How have things changed?, per capita in North Korea
North Korea: How have things changed?, per capita was 0.0337 metric tons per person in 2024. ▼ Falling
How have things changed?, per capita in North Korea, 1965–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in metric tons per person.
Analysis
North Korea recorded 0.0337 metric tons per person for how have things changed?, per capita in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.2% on the previous year and up 8.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, how have things changed?, per capita in North Korea peaked at 0.1007 metric tons per person in 1987 and was at its lowest, 0.0285 metric tons per person, in 2013.
That places North Korea 48th out of 215 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 60 years of available data.
How have things changed?, per capita in North Korea, year by year
| Year | metric tons per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1965 | 0.0302 metric tons per person | — |
| 1966 | 0.0317 metric tons per person | +4.9% |
| 1967 | 0.0331 metric tons per person | +4.4% |
| 1968 | 0.0341 metric tons per person | +3.0% |
| 1969 | 0.034 metric tons per person | -0.2% |
| 1970 | 0.0301 metric tons per person | -11.4% |
| 1971 | 0.0331 metric tons per person | +10.1% |
| 1972 | 0.0359 metric tons per person | +8.3% |
| 1973 | 0.0365 metric tons per person | +1.8% |
| 1974 | 0.0416 metric tons per person | +13.8% |
| 1975 | 0.0435 metric tons per person | +4.5% |
| 1976 | 0.0477 metric tons per person | +9.8% |
| 1977 | 0.0479 metric tons per person | +0.5% |
| 1978 | 0.0679 metric tons per person | +41.6% |
| 1979 | 0.0674 metric tons per person | -0.7% |
| 1980 | 0.0658 metric tons per person | -2.3% |
| 1981 | 0.0784 metric tons per person | +19.1% |
| 1982 | 0.0814 metric tons per person | +3.8% |
| 1983 | 0.0676 metric tons per person | -16.9% |
| 1984 | 0.0748 metric tons per person | +10.7% |
| 1985 | 0.0757 metric tons per person | +1.1% |
| 1986 | 0.0818 metric tons per person | +8.0% |
| 1987 | 0.1007 metric tons per person | +23.1% |
| 1988 | 0.0889 metric tons per person | -11.7% |
| 1989 | 0.0945 metric tons per person | +6.4% |
| 1990 | 0.0653 metric tons per person | -31.0% |
| 1991 | 0.0619 metric tons per person | -5.1% |
| 1992 | 0.0673 metric tons per person | +8.6% |
| 1993 | 0.0692 metric tons per person | +2.9% |
| 1994 | 0.0531 metric tons per person | -23.3% |
| 1995 | 0.047 metric tons per person | -11.5% |
| 1996 | 0.0452 metric tons per person | -3.8% |
| 1997 | 0.0314 metric tons per person | -30.6% |
| 1998 | 0.0304 metric tons per person | -3.1% |
| 1999 | 0.0299 metric tons per person | -1.9% |
| 2000 | 0.0288 metric tons per person | -3.7% |
| 2001 | 0.03 metric tons per person | +4.3% |
| 2002 | 0.0298 metric tons per person | -0.7% |
| 2003 | 0.0296 metric tons per person | -0.6% |
| 2004 | 0.0294 metric tons per person | -0.7% |
| 2005 | 0.0292 metric tons per person | -0.6% |
| 2006 | 0.0291 metric tons per person | -0.5% |
| 2007 | 0.0289 metric tons per person | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 0.0288 metric tons per person | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 0.0288 metric tons per person | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 0.0291 metric tons per person | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 0.029 metric tons per person | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 0.0287 metric tons per person | -1.1% |
| 2013 | 0.0285 metric tons per person | -0.9% |
| 2014 | 0.0312 metric tons per person | +9.6% |
| 2015 | 0.0308 metric tons per person | -1.2% |
| 2016 | 0.0322 metric tons per person | +4.7% |
| 2017 | 0.0324 metric tons per person | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 0.0342 metric tons per person | +5.6% |
| 2019 | 0.0341 metric tons per person | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 0.0338 metric tons per person | -0.7% |
| 2021 | 0.034 metric tons per person | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 0.0341 metric tons per person | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 0.0338 metric tons per person | -1.0% |
| 2024 | 0.0337 metric tons per person | -0.2% |
North Korea compared with similar countries
- North Korea's 0.0337 metric tons per person is above the median for low income countries, which is 0.0046 metric tons per person, 7.3× the median. (25 countries reporting)
- North Korea's 0.0337 metric tons per person is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.0382 metric tons per person, 88% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where How have things changed?, per capita in North Korea changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | +41.6% | 0.0479 metric tons per person | 0.0679 metric tons per person |
| 1990 | -31.0% | 0.0945 metric tons per person | 0.0653 metric tons per person |
| 1997 | -30.6% | 0.0452 metric tons per person | 0.0314 metric tons per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0326 metric tons per person | 0.0302 metric tons per person | 0.0341 metric tons per person | 5 |
| 1970s | 0.0452 metric tons per person | 0.0301 metric tons per person | 0.0679 metric tons per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.081 metric tons per person | 0.0658 metric tons per person | 0.1007 metric tons per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0501 metric tons per person | 0.0299 metric tons per person | 0.0692 metric tons per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0292 metric tons per person | 0.0288 metric tons per person | 0.03 metric tons per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.031 metric tons per person | 0.0285 metric tons per person | 0.0342 metric tons per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0339 metric tons per person | 0.0337 metric tons per person | 0.0341 metric tons per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near North Korea
- 45 Thailand 0.037 metric tons per person compare
- 46 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0352 metric tons per person compare
- 47 Malta 0.0347 metric tons per person compare
- 49 Philippines 0.0332 metric tons per person compare
- 50 American Samoa 0.0327 metric tons per person compare
- 51 Papua New Guinea 0.0327 metric tons per person compare
More reference data data for North Korea
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 1.75 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - Burning - Crop residues 3.54 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Direct emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.838 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Direct emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 5.57 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Direct emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 1.91 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture 6,873 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - Manure Management 325.47 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - Manure Management 11.62 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Agricultural 1,939 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Burning - Crop 24.3 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is how have things changed?, per capita in North Korea?
- How have things changed?, per capita in North Korea was 0.0337 metric tons per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest how have things changed?, per capita recorded in North Korea?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1007 metric tons per person in 1987.
- What is the lowest how have things changed?, per capita recorded in North Korea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0285 metric tons per person in 2013.
- How does North Korea rank for how have things changed?, per capita?
- North Korea ranks 48th out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
- Is how have things changed?, per capita rising or falling in North Korea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this North Korea data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of How have things changed?, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
How have things changed? divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
How have things changed? ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- How have things changed? Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
How have things changed? divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.