Potato production in North Korea

Potato production in North Korea was 413,319 tonnes in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is down 11.7% from 2023. That is the 72nd highest of 154 countries in 2024.

2024, tonnes413,319 Estimated
Change on 2023-11.7%
Rank72nd of 154Countries ranked
Series high2,268,0002001
Series low390,0001961

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Potato production in North Korea, 1961 to 2024

0500K1M1.5M2M2.5M19611971198119912001201120241961: 390,000 tonnes1962: 390,000 tonnes1963: 390,000 tonnes1964: 390,000 tonnes1965: 390,000 tonnes1966: 390,000 tonnes1967: 390,000 tonnes1968: 390,000 tonnes1969: 390,000 tonnes1970: 400,000 tonnes1971: 400,000 tonnes1972: 400,000 tonnes1973: 400,000 tonnes1974: 400,000 tonnes1975: 480,000 tonnes1976: 520,000 tonnes1977: 560,000 tonnes1978: 595,000 tonnes1979: 600,000 tonnes1980: 620,000 tonnes1981: 620,000 tonnes1982: 640,000 tonnes1983: 660,000 tonnes1984: 680,000 tonnes1985: 740,000 tonnes1986: 760,000 tonnes1987: 780,000 tonnes1988: 760,000 tonnes1989: 800,000 tonnes1990: 810,000 tonnes1991: 780,000 tonnes1992: 867,000 tonnes1993: 402,000 tonnes1994: 573,000 tonnes1995: 436,000 tonnes1996: 510,000 tonnes1997: 800,000 tonnes1998: 1,269,000 tonnes1999: 1,473,000 tonnes2000: 1,870,000 tonnes2001: 2,268,000 tonnes2002: 1,884,000 tonnes2003: 2,023,000 tonnes2004: 2,052,000 tonnes2005: 2,070,000 tonnes2006: 2,000,000 tonnes2007: 1,900,000 tonnes2008: 1,520,280 tonnes2009: 1,560,000 tonnes2010: 1,708,000 tonnes2011: 1,756,000 tonnes2012: 1,520,000 tonnes2013: 1,804,000 tonnes2014: 1,575,000 tonnes2015: 1,683,000 tonnes2016: 587,642 tonnes2017: 425,047 tonnes2018: 570,807 tonnes2019: 684,587 tonnes2020: 661,092 tonnes2021: 636,952 tonnes2022: 536,177 tonnes2023: 468,258 tonnes2024: 413,319 tonnes0500K1M1.5M2M2.5M19611983200520241961: 390,000 tonnes1962: 390,000 tonnes1963: 390,000 tonnes1964: 390,000 tonnes1965: 390,000 tonnes1966: 390,000 tonnes1967: 390,000 tonnes1968: 390,000 tonnes1969: 390,000 tonnes1970: 400,000 tonnes1971: 400,000 tonnes1972: 400,000 tonnes1973: 400,000 tonnes1974: 400,000 tonnes1975: 480,000 tonnes1976: 520,000 tonnes1977: 560,000 tonnes1978: 595,000 tonnes1979: 600,000 tonnes1980: 620,000 tonnes1981: 620,000 tonnes1982: 640,000 tonnes1983: 660,000 tonnes1984: 680,000 tonnes1985: 740,000 tonnes1986: 760,000 tonnes1987: 780,000 tonnes1988: 760,000 tonnes1989: 800,000 tonnes1990: 810,000 tonnes1991: 780,000 tonnes1992: 867,000 tonnes1993: 402,000 tonnes1994: 573,000 tonnes1995: 436,000 tonnes1996: 510,000 tonnes1997: 800,000 tonnes1998: 1,269,000 tonnes1999: 1,473,000 tonnes2000: 1,870,000 tonnes2001: 2,268,000 tonnes2002: 1,884,000 tonnes2003: 2,023,000 tonnes2004: 2,052,000 tonnes2005: 2,070,000 tonnes2006: 2,000,000 tonnes2007: 1,900,000 tonnes2008: 1,520,280 tonnes2009: 1,560,000 tonnes2010: 1,708,000 tonnes2011: 1,756,000 tonnes2012: 1,520,000 tonnes2013: 1,804,000 tonnes2014: 1,575,000 tonnes2015: 1,683,000 tonnes2016: 587,642 tonnes2017: 425,047 tonnes2018: 570,807 tonnes2019: 684,587 tonnes2020: 661,092 tonnes2021: 636,952 tonnes2022: 536,177 tonnes2023: 468,258 tonnes2024: 413,319 tonnes
tonnes. Source: FAOSTAT, Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Potatoes, production, t (item 116, element 5510). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2025-12-31.
All 64 values
Periodtonnes
2024413,319 Estimated
2023468,258 Estimated
2022536,177 Estimated
2021636,952 Estimated
2020661,092
2019684,587
2018570,807
2017425,047
2016587,642
20151,683,000
20141,575,000
20131,804,000
20121,520,000
20111,756,000
20101,708,000
20091,560,000
20081,520,280
20071,900,000 Estimated
20062,000,000 Estimated
20052,070,000 Estimated
20042,052,000
20032,023,000
20021,884,000
20012,268,000
20001,870,000
19991,473,000
19981,269,000
1997800,000 Estimated
1996510,000
1995436,000
1994573,000
1993402,000
1992867,000
1991780,000
1990810,000 Estimated
1989800,000 Estimated
1988760,000 Estimated
1987780,000 Estimated
1986760,000 Estimated
1985740,000 Estimated
1984680,000 Estimated
1983660,000 Estimated
1982640,000 Estimated
1981620,000 Estimated
1980620,000 Estimated
1979600,000 Estimated
1978595,000 Estimated
1977560,000 Estimated
1976520,000 Estimated
1975480,000 Estimated
1974400,000 Estimated
1973400,000 Estimated
1972400,000 Estimated
1971400,000 Estimated
1970400,000 Estimated
1969390,000 Estimated
1968390,000 Estimated
1967390,000 Estimated
1966390,000 Estimated
1965390,000 Estimated
1964390,000 Estimated
1963390,000 Estimated
1962390,000 Estimated
1961390,000 Estimated

