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Soybean production in North Korea

Soybean production in North Korea was 180,000 tonnes in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is unchanged from 2023. That is the 32nd highest of 108 countries in 2024.

2024, tonnes180,000
Change on 20230%
Rank32nd of 108Countries ranked
Series high455,0001990
Series low135,2802018

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Soybean production in North Korea, 1961 to 2024

100K200K300K400K500K19611971198119912001201120241961: 170,000 tonnes1962: 175,000 tonnes1963: 180,000 tonnes1964: 190,000 tonnes1965: 200,000 tonnes1966: 210,000 tonnes1967: 225,000 tonnes1968: 240,000 tonnes1969: 245,000 tonnes1970: 255,000 tonnes1971: 265,000 tonnes1972: 263,000 tonnes1973: 230,000 tonnes1974: 280,000 tonnes1975: 290,000 tonnes1976: 300,000 tonnes1977: 310,000 tonnes1978: 320,000 tonnes1979: 330,000 tonnes1980: 340,000 tonnes1981: 350,000 tonnes1982: 360,000 tonnes1983: 380,000 tonnes1984: 440,000 tonnes1985: 425,000 tonnes1986: 432,000 tonnes1987: 445,000 tonnes1988: 448,000 tonnes1989: 420,000 tonnes1990: 455,000 tonnes1991: 440,000 tonnes1992: 400,000 tonnes1993: 380,000 tonnes1994: 400,000 tonnes1995: 390,000 tonnes1996: 400,000 tonnes1997: 360,000 tonnes1998: 340,000 tonnes1999: 340,000 tonnes2000: 350,000 tonnes2001: 343,000 tonnes2002: 350,000 tonnes2003: 352,000 tonnes2004: 350,000 tonnes2005: 340,000 tonnes2006: 345,000 tonnes2007: 345,000 tonnes2008: 350,000 tonnes2009: 350,000 tonnes2010: 350,000 tonnes2011: 350,000 tonnes2012: 350,000 tonnes2013: 350,000 tonnes2014: 350,000 tonnes2015: 350,000 tonnes2016: 282,000 tonnes2017: 223,325 tonnes2018: 135,280 tonnes2019: 263,920 tonnes2020: 229,892 tonnes2021: 190,000 tonnes2022: 180,000 tonnes2023: 180,000 tonnes2024: 180,000 tonnes100K200K300K400K500K19611983200520241961: 170,000 tonnes1962: 175,000 tonnes1963: 180,000 tonnes1964: 190,000 tonnes1965: 200,000 tonnes1966: 210,000 tonnes1967: 225,000 tonnes1968: 240,000 tonnes1969: 245,000 tonnes1970: 255,000 tonnes1971: 265,000 tonnes1972: 263,000 tonnes1973: 230,000 tonnes1974: 280,000 tonnes1975: 290,000 tonnes1976: 300,000 tonnes1977: 310,000 tonnes1978: 320,000 tonnes1979: 330,000 tonnes1980: 340,000 tonnes1981: 350,000 tonnes1982: 360,000 tonnes1983: 380,000 tonnes1984: 440,000 tonnes1985: 425,000 tonnes1986: 432,000 tonnes1987: 445,000 tonnes1988: 448,000 tonnes1989: 420,000 tonnes1990: 455,000 tonnes1991: 440,000 tonnes1992: 400,000 tonnes1993: 380,000 tonnes1994: 400,000 tonnes1995: 390,000 tonnes1996: 400,000 tonnes1997: 360,000 tonnes1998: 340,000 tonnes1999: 340,000 tonnes2000: 350,000 tonnes2001: 343,000 tonnes2002: 350,000 tonnes2003: 352,000 tonnes2004: 350,000 tonnes2005: 340,000 tonnes2006: 345,000 tonnes2007: 345,000 tonnes2008: 350,000 tonnes2009: 350,000 tonnes2010: 350,000 tonnes2011: 350,000 tonnes2012: 350,000 tonnes2013: 350,000 tonnes2014: 350,000 tonnes2015: 350,000 tonnes2016: 282,000 tonnes2017: 223,325 tonnes2018: 135,280 tonnes2019: 263,920 tonnes2020: 229,892 tonnes2021: 190,000 tonnes2022: 180,000 tonnes2023: 180,000 tonnes2024: 180,000 tonnes
tonnes. Source: FAOSTAT, Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Soya beans, production, t (item 236, element 5510). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2025-12-31.
All 64 values
Periodtonnes
2024180,000
2023180,000
2022180,000
2021190,000
2020229,892
2019263,920
2018135,280
2017223,325
2016282,000
2015350,000
2014350,000
2013350,000
2012350,000
2011350,000
2010350,000
2009350,000
2008350,000
2007345,000
2006345,000
2005340,000
2004350,000
2003352,000
2002350,000
2001343,000
2000350,000
1999340,000
1998340,000
1997360,000
1996400,000
1995390,000
1994400,000
1993380,000
1992400,000
1991440,000
1990455,000 Estimated
1989420,000 Estimated
1988448,000 Estimated
1987445,000 Estimated
1986432,000 Estimated
1985425,000 Estimated
1984440,000
1983380,000 Estimated
1982360,000 Estimated
1981350,000 Estimated
1980340,000 Estimated
1979330,000 Estimated
1978320,000 Estimated
1977310,000 Estimated
1976300,000 Estimated
1975290,000 Estimated
1974280,000 Estimated
1973230,000 Estimated
1972263,000 Estimated
1971265,000 Estimated
1970255,000 Estimated
1969245,000 Estimated
1968240,000 Estimated
1967225,000 Estimated
1966210,000 Estimated
1965200,000 Estimated
1964190,000 Estimated
1963180,000 Estimated
1962175,000 Estimated
1961170,000 Estimated

