Sorghum — Production in Democratic People's Republic of Korea

Democratic People's Republic of Korea: Sorghum — Production was 36,463 t in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
36,463 t
Change on year
up 0.2%
Rank
8th
of 15 regions
All-time high
37,007 t
in 2019
All-time low
5,000 t
in 1995
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Sorghum — Production in Democratic People's Republic of Korea, 1961–2024

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Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.

Analysis

The most recent figure for sorghum — production in Democratic People's Republic of Korea is 36,463 t, measured in 2024.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 6.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, sorghum — production in Democratic People's Republic of Korea peaked at 37,007 t in 2019 and was at its lowest, 5,000 t, in 1995.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.

Sorghum — Production in Democratic People's Republic of Korea, year by year

Annual values for Sorghum — Production in Democratic People's Republic of Korea, 1961 to 2024.
Year t Change
1961 32,000 t
1962 36,000 t +12.5%
1963 34,000 t -5.6%
1964 33,000 t -2.9%
1965 34,000 t +3.0%
1966 34,000 t +0.0%
1967 35,000 t +2.9%
1968 34,000 t -2.9%
1969 32,000 t -5.9%
1970 29,000 t -9.4%
1971 28,000 t -3.4%
1972 27,000 t -3.6%
1973 26,000 t -3.7%
1974 26,000 t +0.0%
1975 25,000 t -3.8%
1976 24,000 t -4.0%
1977 20,000 t -16.7%
1978 20,000 t +0.0%
1979 19,000 t -5.0%
1980 18,000 t -5.3%
1981 16,000 t -11.1%
1982 19,000 t +18.8%
1983 18,000 t -5.3%
1984 15,000 t -16.7%
1985 15,000 t +0.0%
1986 15,000 t +0.0%
1987 15,000 t +0.0%
1988 15,000 t +0.0%
1989 15,000 t +0.0%
1990 12,701 t -15.3%
1991 14,000 t +10.2%
1992 10,000 t -28.6%
1993 10,000 t +0.0%
1994 11,000 t +10.0%
1995 5,000 t -54.5%
1996 5,000 t +0.0%
1997 7,000 t +40.0%
1998 8,000 t +14.3%
1999 9,000 t +12.5%
2000 10,000 t +11.1%
2001 14,000 t +40.0%
2002 20,000 t +42.9%
2003 29,000 t +45.0%
2004 20,000 t -31.0%
2005 30,000 t +50.0%
2006 32,000 t +6.7%
2007 30,000 t -6.2%
2008 30,000 t +0.0%
2009 28,000 t -6.7%
2010 28,234 t +0.8%
2011 31,688 t +12.2%
2012 35,893 t +13.3%
2013 35,033 t -2.4%
2014 34,383 t -1.9%
2015 35,801 t +4.1%
2016 35,072 t -2.0%
2017 35,339 t +0.8%
2018 36,179 t +2.4%
2019 37,007 t +2.3%
2020 36,175 t -2.2%
2021 36,454 t +0.8%
2022 36,545 t +0.3%
2023 36,391 t -0.4%
2024 36,463 t +0.2%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 33,778 t 32,000 t 36,000 t 9
1970s 24,400 t 19,000 t 29,000 t 10
1980s 16,100 t 15,000 t 19,000 t 10
1990s 9,170 t 5,000 t 14,000 t 10
2000s 24,300 t 10,000 t 32,000 t 10
2010s 34,463 t 28,234 t 37,007 t 10
2020s 36,406 t 36,175 t 36,545 t 5

Countries ranked near Democratic People's Republic of Korea

  1. 5 Mexico 4.53 million t compare
  2. 6 Ethiopia 4.10 million t compare
  3. 7 Brazil 4.09 million t compare
  4. 8 China 3.07 million t compare
  5. 9 China, mainland 3.07 million t compare
  6. 10 Argentina 2.50 million t compare
  7. 10 Democratic Republic of the Congo 9,009 t compare
  8. 11 Australia 2.44 million t compare
  9. 11 Australia and New Zealand 2.44 million t compare

See the full ranking of 163 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is sorghum — production in Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
Sorghum — production in Democratic People's Republic of Korea was 36,463 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest sorghum — production recorded in Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
The highest recorded value was 37,007 t in 2019.
What is the lowest sorghum — production recorded in Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
The lowest recorded value was 5,000 t in 1995.
How does Democratic People's Republic of Korea rank for sorghum — production?
Democratic People's Republic of Korea ranks 8th out of 15 regions with data for 2024.
Is sorghum — production rising or falling in Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
Over the last ten years it is up 6.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
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 — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Sorghum — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
163 places, 8,613 data points, 1961–2024
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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.