Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Democratic People's Republic of Korea: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested was 42,159 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sweet potatoes — 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 sweet potatoes — area harvested in Democratic People's Republic of Korea is 42,159 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.8% on the previous year and up 42.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested in Democratic People's Republic of Korea peaked at 55,000 ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 8,000 ha, in 1961.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Democratic People's Republic of Korea, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 8,500 ha | +6.2% |
| 1964 | 9,000 ha | +5.9% |
| 1965 | 10,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1966 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 10,500 ha | +5.0% |
| 1971 | 10,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 10,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 11,000 ha | +4.8% |
| 1974 | 12,000 ha | +9.1% |
| 1975 | 12,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 12,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 12,500 ha | +4.2% |
| 1978 | 13,000 ha | +4.0% |
| 1979 | 13,500 ha | +3.8% |
| 1980 | 14,000 ha | +3.7% |
| 1981 | 14,500 ha | +3.6% |
| 1982 | 15,000 ha | +3.4% |
| 1983 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 16,000 ha | +6.7% |
| 1986 | 16,500 ha | +3.1% |
| 1987 | 17,000 ha | +3.0% |
| 1988 | 17,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 17,500 ha | +2.9% |
| 1990 | 17,529 ha | +0.2% |
| 1991 | 18,000 ha | +2.7% |
| 1992 | 20,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1993 | 10,500 ha | -47.5% |
| 1994 | 14,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 1995 | 11,000 ha | -21.4% |
| 1996 | 13,000 ha | +18.2% |
| 1997 | 25,000 ha | +92.3% |
| 1998 | 34,000 ha | +36.0% |
| 1999 | 36,500 ha | +7.4% |
| 2000 | 23,000 ha | -37.0% |
| 2001 | 25,000 ha | +8.7% |
| 2002 | 27,000 ha | +8.0% |
| 2003 | 27,011 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 27,500 ha | +1.8% |
| 2005 | 26,500 ha | -3.6% |
| 2006 | 27,500 ha | +3.8% |
| 2007 | 27,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 28,000 ha | +1.8% |
| 2009 | 29,000 ha | +3.6% |
| 2010 | 31,000 ha | +6.9% |
| 2011 | 32,000 ha | +3.2% |
| 2012 | 28,000 ha | -12.5% |
| 2013 | 35,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 2014 | 29,632 ha | -15.3% |
| 2015 | 32,300 ha | +9.0% |
| 2016 | 55,000 ha | +70.3% |
| 2017 | 30,000 ha | -45.5% |
| 2018 | 45,000 ha | +50.0% |
| 2019 | 41,674 ha | -7.4% |
| 2020 | 41,399 ha | -0.7% |
| 2021 | 42,231 ha | +2.0% |
| 2022 | 41,766 ha | -1.1% |
| 2023 | 42,481 ha | +1.7% |
| 2024 | 42,159 ha | -0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,278 ha | 8,000 ha | 10,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 11,750 ha | 10,500 ha | 13,500 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 15,750 ha | 14,000 ha | 17,500 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 19,953 ha | 10,500 ha | 36,500 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 26,801 ha | 23,000 ha | 29,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 35,961 ha | 28,000 ha | 55,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 42,007 ha | 41,399 ha | 42,481 ha | 5 |
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- Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
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- Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Production, annual growth rate 0.0308 % change on previous year (2024)
- Poultry Birds — Stocks, annual growth rate 0.6199 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — area harvested in Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested in Democratic People's Republic of Korea was 42,159 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
- The highest recorded value was 55,000 ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Democratic People's Republic of Korea rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea ranks 9th out of 16 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 42.3%. 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 Sweet potatoes — 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.