Watermelons — Production in Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Democratic People's Republic of Korea: Watermelons — Production was 91,427 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Watermelons — Production in Democratic People's Republic of Korea, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, watermelons — production in Democratic People's Republic of Korea stood at 91,427 t.
That represents a change of down 0.4% on the previous year and down 3.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — production in Democratic People's Republic of Korea peaked at 115,000 t in 1999 and was at its lowest, 10,500 t, in 1961.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Watermelons — Production in Democratic People's Republic of Korea, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,500 t | — |
| 1962 | 12,000 t | +14.3% |
| 1963 | 11,000 t | -8.3% |
| 1964 | 12,000 t | +9.1% |
| 1965 | 12,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 12,500 t | +4.2% |
| 1967 | 13,000 t | +4.0% |
| 1968 | 13,500 t | +3.8% |
| 1969 | 14,000 t | +3.7% |
| 1970 | 14,500 t | +3.6% |
| 1971 | 30,000 t | +106.9% |
| 1972 | 30,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 30,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 30,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 33,000 t | +10.0% |
| 1976 | 35,000 t | +6.1% |
| 1977 | 40,000 t | +14.3% |
| 1978 | 45,000 t | +12.5% |
| 1979 | 50,000 t | +11.1% |
| 1980 | 55,000 t | +10.0% |
| 1981 | 60,000 t | +9.1% |
| 1982 | 62,000 t | +3.3% |
| 1983 | 65,000 t | +4.8% |
| 1984 | 70,000 t | +7.7% |
| 1985 | 75,000 t | +7.1% |
| 1986 | 82,000 t | +9.3% |
| 1987 | 87,000 t | +6.1% |
| 1988 | 90,000 t | +3.4% |
| 1989 | 92,000 t | +2.2% |
| 1990 | 96,000 t | +4.3% |
| 1991 | 100,000 t | +4.2% |
| 1992 | 104,400 t | +4.4% |
| 1993 | 105,000 t | +0.6% |
| 1994 | 110,000 t | +4.8% |
| 1995 | 100,000 t | -9.1% |
| 1996 | 102,284 t | +2.3% |
| 1997 | 102,527 t | +0.2% |
| 1998 | 103,000 t | +0.5% |
| 1999 | 115,000 t | +11.7% |
| 2000 | 104,000 t | -9.6% |
| 2001 | 105,000 t | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 108,000 t | +2.9% |
| 2003 | 103,361 t | -4.3% |
| 2004 | 100,000 t | -3.3% |
| 2005 | 110,000 t | +10.0% |
| 2006 | 100,000 t | -9.1% |
| 2007 | 105,000 t | +5.0% |
| 2008 | 110,000 t | +4.8% |
| 2009 | 115,000 t | +4.5% |
| 2010 | 101,446 t | -11.8% |
| 2011 | 86,000 t | -15.2% |
| 2012 | 90,000 t | +4.7% |
| 2013 | 90,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 94,551 t | +5.1% |
| 2015 | 95,455 t | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 94,175 t | -1.3% |
| 2017 | 93,633 t | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 93,429 t | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 92,777 t | -0.7% |
| 2020 | 92,191 t | -0.6% |
| 2021 | 92,741 t | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 92,246 t | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 91,836 t | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 91,427 t | -0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12,278 t | 10,500 t | 14,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 33,750 t | 14,500 t | 50,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 73,800 t | 55,000 t | 92,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 103,821 t | 96,000 t | 115,000 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 106,036 t | 100,000 t | 115,000 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 93,146 t | 86,000 t | 101,446 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 92,088 t | 91,427 t | 92,741 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Democratic People's Republic of Korea
- 10 Mexico 1.27 million t compare
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- 12 Afghanistan 1.18 million t compare
- 13 Pakistan 1.15 million t compare
- 14 Dominican Republic 1.02 million t compare
- 15 Kazakhstan 967,260 t compare
- 16 Italy 723,590 t compare
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 — production in Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
- Watermelons — production in Democratic People's Republic of Korea was 91,427 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — production recorded in Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
- The highest recorded value was 115,000 t in 1999.
- What is the lowest watermelons — production recorded in Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,500 t in 1961.
- How does Democratic People's Republic of Korea rank for watermelons — production?
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea ranks 13th out of 16 regions with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — production rising or falling in Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.3%. 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 — Production. 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.