# Potato production in North Korea

Potato production in North Korea was 413,319 tonnes in 2024 (estimated). Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

- Indicator id: `potato_production`
- Place id: `kp`
- Unit: tonnes
- Definition: 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.
- Note: FAO fills gaps in national reporting with its own estimates and imputations, which are marked as estimated, and revises past years when countries send new figures.
- Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Potatoes, production, t (item 116, element 5510) (https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip)
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- Citation: 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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| Period | tonnes |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 413,319 (estimated) |
| 2023 | 468,258 (estimated) |
| 2022 | 536,177 (estimated) |
| 2021 | 636,952 (estimated) |
| 2020 | 661,092 |
| 2019 | 684,587 |
| 2018 | 570,807 |
| 2017 | 425,047 |
| 2016 | 587,642 |
| 2015 | 1,683,000 |
| 2014 | 1,575,000 |
| 2013 | 1,804,000 |
| 2012 | 1,520,000 |
| 2011 | 1,756,000 |
| 2010 | 1,708,000 |
| 2009 | 1,560,000 |
| 2008 | 1,520,280 |
| 2007 | 1,900,000 (estimated) |
| 2006 | 2,000,000 (estimated) |
| 2005 | 2,070,000 (estimated) |
| 2004 | 2,052,000 |
| 2003 | 2,023,000 |
| 2002 | 1,884,000 |
| 2001 | 2,268,000 |
| 2000 | 1,870,000 |
| 1999 | 1,473,000 |
| 1998 | 1,269,000 |
| 1997 | 800,000 (estimated) |
| 1996 | 510,000 |
| 1995 | 436,000 |
| 1994 | 573,000 |
| 1993 | 402,000 |
| 1992 | 867,000 |
| 1991 | 780,000 |
| 1990 | 810,000 (estimated) |
| 1989 | 800,000 (estimated) |
| 1988 | 760,000 (estimated) |
| 1987 | 780,000 (estimated) |
| 1986 | 760,000 (estimated) |
| 1985 | 740,000 (estimated) |
| 1984 | 680,000 (estimated) |
| 1983 | 660,000 (estimated) |
| 1982 | 640,000 (estimated) |
| 1981 | 620,000 (estimated) |
| 1980 | 620,000 (estimated) |
| 1979 | 600,000 (estimated) |
| 1978 | 595,000 (estimated) |
| 1977 | 560,000 (estimated) |
| 1976 | 520,000 (estimated) |
| 1975 | 480,000 (estimated) |
| 1974 | 400,000 (estimated) |
| 1973 | 400,000 (estimated) |
| 1972 | 400,000 (estimated) |
| 1971 | 400,000 (estimated) |
| 1970 | 400,000 (estimated) |
| 1969 | 390,000 (estimated) |
| 1968 | 390,000 (estimated) |
| 1967 | 390,000 (estimated) |
| 1966 | 390,000 (estimated) |
| 1965 | 390,000 (estimated) |
| 1964 | 390,000 (estimated) |
| 1963 | 390,000 (estimated) |
| 1962 | 390,000 (estimated) |
| 1961 | 390,000 (estimated) |