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Agriculture Stats: compare key data on North Korea & United States

Definitions

  • Agricultural growth: Index of agricultural production in 1996 - 98 (1989 - 91 = 100)
  • Agricultural land > Sq. km: Agricultural land (sq. km). Agricultural land refers to the share of land area that is arable, under permanent crops, and under permanent pastures. Arable land includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded. Land under permanent crops is land cultivated with crops that occupy the land for long periods and need not be replanted after each harvest, such as cocoa, coffee, and rubber. This category includes land under flowering shrubs, fruit trees, nut trees, and vines, but excludes land under trees grown for wood or timber. Permanent pasture is land used for five or more years for forage, including natural and cultivated crops.
  • Agricultural land > Sq. km per 1000: Agricultural land (sq. km). Agricultural land refers to the share of land area that is arable, under permanent crops, and under permanent pastures. Arable land includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded. Land under permanent crops is land cultivated with crops that occupy the land for long periods and need not be replanted after each harvest, such as cocoa, coffee, and rubber. This category includes land under flowering shrubs, fruit trees, nut trees, and vines, but excludes land under trees grown for wood or timber. Permanent pasture is land used for five or more years for forage, including natural and cultivated crops. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Agricultural machinery > Tractors: Agricultural machinery refers to the number of wheel and crawler tractors (excluding garden tractors) in use in agriculture at the end of the calendar year specified or during the first quarter of the following year.
  • Agricultural machinery > Tractors > Per capita: Agricultural machinery refers to the number of wheel and crawler tractors (excluding garden tractors) in use in agriculture at the end of the calendar year specified or during the first quarter of the following year. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Arable land > Hectares: Arable land (in hectares) includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.
  • Arable land > Hectares per 1000: Arable land (in hectares) includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Arable land > Hectares per capita: Arable land (hectares per person). Arable land (hectares per person) includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.
  • Grains > Rice > Consumption: Figures for 2003/2004
  • Produce > Crop > Production index: Crop production index shows agricultural production for each year relative to the base period 1999-2001. It includes all crops except fodder crops. Regional and income group aggregates for the FAO's production indexes are calculated from the underlying values in international dollars, normalized to the base period 1999-2001.
  • Produce > Food > Production index: Food production index covers food crops that are considered edible and that contain nutrients. Coffee and tea are excluded because, although edible, they have no nutritive value.
  • Produce > Soybean > Production: Total production of Soybean, metric tons, 2003/2004
  • Products: Major agricultural crops and products
  • Rural population: Total population living in rural areas. Future estimates are from the UN Population Division.
  • Tractors: Number of tractors 2000. Number of tractors in use refers to the total number of wheeled and crawler tractors used in agriculture. Garden tractors are excluded.
  • Agricultural machinery > Tractors per 100 hectares of arable land: Agricultural machinery refers to the number of wheel and crawler tractors (excluding garden tractors) in use in agriculture at the end of the calendar year specified or during the first quarter of the following year. Arable land includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.
  • Fertilizer use: Average fertilizer use (kg per ha of cropland 2000). Fertilizer use, kilograms per hectare, is calculated by WRI by dividing the total fertilizer consumption, measured in kilograms of plant nutrient, by the total hectares of arable and permanent cropland. The measure of fertilizer consumption is an aggregate of nitrogenous, phosphate and potash fertilizers. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) collects data on fertilizer use through surveys distributed to participating governments. In addition, the Ad Hoc Working Party on Fertilizer Statistics works to improve geographic coverage of the data. Hectares of arable and permanent cropland are determined through a variety of means, including self-reporting from governments and FAO estimation methods.
  • Gross value added: Gross Value Added by agriculture, hunting, forestry, fishing at current prices - US dollars.
  • Produce > Meat > Production: Meat production in thousand metric tonnes
  • Produce > Cereal > Cereal yield > Kg per hectare: Cereal yield (kg per hectare). Includes wheat, rice, maize, barley, oats, rye, millet, sorghum, buckwheat, and mixed grains. Production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food or silage, and those used for grazing, are excluded. The FAO allocates production data to the calendar year in which the bulk of the harvest took place. Most of a crop harvested near the end of a year will be used in the following year.
  • Gross value added per capita: Gross Value Added by agriculture, hunting, forestry, fishing at current prices - US dollars. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • Grains > Rice > Consumption per million: Figures for 2003/2004. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Workers per hectare: Workers per hectare of cropland 2000. Agricultural labor intensity, number of workers per hectare shows the labor input intensity of agricultural systems. It is calculated by WRI by dividing the number of agricultural workers by the number of hectares of arable and permanent cropland. Values vary widely among countries according to labor scarcity, production technologies, costs of energy and machinery, etc.
