Cereal yield in South Korea

Cereal farms in South Korea harvested 6,544 kg per hectare in 2024.

Measure: Cereal yield Unit: Kilograms per hectare Data: 1961 to 2024 Source: World Bank
South Korea, 2024 6,544 Kilograms per hectare
Change from 2023 −1.0% 2023: 6,612 kg per hectare
World, 2023 4,229 kg per hectare Official aggregate Not the same period as South Korea (2024).
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2024 5,225 kg per hectare Middle value of 38 countries
Position in 2024 22nd of 176 See the full ranking

Cereal yield in South 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 South KoreaWorld
2024 6,544 kg per hectare –
2023 6,612 kg per hectare 4,229 kg per hectare
2022 6,612 kg per hectare 4,186 kg per hectare
2021 6,826 kg per hectare 4,176 kg per hectare
2020 6,212 kg per hectare 4,118 kg per hectare
2019 6,538 kg per hectare 4,122 kg per hectare
2018 6,607 kg per hectare 4,022 kg per hectare
2017 6,679 kg per hectare 4,067 kg per hectare
2016 6,793 kg per hectare 4,018 kg per hectare
2015 6,815 kg per hectare 3,932 kg per hectare
2014 6,618 kg per hectare 3,893 kg per hectare
2013 6,479 kg per hectare 3,830 kg per hectare
2012 6,136 kg per hectare 3,612 kg per hectare
2011 6,293 kg per hectare 3,656 kg per hectare
2010 6,202 kg per hectare 3,563 kg per hectare
2009 6,745 kg per hectare 3,558 kg per hectare
2008 6,630 kg per hectare 3,545 kg per hectare
2007 6,035 kg per hectare 3,371 kg per hectare
2006 6,300 kg per hectare 3,281 kg per hectare
2005 6,302 kg per hectare 3,276 kg per hectare
2004 6,427 kg per hectare 3,359 kg per hectare
2003 5,787 kg per hectare 3,119 kg per hectare
2002 6,017 kg per hectare 3,076 kg per hectare
2001 6,466 kg per hectare 3,133 kg per hectare
2000 6,380 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 −1.0% from 6,612 kg per hectare in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 6,618 kg per hectare, the figure has changed by −1.1%.
  • Among the 176 countries with data for 2024, South Korea has the 22nd 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 South 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)