Watermelons — Area harvested in Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Democratic People's Republic of Korea: Watermelons — Area harvested was 6,323 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Watermelons — Area harvested in Democratic People's Republic of Korea, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Democratic People's Republic of Korea recorded 6,323 ha for watermelons — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.6% on the previous year and up 6.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — area harvested in Democratic People's Republic of Korea peaked at 7,200 ha in 2008 and was at its lowest, 900 ha, in 1961.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Watermelons — Area harvested in Democratic People's Republic of Korea, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 900 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1963 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 1,100 ha | +10.0% |
| 1965 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 1,200 ha | +9.1% |
| 1968 | 1,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 1,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 1,300 ha | +8.3% |
| 1971 | 1,700 ha | +30.8% |
| 1972 | 1,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 1,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 1,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 1,800 ha | +5.9% |
| 1976 | 1,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 2,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1978 | 2,500 ha | +25.0% |
| 1979 | 3,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 1980 | 3,200 ha | +6.7% |
| 1981 | 3,400 ha | +6.2% |
| 1982 | 3,500 ha | +2.9% |
| 1983 | 3,800 ha | +8.6% |
| 1984 | 4,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1985 | 4,200 ha | +5.0% |
| 1986 | 4,500 ha | +7.1% |
| 1987 | 4,800 ha | +6.7% |
| 1988 | 5,000 ha | +4.2% |
| 1989 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 4,966 ha | -0.7% |
| 1991 | 5,021 ha | +1.1% |
| 1992 | 5,200 ha | +3.6% |
| 1993 | 5,000 ha | -3.8% |
| 1994 | 5,100 ha | +2.0% |
| 1995 | 6,000 ha | +17.6% |
| 1996 | 5,445 ha | -9.2% |
| 1997 | 5,384 ha | -1.1% |
| 1998 | 5,200 ha | -3.4% |
| 1999 | 6,000 ha | +15.4% |
| 2000 | 5,300 ha | -11.7% |
| 2001 | 5,503 ha | +3.8% |
| 2002 | 5,500 ha | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 5,540 ha | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 5,500 ha | -0.7% |
| 2005 | 5,600 ha | +1.8% |
| 2006 | 6,000 ha | +7.1% |
| 2007 | 7,000 ha | +16.7% |
| 2008 | 7,200 ha | +2.9% |
| 2009 | 6,959 ha | -3.3% |
| 2010 | 6,128 ha | -11.9% |
| 2011 | 5,000 ha | -18.4% |
| 2012 | 5,500 ha | +10.0% |
| 2013 | 5,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 5,932 ha | +7.9% |
| 2015 | 6,063 ha | +2.2% |
| 2016 | 6,013 ha | -0.8% |
| 2017 | 6,036 ha | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 6,088 ha | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 6,104 ha | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 6,148 ha | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 6,238 ha | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 6,254 ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 6,288 ha | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 6,323 ha | +0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,089 ha | 900 ha | 1,200 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,920 ha | 1,300 ha | 3,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,140 ha | 3,200 ha | 5,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,332 ha | 4,966 ha | 6,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,010 ha | 5,300 ha | 7,200 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,836 ha | 5,000 ha | 6,128 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,250 ha | 6,148 ha | 6,323 ha | 5 |
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More environment data for Democratic People's Republic of Korea
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.499 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.26 °C (2025)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita 0.45 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per value of agricultural 1.35 g/Int$ (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity 0 t (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Agricultural Use 12,000 t (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 2.32 g/Int$ (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 1,460 1000 ha (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 57.31 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is watermelons — area harvested in Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
- Watermelons — area harvested in Democratic People's Republic of Korea was 6,323 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — area harvested recorded in Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
- The highest recorded value was 7,200 ha in 2008.
- What is the lowest watermelons — area harvested recorded in Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
- The lowest recorded value was 900 ha in 1961.
- How does Democratic People's Republic of Korea rank for watermelons — area harvested?
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea ranks 13th out of 16 regions with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — area harvested rising or falling in Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Democratic People's Republic of Korea data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Watermelons — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.