  • Produce > Livestock > Production index: Livestock production index includes meat and milk from all sources, dairy products such as cheese, and eggs, honey, raw silk, wool, and hides and skins.
  • Arable land > Hectares > Per capita: Arable land (in hectares) includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Tractors per 1000: Number of tractors 2000. Number of tractors in use refers to the total number of wheeled and crawler tractors used in agriculture. Garden tractors are excluded. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Produce > Cereal > Cereal production > Metric tons: Cereal production (metric tons). Production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food or silage, and those used for grazing, are excluded.
  • Agricultural machinery > Tractors per 1000: Agricultural machinery refers to the number of wheel and crawler tractors (excluding garden tractors) in use in agriculture at the end of the calendar year specified or during the first quarter of the following year. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Fertilizer > Consumption > Metric tons: Fertilizer consumption measures the quantity of plant nutrients used per unit of arable land. Fertilizer products cover nitrogenous, potash, and phosphate fertilizers (including ground rock phosphate). Traditional nutrients--animal and plant manures--are not included. The time reference for fertilizer consumption is the crop year (July through June).
  • Rural population per thousand people: Total population living in rural areas. Future estimates are from the UN Population Division. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Renewable internal freshwater resources, total > Billion cubic meters per million: Renewable internal freshwater resources, total (billion cubic meters). Renewable internal freshwater resources flows refer to internal renewable resources (internal river flows and groundwater from rainfall) in the country. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Grains > Coarse grain imports: Figures for 2003/2004
  • Methane emissions > Kt of CO2 equivalent per 1000: Methane emissions (kt of CO2 equivalent). Methane emissions are those stemming from human activities such as agriculture and from industrial methane production. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Fertilizer > Consumption > 100 grams per hectare of arable land: Fertilizer consumption (100 grams per hectare of arable land) measures the quantity of plant nutrients used per unit of arable land. Fertilizer products cover nitrogenous, potash, and phosphate fertilizers (including ground rock phosphate). Traditional nutrients--animal and plant manures--are not included. The time reference for fertilizer consumption is the crop year (July through June). Arable land includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.
  • Produce > Cereal > Production: Average production of cereals (1999-2001). Average Production of Cereals refers to the amount of cereals produced in a given country or region each year. Data are reported in thousand metric tons. Cereals include wheat, barley, maize, rye, oats, millet, s
  • Agricultural methane emissions > Thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent: Agricultural methane emissions (thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent). Agricultural methane emissions are emissions from animals, animal waste, rice production, agricultural waste burning (nonenergy, on-site), and savannah burning.
  • Agricultural methane emissions > Thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent per million: Agricultural methane emissions (thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent). Agricultural methane emissions are emissions from animals, animal waste, rice production, agricultural waste burning (nonenergy, on-site), and savannah burning. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Produce > Cereal > Cereal production > Metric tons per 1000: Cereal production (metric tons). Production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food or silage, and those used for grazing, are excluded. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions > Thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent per million: Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions (thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent). Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions are emissions produced through fertilizer use (synthetic and animal manure), animal waste management, agricultural waste burning (nonenergy, on-site), and savannah burning. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Nitrous oxide emissions > Thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent per million: Nitrous oxide emissions (thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent). Nitrous oxide emissions are emissions from agricultural biomass burning, industrial activities, and livestock management. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions > Thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent: Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions (thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent). Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions are emissions produced through fertilizer use (synthetic and animal manure), animal waste management, agricultural waste burning (nonenergy, on-site), and savannah burning.
  • Produce > Meat > Production per million: Meat production in thousand metric tonnes. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Permanent crops: Permanent crops in 2000.
  • Fertilizer > Consumption > Metric tons per 1000: Fertilizer consumption measures the quantity of plant nutrients used per unit of arable land. Fertilizer products cover nitrogenous, potash, and phosphate fertilizers (including ground rock phosphate). Traditional nutrients--animal and plant manures--are not included. The time reference for fertilizer consumption is the crop year (July through June). Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Produce > Soybean > Production per 1000: Total production of Soybean, metric tons, 2003/2004. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Renewable internal freshwater resources, total > Billion cubic meters: Renewable internal freshwater resources, total (billion cubic meters). Renewable internal freshwater resources flows refer to internal renewable resources (internal river flows and groundwater from rainfall) in the country.
