Republic of Korea
- 4 India 4.61 million ha compare
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- 5 Niger 3.43 million ha compare
- 6 Burkina Faso 1.90 million ha compare
- 7 Mali 1.69 million ha compare
- 8 Ethiopia 1.65 million ha compare
- 8 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 18,695 ha compare
- 9 Brazil 1.36 million ha compare
- 9 Democratic Republic of the Congo 13,000 ha compare
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- Vegetables Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate -0.1094 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Production, annual growth rate 0.2823 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Yield, annual growth rate 0.8322 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Area harvested, annual growth rate -0.5454 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Production, annual growth rate -0.0805 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Yield, annual growth rate 0.0288 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Production, annual growth rate 0.1456 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Production, annual growth rate -4.89 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production, annual 0.1069 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sorghum — area harvested in Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
- Sorghum — area harvested in Democratic People's Republic of Korea was 27,537 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
- The highest recorded value was 31,000 ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,029 ha in 1996.
- How does Democratic People's Republic of Korea rank for sorghum — area harvested?
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea ranks 7th out of 15 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — area harvested rising or falling in Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.6%. 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 Sorghum — 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.