Sorghum — Yield in Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Democratic People's Republic of Korea: Sorghum — Yield was 1,324 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sorghum — Yield in Democratic People's Republic of Korea, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sorghum — yield in Democratic People's Republic of Korea is 1,324 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.5% on the previous year and down 0.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — yield in Democratic People's Republic of Korea peaked at 1,600 kg/ha in 2002 and was at its lowest, 1,000 kg/ha, in 1995.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sorghum — Yield in Democratic People's Republic of Korea, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,032 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,161 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1963 | 1,097 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1964 | 1,064 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1965 | 1,133 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1966 | 1,133 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 1,167 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1968 | 1,214 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1969 | 1,185 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1970 | 1,208 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1971 | 1,167 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1972 | 1,174 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1973 | 1,130 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1974 | 1,182 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1975 | 1,190 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1976 | 1,200 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1977 | 1,176 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1978 | 1,250 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1979 | 1,267 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1980 | 1,385 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 1981 | 1,333 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1982 | 1,462 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 1983 | 1,500 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1984 | 1,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 1,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 1,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 1,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 1,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 1,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 1,334 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 1991 | 1,088 kg/ha | -18.4% |
| 1992 | 1,134 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1993 | 1,194 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1994 | 1,066 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 1995 | 1,000 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1996 | 1,241 kg/ha | +24.1% |
| 1997 | 1,335 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 1998 | 1,454 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 1999 | 1,500 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2000 | 1,538 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2001 | 1,591 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2002 | 1,600 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 1,568 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2004 | 1,600 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2005 | 1,579 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2006 | 1,600 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2007 | 1,500 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 2008 | 1,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 1,400 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 2010 | 1,412 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 1,440 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2012 | 1,380 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2013 | 1,347 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2014 | 1,331 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2015 | 1,340 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 1,276 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2017 | 1,325 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2018 | 1,318 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 1,360 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2020 | 1,300 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 2021 | 1,326 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2022 | 1,328 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 1,318 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2024 | 1,324 kg/ha | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,132 kg/ha | 1,032 kg/ha | 1,214 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,194 kg/ha | 1,130 kg/ha | 1,267 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,468 kg/ha | 1,333 kg/ha | 1,500 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,235 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha | 1,500 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,548 kg/ha | 1,400 kg/ha | 1,600 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,353 kg/ha | 1,276 kg/ha | 1,440 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,319 kg/ha | 1,300 kg/ha | 1,328 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sorghum — yield in Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
- Sorghum — yield in Democratic People's Republic of Korea was 1,324 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — yield recorded in Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
- The highest recorded value was 1,600 kg/ha in 2002.
- What is the lowest sorghum — yield recorded in Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,000 kg/ha in 1995.
- How does Democratic People's Republic of Korea rank for sorghum — yield?
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea ranks 10th out of 15 regions with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — yield rising or falling in Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.5%. 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 — 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.