Cereal yield in North Korea

Cereal farms in North Korea harvested 3,610 kg per hectare in 2024.

Measure: Cereal yield Unit: Kilograms per hectare Data: 1961 to 2024 Source: World Bank
North Korea, 2024 3,610 Kilograms per hectare
Change from 2023 +2.0% 2023: 3,539 kg per hectare
World, 2023 4,229 kg per hectare Official aggregate Not the same period as North Korea (2024).
Position in 2024 79th of 176 See the full ranking

Cereal yield in North Korea over time

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Kilograms per hectare. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Cereal yield (kilograms per hectare), 2000 to 2024
Period North KoreaWorld
2024 3,610 kg per hectare –
2023 3,539 kg per hectare 4,229 kg per hectare
2022 3,558 kg per hectare 4,186 kg per hectare
2021 3,538 kg per hectare 4,176 kg per hectare
2020 3,492 kg per hectare 4,118 kg per hectare
2019 4,382 kg per hectare 4,122 kg per hectare
2018 3,504 kg per hectare 4,022 kg per hectare
2017 4,016 kg per hectare 4,067 kg per hectare
2016 4,080 kg per hectare 4,018 kg per hectare
2015 3,654 kg per hectare 3,932 kg per hectare
2014 4,152 kg per hectare 3,893 kg per hectare
2013 3,980 kg per hectare 3,830 kg per hectare
2012 3,922 kg per hectare 3,612 kg per hectare
2011 3,586 kg per hectare 3,656 kg per hectare
2010 3,424 kg per hectare 3,563 kg per hectare
2009 3,364 kg per hectare 3,558 kg per hectare
2008 3,555 kg per hectare 3,545 kg per hectare
2007 2,922 kg per hectare 3,371 kg per hectare
2006 3,544 kg per hectare 3,281 kg per hectare
2005 3,368 kg per hectare 3,276 kg per hectare
2004 3,430 kg per hectare 3,359 kg per hectare
2003 3,250 kg per hectare 3,119 kg per hectare
2002 3,191 kg per hectare 3,076 kg per hectare
2001 3,016 kg per hectare 3,133 kg per hectare
2000 2,375 kg per hectare 3,061 kg per hectare

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +2.0% from 3,539 kg per hectare in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 4,152 kg per hectare, the figure has changed by −13.1%.
  • Among the 176 countries with data for 2024, North Korea has the 79th highest value.

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Source and dates

Original producer
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
AG.YLD.CREL.KG · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1961 to 2024 for North Korea
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)