  • Fertilizer > Consumption > Metric tons > Per capita: Fertilizer consumption measures the quantity of plant nutrients used per unit of arable land. Fertilizer products cover nitrogenous, potash, and phosphate fertilizers (including ground rock phosphate). Traditional nutrients--animal and plant manures--are not included. The time reference for fertilizer consumption is the crop year (July through June). Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Grains > Coarse grain imports per million: Figures for 2003/2004. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Methane emissions > Kt of CO2 equivalent: Methane emissions (kt of CO2 equivalent). Methane emissions are those stemming from human activities such as agriculture and from industrial methane production.
  • Nitrous oxide emissions > Thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent: Nitrous oxide emissions (thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent). Nitrous oxide emissions are emissions from agricultural biomass burning, industrial activities, and livestock management.
  • Arable and permanent cropland: Arable and permanent cropland 2000.
  • Produce > Cereal > Production growth: Average production of Cereals (percentage change from 1986-88 to 1996-98)
  • Produce > Cereal > Production per million: Average production of cereals (1999-2001). Average Production of Cereals refers to the amount of cereals produced in a given country or region each year. Data are reported in thousand metric tons. Cereals include wheat, barley, maize, rye, oats, millet, s. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Produce > Meat > Production growth: Average production of roots and tubers (percentage change from 1986-88 to 1996-98)
  • Produce > Land under cereal > Production > Hectares > Per capita: Land under cereal production refers to harvested area, although some countries report only sown or cultivated area. Cereals include wheat, rice, maize, barley, oats, rye, millet, sorghum, buckwheat, and mixed grains. 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 and those used for grazing are excluded. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Produce > Root and tuber > Production: Average production of roots and tubers 1996-1998
  • Arable and permanent cropland per million: Arable and permanent cropland 2000. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Produce > Wheat > Imports: Figures for 2003/2004
  • Area > Soybean: Land area under Soybean, hectares, 2003/2004
  • Produce > Soybean > Yield: Yield of Soybean, Metric tons per hectare, 2003/2004
  • Permanent crops per 1000: Permanent crops in 2000. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Produce > Root and tuber > Production growth: Average production of roots and tubers (percentage change from 1986-88 to 1996-98)
  • Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions > % of total: Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions (% of total). Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions are emissions produced through fertilizer use (synthetic and animal manure), animal waste management, agricultural waste burning (nonenergy, on-site), and savannah burning.
  • Produce > Land under cereal > Production > Hectares per 1000: Land under cereal production refers to harvested area, although some countries report only sown or cultivated area. Cereals include wheat, rice, maize, barley, oats, rye, millet, sorghum, buckwheat, and mixed grains. 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 and those used for grazing are excluded. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Produce > Cereal > Land under cereal production > Hectares: Land under cereal production (hectares). Land under cereal production refers to harvested area, although some countries report only sown or cultivated area. Cereals include wheat, rice, maize, barley, oats, rye, millet, sorghum, buckwheat, and mixed grains. Production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food or silage, and those used for grazing, are excluded.
  • Produce > Land under cereal > Production > Hectares: Land under cereal production refers to harvested area, although some countries report only sown or cultivated area. Cereals include wheat, rice, maize, barley, oats, rye, millet, sorghum, buckwheat, and mixed grains. 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 and those used for grazing are excluded.
  • Annual freshwater withdrawals, domestic > % of total freshwater withdrawal: Annual freshwater withdrawals, domestic (% of total freshwater withdrawal). Annual freshwater withdrawals refer to total water withdrawals, not counting evaporation losses from storage basins. Withdrawals also include water from desalination plants in countries where they are a significant source. Withdrawals can exceed 100 percent of total renewable resources where extraction from nonrenewable aquifers or desalination plants is considerable or where there is significant water reuse. Withdrawals for domestic uses include drinking water, municipal use or supply, and use for public services, commercial establishments, and homes. Data correspond to the most recent year available for 1987-2002.
