Soybeans: are they used for food, feed or fuel?, per square kilometre in North Korea
North Korea: Soybeans: are they used for food, feed or fuel?, per square kilometre was 0.5398 tonnes per square kilometre in 2018. ▼ Falling
Soybeans: are they used for food, feed or fuel?, per square kilometre in North Korea, 1961–2018
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in tonnes per square kilometre.
Analysis
The most recent figure for soybeans: are they used for food, feed or fuel?, per square kilometre in North Korea is 0.5398 tonnes per square kilometre, measured in 2018. That is the lowest value across all 58 years on record.
That represents a change of down 7.1% on the previous year and down 30.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, soybeans: are they used for food, feed or fuel?, per square kilometre in North Korea peaked at 1.79 tonnes per square kilometre in 1991 and was at its lowest, 0.5398 tonnes per square kilometre, in 2018.
North Korea ranks 11th of 189 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 58 years of available data.
Soybeans: are they used for food, feed or fuel?, per square kilometre in North Korea, year by year
| Year | tonnes per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.08 tonnes per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 1.08 tonnes per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 1.08 tonnes per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 1.15 tonnes per square kilometre | +6.2% |
| 1965 | 1.25 tonnes per square kilometre | +8.7% |
| 1966 | 1.29 tonnes per square kilometre | +3.3% |
| 1967 | 1.33 tonnes per square kilometre | +3.2% |
| 1968 | 1.37 tonnes per square kilometre | +3.1% |
| 1969 | 1.41 tonnes per square kilometre | +3.0% |
| 1970 | 1.45 tonnes per square kilometre | +2.9% |
| 1971 | 1.49 tonnes per square kilometre | +2.9% |
| 1972 | 1.54 tonnes per square kilometre | +2.8% |
| 1973 | 1.58 tonnes per square kilometre | +2.7% |
| 1974 | 1.58 tonnes per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 1.58 tonnes per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 1.49 tonnes per square kilometre | -5.3% |
| 1977 | 1.41 tonnes per square kilometre | -5.6% |
| 1978 | 1.45 tonnes per square kilometre | +2.9% |
| 1979 | 1.41 tonnes per square kilometre | -2.9% |
| 1980 | 1.41 tonnes per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 1.33 tonnes per square kilometre | -5.9% |
| 1982 | 1.33 tonnes per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 1.37 tonnes per square kilometre | +3.1% |
| 1984 | 1.45 tonnes per square kilometre | +6.1% |
| 1985 | 1.54 tonnes per square kilometre | +5.7% |
| 1986 | 1.58 tonnes per square kilometre | +2.7% |
| 1987 | 1.66 tonnes per square kilometre | +5.3% |
| 1988 | 1.7 tonnes per square kilometre | +2.5% |
| 1989 | 1.73 tonnes per square kilometre | +1.5% |
| 1990 | 1.76 tonnes per square kilometre | +1.9% |
| 1991 | 1.79 tonnes per square kilometre | +1.9% |
| 1992 | 1.62 tonnes per square kilometre | -9.7% |
| 1993 | 1.4 tonnes per square kilometre | -13.3% |
| 1994 | 1.6 tonnes per square kilometre | +14.2% |
| 1995 | 1.53 tonnes per square kilometre | -4.7% |
| 1996 | 1.57 tonnes per square kilometre | +2.7% |
| 1997 | 1.7 tonnes per square kilometre | +8.5% |
| 1998 | 1.2 tonnes per square kilometre | -29.3% |
| 1999 | 1.13 tonnes per square kilometre | -6.2% |
| 2000 | 1.39 tonnes per square kilometre | +22.8% |
| 2001 | 0.9634 tonnes per square kilometre | -30.5% |
| 2002 | 1.14 tonnes per square kilometre | +18.1% |
| 2003 | 0.8305 tonnes per square kilometre | -27.0% |
| 2004 | 0.9966 tonnes per square kilometre | +20.0% |
| 2005 | 0.7641 tonnes per square kilometre | -23.3% |
| 2006 | 0.6727 tonnes per square kilometre | -12.0% |
| 2007 | 0.8222 tonnes per square kilometre | +22.2% |
| 2008 | 0.7724 tonnes per square kilometre | -6.1% |
| 2009 | 0.6395 tonnes per square kilometre | -17.2% |
| 2010 | 0.8305 tonnes per square kilometre | +29.9% |
| 2011 | 1.18 tonnes per square kilometre | +42.0% |
| 2012 | 1.1 tonnes per square kilometre | -7.0% |
| 2013 | 0.7225 tonnes per square kilometre | -34.1% |
| 2014 | 0.5813 tonnes per square kilometre | -19.5% |
| 2015 | 0.5813 tonnes per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.5897 tonnes per square kilometre | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 0.5813 tonnes per square kilometre | -1.4% |
| 2018 | 0.5398 tonnes per square kilometre | -7.1% |
North Korea compared with similar countries
- North Korea's 0.5398 tonnes per square kilometre is above the median for low income countries, which is 0.0051 tonnes per square kilometre, 106.1× the median. (23 countries reporting)
- North Korea's 0.5398 tonnes per square kilometre is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.0315 tonnes per square kilometre, 17.1× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.23 tonnes per square kilometre | 1.08 tonnes per square kilometre | 1.41 tonnes per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.5 tonnes per square kilometre | 1.41 tonnes per square kilometre | 1.58 tonnes per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.51 tonnes per square kilometre | 1.33 tonnes per square kilometre | 1.73 tonnes per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.53 tonnes per square kilometre | 1.13 tonnes per square kilometre | 1.79 tonnes per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.8986 tonnes per square kilometre | 0.6395 tonnes per square kilometre | 1.39 tonnes per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.7447 tonnes per square kilometre | 0.5398 tonnes per square kilometre | 1.18 tonnes per square kilometre | 9 |
Countries ranked near North Korea
- 8 Benin 0.9844 tonnes per square kilometre compare
- 9 Bangladesh 0.9617 tonnes per square kilometre compare
- 10 China 0.821 tonnes per square kilometre compare
- 12 Mauritius 0.5008 tonnes per square kilometre compare
- 13 Austria 0.4241 tonnes per square kilometre compare
- 14 Samoa 0.3597 tonnes per square kilometre 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 - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Agricultural Soils 1,939 (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) - 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 soybeans: are they used for food, feed or fuel?, per square kilometre in North Korea?
- Soybeans: are they used for food, feed or fuel?, per square kilometre in North Korea was 0.5398 tonnes per square kilometre in 2018, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest soybeans: are they used for food, feed or fuel?, per square kilometre recorded in North Korea?
- The highest recorded value was 1.79 tonnes per square kilometre in 1991.
- What is the lowest soybeans: are they used for food, feed or fuel?, per square kilometre recorded in North Korea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5398 tonnes per square kilometre in 2018.
- How does North Korea rank for soybeans: are they used for food, feed or fuel?, per square kilometre?
- North Korea ranks 11th out of 189 countries with data for 2018.
- Is soybeans: are they used for food, feed or fuel?, per square kilometre rising or falling in North Korea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 30.1%. 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 Soybeans: are they used for food, feed or fuel?, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Soybeans: are they used for food, feed or fuel? divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Soybeans: are they used for food, feed or fuel? ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Soybeans: are they used for food, feed or fuel? Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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
Soybeans: are they used for food, feed or fuel? divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.