North Korea compared with nearby places

Afghanistan: 7,305 tonnesAlbania: 813 tonnesAngola: 46,857 tonnesArgentina: 48,213,207 tonnesAustria: 249,130 tonnesAustralia: 65,300 tonnesAzerbaijan: 30 tonnesBosnia and Herzegovina: 31,579 tonnesBangladesh: 106,833 tonnesBurkina Faso: 138,052 tonnesBulgaria: 630 tonnesBurundi: 2,165 tonnesBenin: 652,454 tonnesBolivia: 3,216,440 tonnesBrazil: 144,473,768 tonnesBhutan: 80 tonnesBelize: 26,404 tonnesCanada: 7,568,013 tonnesDemocratic Republic of the Congo: 28,401 tonnesSwitzerland: 7,479 tonnesCôte d’Ivoire: 572 tonnesCameroon: 116,690 tonnesChina: 20,650,000 tonnesColombia: 235,454 tonnesCuba: 1,000 tonnesCyprus: 0 tonnesCzechia: 73,670 tonnesGermany: 131,800 tonnesDenmark: 0 tonnesEcuador: 24,711 tonnesEstonia: 0 tonnesEgypt: 75,000 tonnesSpain: 10,940 tonnesEthiopia: 240,000 tonnesFinland: 0 tonnesFrance: 398,540 tonnesGabon: 4,015 tonnesGeorgia: 2,000 tonnesGhana: 270,000 tonnesGreece: 2,490 tonnesGuatemala: 45,000 tonnesHonduras: 2,193 tonnesCroatia: 255,080 tonnesHungary: 258,890 tonnesIndonesia: 227,367 tonnesIndia: 15,132,082 tonnesIraq: 34 tonnesIran: 200,000 tonnesItaly: 1,125,580 tonnesJapan: 252,400 tonnesKenya: 17,417 tonnesKyrgyzstan: 2,549 tonnesCambodia: 51,000 tonnesNorth Korea: 180,000 tonnesSouth Korea: 154,954 tonnesKazakhstan: 207,503 tonnesLaos: 7,879 tonnesSri Lanka: 6,196 tonnesLiberia: 3,426 tonnesLithuania: 2,040 tonnesLuxembourg: 50 tonnesLatvia: 0 tonnesMorocco: 1,000 tonnesMoldova: 31,555 tonnesMadagascar: 48 tonnesNorth Macedonia: 55 tonnesMali: 22,814 tonnesMyanmar: 140,000 tonnesMalawi: 305,000 tonnesMexico: 265,333 tonnesMozambique: 70,000 tonnesNigeria: 1,150,000 tonnesNepal: 28,520 tonnesPanama: 96 tonnesPeru: 2,230 tonnesFrench Polynesia: 11 tonnesPhilippines: 506 tonnesPakistan: 3 tonnesPoland: 80,960 tonnesParaguay: 11,100,256 tonnesRomania: 316,760 tonnesSerbia: 346,808 tonnesRussia: 7,000,000 tonnesRwanda: 36,705 tonnesSlovenia: 11,640 tonnesSlovakia: 152,740 tonnesSierra Leone: 7,485 tonnesSuriname: 2 tonnesEl Salvador: 5,380 tonnesSyria: 3,610 tonnesTogo: 284,342 tonnesThailand: 16,347 tonnesTajikistan: 21 tonnesTimor-Leste: 861 tonnesTürkiye: 180,000 tonnesTaiwan: 5,000 tonnesTanzania: 42,738 tonnesUkraine: 6,635,180 tonnesUganda: 155,000 tonnesUnited States: 118,836,440 tonnesUruguay: 3,065,000 tonnesUzbekistan: 12,606 tonnesVenezuela: 11,057 tonnesVietnam: 46,127 tonnesSouth Africa: 1,848,000 tonnesZambia: 169,700 tonnesZimbabwe: 69,291 tonnes
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Soybean 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 soybeans harvested dry 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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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. (2025). Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Soya beans, production, t (item 236, element 5510) (Soybean 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): Soya beans, production, t (item 236, element 5510), Soybean 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/soybean-production/north-korea. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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What is the soybean production in North Korea?

Soybean production in North Korea was 180,000 tonnes in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is unchanged from 2023. That is the 32nd highest of 108 countries in 2024.

Where does this figure come from?

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Soya beans, production, t (item 236, element 5510). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest soybean production in North Korea?

455,000 tonnes in 1990, the highest value since 1961 in this series.

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