  • Produce > Corn > Imports per million: Figures for 2003/2004. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Produce > Soybean > Yield per million: Yield of Soybean, Metric tons per hectare, 2003/2004. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Livestock > Annual freshwater withdrawals, total > % of internal resources: Annual freshwater withdrawals, total (% of internal resources). Annual freshwater withdrawals refer to total water withdrawals, not counting evaporation losses from storage basins. Withdrawals also include water from desalination plants in countries where they are a significant source. Withdrawals can exceed 100 percent of total renewable resources where extraction from nonrenewable aquifers or desalination plants is considerable or where there is significant water reuse. Withdrawals for agriculture and industry are total withdrawals for irrigation and livestock production and for direct industrial use (including withdrawals for cooling thermoelectric plants). Withdrawals for domestic uses include drinking water, municipal use or supply, and use for public services, commercial establishments, and homes. Data correspond to the most recent year available for 1987-2002.
  • Produce > Wheat > Imports per million: Figures for 2003/2004. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Produce > Cereal > Land under cereal production > Hectares per 1000: Land under cereal production (hectares). Land under cereal production refers to harvested area, although some countries report only sown or cultivated area. Cereals include wheat, rice, maize, barley, oats, rye, millet, sorghum, buckwheat, and mixed grains. Production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food or silage, and those used for grazing, are excluded. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Produce > Corn > Imports: Figures for 2003/2004
  • Produce > Rice > Imports: Figures for 2003/2004
  • Arable land > % of land area: Arable land includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.
  • Permanent cropland > % of land area: Permanent cropland is land cultivated with crops that occupy the land for long periods and need not be replanted after each harvest, such as cocoa, coffee, and rubber. This category includes land under flowering shrubs, fruit trees, nut trees, and vines, but excludes land under trees grown for wood or timber.
  • Annual freshwater withdrawals, agriculture > % of total freshwater withdrawal: Annual freshwater withdrawals, agriculture (% of total freshwater withdrawal). Annual freshwater withdrawals refer to total water withdrawals, not counting evaporation losses from storage basins. Withdrawals also include water from desalination plants in countries where they are a significant source. Withdrawals can exceed 100 percent of total renewable resources where extraction from nonrenewable aquifers or desalination plants is considerable or where there is significant water reuse. Withdrawals for agriculture are total withdrawals for irrigation and livestock production. Data correspond to the most recent year available for 1987-2002.
  • Livestock > Annual freshwater withdrawals, total > Billion cubic meters: Annual freshwater withdrawals, total (billion cubic meters). Annual freshwater withdrawals refer to total water withdrawals, not counting evaporation losses from storage basins. Withdrawals also include water from desalination plants in countries where they are a significant source. Withdrawals can exceed 100 percent of total renewable resources where extraction from nonrenewable aquifers or desalination plants is considerable or where there is significant water reuse. Withdrawals for agriculture and industry are total withdrawals for irrigation and livestock production and for direct industrial use (including withdrawals for cooling thermoelectric plants). Withdrawals for domestic uses include drinking water, municipal use or supply, and use for public services, commercial establishments, and homes. Data are for the most recent year available for 1987-2002.
  • Livestock > Annual freshwater withdrawals, total > Billion cubic meters per million: Annual freshwater withdrawals, total (billion cubic meters). Annual freshwater withdrawals refer to total water withdrawals, not counting evaporation losses from storage basins. Withdrawals also include water from desalination plants in countries where they are a significant source. Withdrawals can exceed 100 percent of total renewable resources where extraction from nonrenewable aquifers or desalination plants is considerable or where there is significant water reuse. Withdrawals for agriculture and industry are total withdrawals for irrigation and livestock production and for direct industrial use (including withdrawals for cooling thermoelectric plants). Withdrawals for domestic uses include drinking water, municipal use or supply, and use for public services, commercial establishments, and homes. Data correspond to the most recent year available for 1987-2002. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Area > Soybean per 1000: Land area under Soybean, hectares, 2003/2004. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Annual freshwater withdrawals, industry > % of total freshwater withdrawal: Annual freshwater withdrawals, industry (% of total freshwater withdrawal). Annual freshwater withdrawals refer to total water withdrawals, not counting evaporation losses from storage basins. Withdrawals also include water from desalination plants in countries where they are a significant source. Withdrawals can exceed 100 percent of total renewable resources where extraction from nonrenewable aquifers or desalination plants is considerable or where there is significant water reuse. Withdrawals for industry are total withdrawals for direct industrial use (including withdrawals for cooling thermoelectric plants). Data correspond to the most recent year available for 1987-2002.
  • Irrigated land > % of cropland: Irrigated land refers to areas purposely provided with water, including land irrigated by controlled flooding. Cropland refers to arable land and permanent cropland.
  • Produce > Root and tuber > Production per million: Average production of roots and tubers 1996-1998. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Produce > Rice > Imports per million: Figures for 2003/2004. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Agricultural methane emissions > % of total: Agricultural methane emissions (% of total). Agricultural methane emissions are emissions from animals, animal waste, rice production, agricultural waste burning (nonenergy, on-site), and savannah burning.
STAT North Korea United States HISTORY
Agricultural growth 0.0
Ranked 147th.
107
Ranked 105th.

