Wheat — Yield in Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Democratic People's Republic of Korea: Wheat — Yield was 1,201 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Wheat — Yield in Democratic People's Republic of Korea, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Democratic People's Republic of Korea recorded 1,201 kg/ha for wheat — yield in 2024.
The figure is down 2.3% on the previous year and down 19.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — yield in Democratic People's Republic of Korea peaked at 2,506 kg/ha in 2005 and was at its lowest, 506 kg/ha, in 1961.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Wheat — Yield in Democratic People's Republic of Korea, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 506 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 527.3 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1963 | 569.7 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1964 | 601.2 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1965 | 539.9 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 1966 | 600 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1967 | 568.8 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1968 | 561.3 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1969 | 586.7 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1970 | 606.9 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1971 | 674.1 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1972 | 696 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1973 | 852.2 kg/ha | +22.4% |
| 1974 | 971.4 kg/ha | +14.0% |
| 1975 | 1,116 kg/ha | +14.9% |
| 1976 | 1,200 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1977 | 1,353 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 1978 | 1,306 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1979 | 1,353 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1980 | 1,165 kg/ha | -13.9% |
| 1981 | 1,341 kg/ha | +15.2% |
| 1982 | 1,424 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1983 | 1,459 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1984 | 1,553 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1985 | 1,494 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1986 | 1,589 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1987 | 1,478 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 1988 | 1,422 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1989 | 1,612 kg/ha | +13.4% |
| 1990 | 1,289 kg/ha | -20.1% |
| 1991 | 1,312 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1992 | 1,345 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1993 | 1,399 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1994 | 1,450 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1995 | 1,485 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1996 | 1,333 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 1997 | 1,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 2,357 kg/ha | +76.8% |
| 1999 | 2,021 kg/ha | -14.3% |
| 2000 | 847.5 kg/ha | -58.1% |
| 2001 | 2,163 kg/ha | +155.2% |
| 2002 | 2,302 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 2003 | 2,333 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2004 | 2,500 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2005 | 2,506 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 2,488 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2007 | 2,438 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2008 | 2,397 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2009 | 2,262 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 2010 | 2,192 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2011 | 2,016 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 2012 | 1,480 kg/ha | -26.6% |
| 2013 | 1,500 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 1,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 1,375 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 2016 | 1,238 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 2017 | 1,204 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2018 | 1,251 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2019 | 1,226 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2020 | 1,248 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2021 | 1,229 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2022 | 1,231 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 1,230 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 1,201 kg/ha | -2.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 562.32 kg/ha | 506 kg/ha | 601.2 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,013 kg/ha | 606.9 kg/ha | 1,353 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,454 kg/ha | 1,165 kg/ha | 1,612 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,532 kg/ha | 1,289 kg/ha | 2,357 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,224 kg/ha | 847.5 kg/ha | 2,506 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,498 kg/ha | 1,204 kg/ha | 2,192 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,228 kg/ha | 1,201 kg/ha | 1,248 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is wheat — yield in Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
- Wheat — yield in Democratic People's Republic of Korea was 1,201 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — yield recorded in Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
- The highest recorded value was 2,506 kg/ha in 2005.
- What is the lowest wheat — yield recorded in Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
- The lowest recorded value was 506 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Democratic People's Republic of Korea rank for wheat — yield?
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea ranks 11th out of 14 regions with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — yield rising or falling in Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.9%. 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 Wheat — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.