North Korea compared with nearby places

United Arab Emirates: 1,086 tonnesAfghanistan: 908,218 tonnesAlbania: 277,824 tonnesArmenia: 337,683 tonnesAngola: 528,284 tonnesArgentina: 2,111,561 tonnesAustria: 693,640 tonnesAustralia: 1,530,163 tonnesAzerbaijan: 954,005 tonnesBosnia and Herzegovina: 387,349 tonnesBangladesh: 10,601,182 tonnesBelgium: 3,977,850 tonnesBurkina Faso: 33,440 tonnesBulgaria: 113,940 tonnesBurundi: 420,224 tonnesBenin: 406 tonnesBolivia: 1,382,383 tonnesBrazil: 4,183,933 tonnesBhutan: 37,778 tonnesBotswana: 3,632 tonnesBelarus: 3,110,894 tonnesBelize: 1,395 tonnesCanada: 6,511,540 tonnesDemocratic Republic of the Congo: 109,367 tonnesCentral African Republic: 1,396 tonnesRepublic of the Congo: 7,114 tonnesSwitzerland: 370,665 tonnesChile: 1,246,278 tonnesCameroon: 370,206 tonnesChina: 94,806,520 tonnesColombia: 2,492,099 tonnesCosta Rica: 75,242 tonnesCuba: 79,054 tonnesCape Verde: 2,212 tonnesCyprus: 81,750 tonnesCzechia: 655,510 tonnesGermany: 12,703,300 tonnesDenmark: 2,997,600 tonnesDominican Republic: 123,505 tonnesAlgeria: 4,596,493 tonnesEcuador: 221,187 tonnesEstonia: 69,330 tonnesEgypt: 8,082,291 tonnesEritrea: 58 tonnesSpain: 1,971,170 tonnesEthiopia: 4,089,166 tonnesFinland: 553,100 tonnesFiji: 0 tonnesFaroe Islands: 1,532 tonnesFrance: 9,237,460 tonnesUnited Kingdom: 5,515,533 tonnesGeorgia: 221,500 tonnesGuinea: 607,049 tonnesGreece: 332,910 tonnesGuatemala: 550,783 tonnesHonduras: 27,045 tonnesCroatia: 133,860 tonnesHaiti: 35,011 tonnesHungary: 234,350 tonnesIndonesia: 1,270,449 tonnesIreland: 368,340 tonnesIsrael: 475,010 tonnesIndia: 57,053,344 tonnesIraq: 195,785 tonnesIran: 2,921,904 tonnesIceland: 5,514 tonnesItaly: 1,412,700 tonnesJamaica: 11,121 tonnesJordan: 161,367 tonnesJapan: 2,236,459 tonnesKenya: 2,188,110 tonnesKyrgyzstan: 1,190,214 tonnesNorth Korea: 413,319 tonnesSouth Korea: 568,625 tonnesKuwait: 15,980 tonnesKazakhstan: 2,634,610 tonnesLaos: 1,522 tonnesLebanon: 610,700 tonnesSri Lanka: 42,207 tonnesLesotho: 132,750 tonnesLithuania: 265,330 tonnesLuxembourg: 17,730 tonnesLatvia: 130,700 tonnesLibya: 369,147 tonnesMorocco: 2,194,126 tonnesMoldova: 135,372 tonnesMontenegro: 33,179 tonnesMadagascar: 248,208 tonnesNorth Macedonia: 200,983 tonnesMali: 234,244 tonnesMyanmar: 422,111 tonnesMongolia: 251,405 tonnesMauritania: 2,393 tonnesMauritius: 13,668 tonnesMalawi: 1,457,542 tonnesMexico: 2,123,718 tonnesMozambique: 552,561 tonnesNamibia: 14,556 tonnesNew Caledonia: 2,105 tonnesNiger: 328,900 tonnesNigeria: 1,228,588 tonnesNetherlands: 6,366,750 tonnesNorway: 354,900 tonnesNepal: 3,521,794 tonnesNew Zealand: 531,438 tonnesOman: 14,086 tonnesPanama: 26,916 tonnesPeru: 6,579,754 tonnesPapua New Guinea: 1,263 tonnesPhilippines: 102,791 tonnesPakistan: 8,434,370 tonnesPoland: 5,920,170 tonnesPortugal: 357,550 tonnesParaguay: 1,170 tonnesQatar: 965 tonnesRomania: 1,053,300 tonnesSerbia: 608,907 tonnesRussia: 18,448,001 tonnesRwanda: 827,355 tonnesSaudi Arabia: 625,071 