Watermelons — Yield in Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Democratic People's Republic of Korea: Watermelons — Yield was 14,459 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Watermelons — Yield in Democratic People's Republic of Korea, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Democratic People's Republic of Korea recorded 14,459 kg/ha for watermelons — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.0% on the previous year and down 9.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — yield in Democratic People's Republic of Korea peaked at 21,569 kg/ha in 1994 and was at its lowest, 10,833 kg/ha, in 1967.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Watermelons — Yield in Democratic People's Republic of Korea, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 11,667 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 12,000 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1963 | 11,000 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 1964 | 10,909 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1965 | 10,909 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 11,364 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1967 | 10,833 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1968 | 11,250 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1969 | 11,667 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1970 | 11,154 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1971 | 17,647 kg/ha | +58.2% |
| 1972 | 17,647 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 17,647 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 17,647 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 18,333 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1976 | 19,444 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1977 | 20,000 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1978 | 18,000 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1979 | 16,667 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1980 | 17,188 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1981 | 17,647 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1982 | 17,714 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1983 | 17,105 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1984 | 17,500 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1985 | 17,857 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1986 | 18,222 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1987 | 18,125 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1988 | 18,000 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1989 | 18,400 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1990 | 19,332 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1991 | 19,918 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1992 | 20,077 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1993 | 21,000 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1994 | 21,569 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1995 | 16,667 kg/ha | -22.7% |
| 1996 | 18,786 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 1997 | 19,042 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1998 | 19,808 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1999 | 19,167 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2000 | 19,623 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2001 | 19,080 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2002 | 19,636 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2003 | 18,658 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2004 | 18,182 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2005 | 19,643 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 2006 | 16,667 kg/ha | -15.2% |
| 2007 | 15,000 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 2008 | 15,278 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2009 | 16,524 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 2010 | 16,555 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 17,200 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2012 | 16,364 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 2013 | 16,364 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 15,939 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2015 | 15,744 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2016 | 15,661 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 15,512 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2018 | 15,347 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2019 | 15,199 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2020 | 14,996 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2021 | 14,868 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2022 | 14,750 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 14,604 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2024 | 14,459 kg/ha | -1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11,289 kg/ha | 10,833 kg/ha | 12,000 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 17,419 kg/ha | 11,154 kg/ha | 20,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 17,776 kg/ha | 17,105 kg/ha | 18,400 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 19,536 kg/ha | 16,667 kg/ha | 21,569 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 17,829 kg/ha | 15,000 kg/ha | 19,643 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 15,988 kg/ha | 15,199 kg/ha | 17,200 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 14,735 kg/ha | 14,459 kg/ha | 14,996 kg/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 — yield in Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
- Watermelons — yield in Democratic People's Republic of Korea was 14,459 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — yield recorded in Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
- The highest recorded value was 21,569 kg/ha in 1994.
- What is the lowest watermelons — yield recorded in Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,833 kg/ha in 1967.
- How does Democratic People's Republic of Korea rank for watermelons — yield?
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea ranks 11th out of 16 regions with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — yield rising or falling in Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.3%. 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 — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.