Agricultural land > Sq. km 25,550 sq. km
Ranked 111th.
4.11 million sq. km
Ranked 2nd. 161 times more than North Korea

Agricultural land > Sq. km per 1000 1.04 sq. km
Ranked 175th.
13.2 sq. km
Ranked 36th. 13 times more than North Korea

Agricultural machinery > Tractors 64,200
Ranked 49th.
4.76 million
Ranked 1st. 74 times more than North Korea

Agricultural machinery > Tractors > Per capita 2.88 per 1,000 people
Ranked 72nd.
16.37 per 1,000 people
Ranked 21st. 6 times more than North Korea

Arable land > Hectares 2.8 million hectares
Ranked 30th.
174.45 million hectares
Ranked 1st. 62 times more than North Korea

Arable land > Hectares per 1000 117.58 hectares
Ranked 46th.
590.32 hectares
Ranked 5th. 5 times more than North Korea

Arable land > Hectares per capita 0.0934
Ranked 133th.
0.514
Ranked 14th. 6 times more than North Korea

Grains > Rice > Consumption 1,640 thousand metric tons
Ranked 15th.
3,882 thousand metric tons
Ranked 12th. 2 times more than North Korea
Produce > Crop > Production index 110%
Ranked 70th.
111.3%
Ranked 59th. 1% more than North Korea

Produce > Food > Production index 109.7%
Ranked 60th. 2% more than United States
107.5%
Ranked 80th.

Produce > Soybean > Production 360,000
Ranked 13th.
66.78 million
Ranked 1st. 186 times more than North Korea
Products rice, corn, potatoes, soybeans, pulses; cattle, pigs, pork, eggs wheat, corn, other grains, fruits, vegetables, cotton; beef, pork, poultry, dairy products; fish; forest products
Rural population 28,004
Ranked 119th. 80% more than United States
15,540
Ranked 170th.

