Wheat — Yield in Republic of Korea
Republic of Korea: Wheat — Yield was 3,920 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Wheat — Yield in Republic of Korea, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, wheat — yield in Republic of Korea stood at 3,920 kg/ha.
That represents a change of down 12.2% on the previous year and up 20.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — yield in Republic of Korea peaked at 4,466 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 1,656 kg/ha, in 1963.
That places Republic of Korea 44th out of 124 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Wheat — Yield in Republic of Korea, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,266 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,009 kg/ha | -11.3% |
| 1963 | 1,656 kg/ha | -17.6% |
| 1964 | 2,122 kg/ha | +28.1% |
| 1965 | 1,980 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1966 | 2,058 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1967 | 2,055 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1968 | 2,190 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1969 | 2,390 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1970 | 2,260 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1971 | 2,267 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1972 | 2,375 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1973 | 2,308 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1974 | 2,034 kg/ha | -11.9% |
| 1975 | 2,218 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 1976 | 2,223 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1977 | 1,684 kg/ha | -24.2% |
| 1978 | 2,089 kg/ha | +24.0% |
| 1979 | 3,207 kg/ha | +53.5% |
| 1980 | 3,300 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1981 | 2,901 kg/ha | -12.1% |
| 1982 | 3,348 kg/ha | +15.4% |
| 1983 | 4,221 kg/ha | +26.1% |
| 1984 | 2,689 kg/ha | -36.3% |
| 1985 | 3,426 kg/ha | +27.4% |
| 1986 | 2,938 kg/ha | -14.2% |
| 1987 | 3,024 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1988 | 3,284 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 1989 | 3,080 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1990 | 3,024 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1991 | 3,096 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1992 | 3,366 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 1993 | 2,711 kg/ha | -19.5% |
| 1994 | 3,704 kg/ha | +36.6% |
| 1995 | 4,439 kg/ha | +19.8% |
| 1996 | 3,919 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 1997 | 4,044 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1998 | 3,485 kg/ha | -13.8% |
| 1999 | 3,670 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2000 | 2,545 kg/ha | -30.6% |
| 2001 | 3,105 kg/ha | +22.0% |
| 2002 | 3,227 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2003 | 3,051 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 2004 | 3,329 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 2005 | 3,206 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2006 | 3,343 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2007 | 3,813 kg/ha | +14.1% |
| 2008 | 4,064 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 2009 | 3,707 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 2010 | 3,117 kg/ha | -15.9% |
| 2011 | 3,348 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 2012 | 3,910 kg/ha | +16.8% |
| 2013 | 2,585 kg/ha | -33.9% |
| 2014 | 3,260 kg/ha | +26.1% |
| 2015 | 2,623 kg/ha | -19.5% |
| 2016 | 3,707 kg/ha | +41.3% |
| 2017 | 4,032 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 2018 | 3,907 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2019 | 4,021 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2020 | 3,251 kg/ha | -19.2% |
| 2021 | 4,229 kg/ha | +30.1% |
| 2022 | 4,185 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2023 | 4,466 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 2024 | 3,920 kg/ha | -12.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,081 kg/ha | 1,656 kg/ha | 2,390 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,267 kg/ha | 1,684 kg/ha | 3,207 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,221 kg/ha | 2,689 kg/ha | 4,221 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,546 kg/ha | 2,711 kg/ha | 4,439 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,339 kg/ha | 2,545 kg/ha | 4,064 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,451 kg/ha | 2,585 kg/ha | 4,032 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,010 kg/ha | 3,251 kg/ha | 4,466 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is wheat — yield in Republic of Korea?
- Wheat — yield in Republic of Korea was 3,920 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — yield recorded in Republic of Korea?
- The highest recorded value was 4,466 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest wheat — yield recorded in Republic of Korea?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,656 kg/ha in 1963.
- How does Republic of Korea rank for wheat — yield?
- Republic of Korea ranks 44th out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — yield rising or falling in Republic of Korea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this 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.