tonnesSudan: 542,795 tonnesSweden: 879,800 tonnesSlovenia: 74,640 tonnesSlovakia: 170,630 tonnesSenegal: 146,775 tonnesEl Salvador: 6,048 tonnesSyria: 671,811 tonnesEswatini: 8,618 tonnesChad: 34,502 tonnesThailand: 119,501 tonnesTajikistan: 1,263,948 tonnesTimor-Leste: 1,217 tonnesTurkmenistan: 824,320 tonnesTunisia: 466,090 tonnesTürkiye: 6,900,000 tonnesTaiwan: 62,249 tonnesTanzania: 560,929 tonnesUkraine: 21,128,900 tonnesUganda: 461,361 tonnesUnited States: 19,061,860 tonnesUruguay: 66,551 tonnesUzbekistan: 3,716,862 tonnesVenezuela: 520,567 tonnesVietnam: 354,657 tonnesVanuatu: 3 tonnesYemen: 312,755 tonnesSouth Africa: 2,623,499 tonnesZambia: 34,153 tonnesZimbabwe: 673,484 tonnes
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Potato production, 2024, tonnes. North Korea is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

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Quantity of potatoes produced in the calendar year, in tonnes, as published in FAOSTAT's crops and livestock products domain. Countries report to FAO through its annual production questionnaire; FAO fills gaps with official publications and its own estimates.

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FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Potatoes, production, t (item 116, element 5510). Accessed on 2026-10-12. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip Licence: CC-BY-4.0. FAO does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. (2025). Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Potatoes, production, t (item 116, element 5510) (Potato production, North Korea, 1961 to 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip

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Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Potatoes, production, t (item 116, element 5510), Potato production, North Korea, 1961 to 2024. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 31 Dec. 2025, https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/potato-production/north-korea. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 2025. Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Potatoes, production, t (item 116, element 5510). Potato production, North Korea, 1961 to 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/potato-production/north-korea.

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What is the potato production in North Korea?

Potato production in North Korea was 413,319 tonnes in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is down 11.7% from 2023. That is the 72nd highest of 154 countries in 2024.

Where does this figure come from?

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Potatoes, production, t (item 116, element 5510). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest potato production in North Korea?

2,268,000 tonnes in 2001, the highest value since 1961 in this series.

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