Tractors 70,000
Ranked 45th.
4.8 million
Ranked 1st. 69 times more than North Korea
Agricultural machinery > Tractors per 100 hectares of arable land 237.78
Ranked 59th.
269.43
Ranked 52nd. 13% more than North Korea

Fertilizer use 175.5 kg
Ranked 19th. 70% more than United States
103.4 kg
Ranked 40th.
Gross value added 3.11 billion
Ranked 86th.
177.33 billion
Ranked 3rd. 57 times more than North Korea

Produce > Meat > Production 146 thousand metric tons
Ranked 86th.
35,085 thousand metric tons
Ranked 2nd. 240 times more than North Korea
Produce > Cereal > Cereal yield > Kg per hectare 3,127.76
Ranked 77th.
5,922.47
Ranked 20th. 89% more than North Korea

Gross value added per capita 125.74
Ranked 184th.
564.9
Ranked 47th. 4 times more than North Korea

Grains > Rice > Consumption per million 69.38 thousand metric tons
Ranked 10th. 5 times more than United States
13.26 thousand metric tons
Ranked 16th.
Workers per hectare 1.7
Ranked 28th. 34 times more than United States
0.05
Ranked 143th.
Produce > Livestock > Production index 115.4%
Ranked 35th. 13% more than United States
102.3%
Ranked 110th.

Arable land > Hectares > Per capita 124.51 hectares per 1,000 peop
Ranked 48th.
588.53 hectares per 1,000 peop
Ranked 5th. 5 times more than North Korea

Tractors per 1000 3.06
Ranked 59th.
17.01
Ranked 20th. 6 times more than North Korea
Produce > Cereal > Cereal production > Metric tons 4.17 million
Ranked 62nd.
356.96 million
Ranked 2nd. 86 times more than North Korea

Agricultural machinery > Tractors per 1000 2.74
Ranked 70th.
16.41
Ranked 20th. 6 times more than North Korea

Fertilizer > Consumption > Metric tons 266,200 metric tons
Ranked 53th.
19.3 million metric tons
Ranked 2nd. 72 times more than North Korea

Rural population per thousand people 1.49
Ranked 158th. 23 times more than United States
0.0658
Ranked 204th.

Renewable internal freshwater resources, total > Billion cubic meters per million 2.72
Ranked 91st.
9.04
Ranked 51st. 3 times more than North Korea

Grains > Coarse grain imports 300 thousand metric tons
Ranked 34th.
2,700 thousand metric tons
Ranked 7th. 9 times more than North Korea
Methane emissions > Kt of CO2 equivalent per 1000 0.76
Ranked 89th.
1.7
Ranked 36th. 2 times more than North Korea

Fertilizer > Consumption > 100 grams per hectare of arable land 985.93 100 g/ha of arable land
Ranked 68th.
1,096.63 100 g/ha of arable land
Ranked 59th. 11% more than North Korea

Produce > Cereal > Production 0.0
Ranked 147th.
117 thousand metric tons
Ranked 57th.
Agricultural methane emissions > Thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent 4,370.1
Ranked 70th.
195,599.9
Ranked 4th. 45 times more than North Korea

Agricultural methane emissions > Thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent per million 178.37
Ranked 113th.
632.34
Ranked 30th. 4 times more than North Korea

Produce > Cereal > Cereal production > Metric tons per 1000 168.56
Ranked 92nd.
1,137.13
Ranked 6th. 7 times more than North Korea

Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions > Thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent per million 90.46
Ranked 119th.
575.96
Ranked 21st. 6 times more than North Korea

Nitrous oxide emissions > Thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent per million 132.29
Ranked 129th.
983.05
Ranked 20th. 7 times more than North Korea

Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions > Thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent 2,216.4
Ranked 86th.
178,158.4
Ranked 2nd. 80 times more than North Korea

