Sweet potatoes — Production in Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Democratic People's Republic of Korea: Sweet potatoes — Production was 576,338 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sweet potatoes — Production in Democratic People's Republic of Korea, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sweet potatoes — production in Democratic People's Republic of Korea is 576,338 t, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 46.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — production in Democratic People's Republic of Korea peaked at 684,000 t in 2016 and was at its lowest, 110,000 t, in 1961.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sweet potatoes — Production in Democratic People's Republic of Korea, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 110,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 114,000 t | +3.6% |
| 1963 | 120,000 t | +5.3% |
| 1964 | 124,000 t | +3.3% |
| 1965 | 128,000 t | +3.2% |
| 1966 | 128,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 130,000 t | +1.6% |
| 1968 | 132,000 t | +1.5% |
| 1969 | 134,000 t | +1.5% |
| 1970 | 136,000 t | +1.5% |
| 1971 | 140,000 t | +2.9% |
| 1972 | 146,000 t | +4.3% |
| 1973 | 150,000 t | +2.7% |
| 1974 | 160,000 t | +6.7% |
| 1975 | 166,000 t | +3.8% |
| 1976 | 172,000 t | +3.6% |
| 1977 | 180,000 t | +4.7% |
| 1978 | 185,000 t | +2.8% |
| 1979 | 185,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 187,000 t | +1.1% |
| 1981 | 190,000 t | +1.6% |
| 1982 | 200,000 t | +5.3% |
| 1983 | 200,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 225,000 t | +12.5% |
| 1985 | 235,000 t | +4.4% |
| 1986 | 243,000 t | +3.4% |
| 1987 | 247,000 t | +1.6% |
| 1988 | 249,000 t | +0.8% |
| 1989 | 250,000 t | +0.4% |
| 1990 | 252,000 t | +0.8% |
| 1991 | 260,000 t | +3.2% |
| 1992 | 288,000 t | +10.8% |
| 1993 | 136,000 t | -52.8% |
| 1994 | 192,000 t | +41.2% |
| 1995 | 144,000 t | -25.0% |
| 1996 | 172,000 t | +19.4% |
| 1997 | 300,000 t | +74.4% |
| 1998 | 423,000 t | +41.0% |
| 1999 | 490,000 t | +15.8% |
| 2000 | 290,000 t | -40.8% |
| 2001 | 320,000 t | +10.3% |
| 2002 | 340,000 t | +6.2% |
| 2003 | 350,000 t | +2.9% |
| 2004 | 360,000 t | +2.9% |
| 2005 | 350,000 t | -2.8% |
| 2006 | 360,000 t | +2.9% |
| 2007 | 370,000 t | +2.8% |
| 2008 | 380,070 t | +2.7% |
| 2009 | 390,000 t | +2.6% |
| 2010 | 427,000 t | +9.5% |
| 2011 | 439,000 t | +2.8% |
| 2012 | 380,000 t | -13.4% |
| 2013 | 451,000 t | +18.7% |
| 2014 | 393,750 t | -12.7% |
| 2015 | 420,750 t | +6.9% |
| 2016 | 684,000 t | +62.6% |
| 2017 | 442,500 t | -35.3% |
| 2018 | 625,000 t | +41.2% |
| 2019 | 566,379 t | -9.4% |
| 2020 | 559,992 t | -1.1% |
| 2021 | 583,790 t | +4.2% |
| 2022 | 572,972 t | -1.9% |
| 2023 | 572,252 t | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 576,338 t | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 124,444 t | 110,000 t | 134,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 162,000 t | 136,000 t | 185,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 222,600 t | 187,000 t | 250,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 265,700 t | 136,000 t | 490,000 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 351,007 t | 290,000 t | 390,000 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 482,938 t | 380,000 t | 684,000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 573,069 t | 559,992 t | 583,790 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Democratic People's Republic of Korea
- 6 Indonesia 1.48 million t compare
- 6 Viet Nam 972,890 t compare
- 7 Rwanda 1.40 million t compare
- 7 Melanesia 866,742 t compare
- 8 Democratic Republic of the Congo 625,963 t compare
- 8 India 1.31 million t compare
- 9 Madagascar 1.30 million t compare
- 10 Ethiopia 1.19 million t compare
- 10 Lao People's Democratic Republic 138,700 t compare
- 11 Uganda 1.03 million t compare
- 11 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 22,666 t compare
- 12 Brazil 970,050 t compare
- 12 Polynesia 7,334 t compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — production in Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
- Sweet potatoes — production in Democratic People's Republic of Korea was 576,338 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — production recorded in Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
- The highest recorded value was 684,000 t in 2016.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — production recorded in Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
- The lowest recorded value was 110,000 t in 1961.
- How does Democratic People's Republic of Korea rank for sweet potatoes — production?
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea ranks 9th out of 16 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — production rising or falling in Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 46.4%. 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 — Production. 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.