Wheat — Production in Democratic People's Republic of Korea

Democratic People's Republic of Korea: Wheat — Production was 90,073 t in 2024. ▬ Flat

Latest (2024)
90,073 t
Change on year
up 1.9%
Rank
9th
of 14 regions
All-time high
199,000 t
in 2006
All-time low
39,000 t
in 2016
Years of data
64
1961–2024

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

50.0k100.0k150.0k200.0k196119922024

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

Analysis

In 2024, wheat — production in Democratic People's Republic of Korea stood at 90,073 t.

The figure is up 1.9% on the previous year and up 100.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, wheat — production in Democratic People's Republic of Korea peaked at 199,000 t in 2006 and was at its lowest, 39,000 t, in 2016.

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

Annual values for Wheat — Production in Democratic People's Republic of Korea, 1961 to 2024.
Year t Change
1961 85,000 t
1962 87,000 t +2.4%
1963 94,000 t +8.0%
1964 98,000 t +4.3%
1965 88,000 t -10.2%
1966 96,000 t +9.1%
1967 91,000 t -5.2%
1968 87,000 t -4.4%
1969 88,000 t +1.1%
1970 88,000 t +0.0%
1971 91,000 t +3.4%
1972 87,000 t -4.4%
1973 98,000 t +12.6%
1974 102,000 t +4.1%
1975 106,000 t +3.9%
1976 108,000 t +1.9%
1977 115,000 t +6.5%
1978 111,000 t -3.5%
1979 115,000 t +3.6%
1980 99,000 t -13.9%
1981 114,000 t +15.2%
1982 121,000 t +6.1%
1983 124,000 t +2.5%
1984 132,000 t +6.5%
1985 127,000 t -3.8%
1986 143,000 t +12.6%
1987 133,000 t -7.0%
1988 128,000 t -3.8%
1989 129,000 t +0.8%
1990 116,000 t -10.1%
1991 135,000 t +16.4%
1992 123,000 t -8.9%
1993 123,000 t +0.0%
1994 125,000 t +1.6%
1995 125,000 t +0.0%
1996 100,000 t -20.0%
1997 100,000 t +0.0%
1998 165,000 t +65.0%
1999 97,000 t -41.2%
2000 50,000 t -48.5%
2001 123,866 t +147.7%
2002 145,000 t +17.1%
2003 161,000 t +11.0%
2004 175,000 t +8.7%
2005 193,000 t +10.3%
2006 199,000 t +3.1%
2007 195,000 t -2.0%
2008 175,000 t -10.3%
2009 169,000 t -3.4%
2010 160,000 t -5.3%
2011 127,000 t -20.6%
2012 74,000 t -41.7%
2013 75,000 t +1.4%
2014 45,000 t -40.0%
2015 55,000 t +22.2%
2016 39,000 t -29.1%
2017 43,800 t +12.3%
2018 50,900 t +16.2%
2019 87,500 t +71.9%
2020 89,000 t +1.7%
2021 88,250 t -0.8%
2022 88,600 t +0.4%
2023 88,400 t -0.2%
2024 90,073 t +1.9%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 90,444 t 85,000 t 98,000 t 9
1970s 102,100 t 87,000 t 115,000 t 10
1980s 125,000 t 99,000 t 143,000 t 10
1990s 120,900 t 97,000 t 165,000 t 10
2000s 158,587 t 50,000 t 199,000 t 10
2010s 75,720 t 39,000 t 160,000 t 10
2020s 88,865 t 88,250 t 90,073 t 5

Countries ranked near Democratic People's Republic of Korea

  1. 6 Canada 35.94 million t compare
  2. 7 Australia and New Zealand 34.57 million t compare
  3. 8 Australia 34.11 million t compare
  4. 9 Pakistan 31.81 million t compare
  5. 10 France 26.61 million t compare
  6. 11 Democratic Republic of the Congo 9,000 t compare
  7. 11 Ukraine 22.44 million t compare
  8. 12 Kazakhstan 18.58 million t compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is wheat — production in Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
Wheat — production in Democratic People's Republic of Korea was 90,073 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest wheat — production recorded in Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
The highest recorded value was 199,000 t in 2006.
What is the lowest wheat — production recorded in Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
The lowest recorded value was 39,000 t in 2016.
How does Democratic People's Republic of Korea rank for wheat — production?
Democratic People's Republic of Korea ranks 9th out of 14 regions with data for 2024.
Is wheat — production rising or falling in Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
Over the last ten years it is up 100.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
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 — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Wheat — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
164 places, 9,260 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.