Wheat — Area harvested in Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Democratic People's Republic of Korea: Wheat — Area harvested was 75,001 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Wheat — Area harvested in Democratic People's Republic of Korea, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Democratic People's Republic of Korea recorded 75,001 ha for wheat — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.3% on the previous year and up 150.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — area harvested in Democratic People's Republic of Korea peaked at 168,000 ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 30,000 ha, in 2014.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Wheat — Area harvested in Democratic People's Republic of Korea, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 168,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 165,000 ha | -1.8% |
| 1963 | 165,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 163,000 ha | -1.2% |
| 1965 | 163,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 160,000 ha | -1.8% |
| 1967 | 160,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 155,000 ha | -3.1% |
| 1969 | 150,000 ha | -3.2% |
| 1970 | 145,000 ha | -3.3% |
| 1971 | 135,000 ha | -6.9% |
| 1972 | 125,000 ha | -7.4% |
| 1973 | 115,000 ha | -8.0% |
| 1974 | 105,000 ha | -8.7% |
| 1975 | 95,000 ha | -9.5% |
| 1976 | 90,000 ha | -5.3% |
| 1977 | 85,000 ha | -5.6% |
| 1978 | 85,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 85,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 85,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 85,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 85,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 85,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 85,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 85,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 90,000 ha | +5.9% |
| 1987 | 90,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 90,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 80,000 ha | -11.1% |
| 1990 | 90,000 ha | +12.5% |
| 1991 | 102,928 ha | +14.4% |
| 1992 | 91,436 ha | -11.2% |
| 1993 | 87,942 ha | -3.8% |
| 1994 | 86,179 ha | -2.0% |
| 1995 | 84,183 ha | -2.3% |
| 1996 | 75,000 ha | -10.9% |
| 1997 | 75,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 70,000 ha | -6.7% |
| 1999 | 48,000 ha | -31.4% |
| 2000 | 59,000 ha | +22.9% |
| 2001 | 57,270 ha | -2.9% |
| 2002 | 63,000 ha | +10.0% |
| 2003 | 69,000 ha | +9.5% |
| 2004 | 70,000 ha | +1.4% |
| 2005 | 77,000 ha | +10.0% |
| 2006 | 80,000 ha | +3.9% |
| 2007 | 80,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 73,000 ha | -8.8% |
| 2009 | 74,700 ha | +2.3% |
| 2010 | 73,000 ha | -2.3% |
| 2011 | 63,000 ha | -13.7% |
| 2012 | 50,000 ha | -20.6% |
| 2013 | 50,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 30,000 ha | -40.0% |
| 2015 | 40,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 2016 | 31,500 ha | -21.2% |
| 2017 | 36,385 ha | +15.5% |
| 2018 | 40,700 ha | +11.9% |
| 2019 | 71,345 ha | +75.3% |
| 2020 | 71,307 ha | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 71,800 ha | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 72,000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 71,900 ha | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 75,001 ha | +4.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 161,000 ha | 150,000 ha | 168,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 106,500 ha | 85,000 ha | 145,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 86,000 ha | 80,000 ha | 90,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 81,067 ha | 48,000 ha | 102,928 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 70,297 ha | 57,270 ha | 80,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 48,593 ha | 30,000 ha | 73,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 72,402 ha | 71,307 ha | 75,001 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Democratic People's Republic of Korea
- 6 Republic of Moldova 368,254 ha compare
- 6 Australia and New Zealand 13.11 million ha compare
- 7 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 203,162 ha compare
- 7 Kazakhstan 13.07 million ha compare
- 8 Australia 13.06 million ha compare
- 8 United Republic of Tanzania 86,500 ha compare
- 9 Canada 10.65 million ha compare
- 10 Pakistan 9.73 million ha compare
- 11 Argentina 6.34 million ha compare
- 11 Democratic Republic of the Congo 8,000 ha compare
- 12 Ukraine 4.88 million ha compare
- 12 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 330 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is wheat — area harvested in Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
- Wheat — area harvested in Democratic People's Republic of Korea was 75,001 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — area harvested recorded in Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
- The highest recorded value was 168,000 ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest wheat — area harvested recorded in Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
- The lowest recorded value was 30,000 ha in 2014.
- How does Democratic People's Republic of Korea rank for wheat — area harvested?
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea ranks 9th out of 14 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — area harvested rising or falling in Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 150.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 Wheat — 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.