Produce > Meat > Production per million 6.34 thousand metric tons
Ranked 134th.
123.12 thousand metric tons
Ranked 7th. 19 times more than North Korea
Permanent crops 300,000 hectares
Ranked 61st.
2.05 million hectares
Ranked 17th. 7 times more than North Korea
Fertilizer > Consumption > Metric tons per 1000 11.45 metric tons
Ranked 76th.
67.1 metric tons
Ranked 6th. 6 times more than North Korea

Produce > Soybean > Production per 1000 15.23
Ranked 8th.
228.07
Ranked 4th. 15 times more than North Korea
Renewable internal freshwater resources, total > Billion cubic meters 67
Ranked 66th.
2,818
Ranked 4th. 42 times more than North Korea

Fertilizer > Consumption > Metric tons > Per capita 12.02 metric tons per 1,000 p
Ranked 74th.
66.92 metric tons per 1,000 p
Ranked 6th. 6 times more than North Korea

Grains > Coarse grain imports per million 12.69 thousand metric tons
Ranked 25th. 38% more than United States
9.22 thousand metric tons
Ranked 28th.
Methane emissions > Kt of CO2 equivalent 18,611.3
Ranked 57th.
524,688.1
Ranked 5th. 28 times more than North Korea

Nitrous oxide emissions > Thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent 3,241.2
Ranked 88th.
304,082
Ranked 2nd. 94 times more than North Korea

Arable and permanent cropland 2,000 thousand hectares
Ranked 84th.
179,000 thousand hectares
Ranked 1st. 90 times more than North Korea
Produce > Cereal > Production growth -59%
Ranked 147th.
28%
Ranked 42nd.
Produce > Cereal > Production per million 0.0
Ranked 147th.
0.411 thousand metric tons
Ranked 144th.
Produce > Meat > Production growth -76%
Ranked 148th.
46%
Ranked 56th.
Produce > Land under cereal > Production > Hectares > Per capita 57.77 hectares per 1,000 peop
Ranked 105th.
191.65 hectares per 1,000 peop
Ranked 26th. 3 times more than North Korea

Produce > Root and tuber > Production 684 thousand metric tons
Ranked 76th.
22,392 thousand metric tons
Ranked 7th. 33 times more than North Korea
Arable and permanent cropland per million 87.56 thousand hectares
Ranked 134th.
634.39 thousand hectares
Ranked 12th. 7 times more than North Korea
Produce > Wheat > Imports 400 thousand metric tons
Ranked 37th.
2,000 thousand metric tons
Ranked 11th. 5 times more than North Korea
Area > Soybean 320,000
Ranked 11th.
29.33 million
Ranked 1st. 92 times more than North Korea
Produce > Soybean > Yield 1.14
Ranked 18th.
2.28
Ranked 4th. Twice as much as North Korea
Permanent crops per 1000 13.13 hectares
Ranked 109th. 81% more than United States
7.27 hectares
Ranked 130th.
Produce > Root and tuber > Production growth -32%
Ranked 140th.
30%
Ranked 45th.
Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions > % of total 68.38%
Ranked 75th. 17% more than United States
58.59%
Ranked 96th.

Produce > Land under cereal > Production > Hectares per 1000 54.55 hectares
Ranked 106th.
192.23 hectares
Ranked 25th. 4 times more than North Korea

Produce > Cereal > Land under cereal production > Hectares 1.33 million
Ranked 66th.
60.27 million
Ranked 3rd. 45 times more than North Korea

Produce > Land under cereal > Production > Hectares 1.3 million hectares
Ranked 62nd.
56.81 million hectares
Ranked 3rd. 44 times more than North Korea

Annual freshwater withdrawals, domestic > % of total freshwater withdrawal 10.43%
Ranked 123th.
13.68%
Ranked 110th. 31% more than North Korea

Produce > Corn > Imports per million 12.69 thousand metric tons
Ranked 25th. 19 times more than United States
0.683 thousand metric tons
Ranked 32nd.
Produce > Soybean > Yield per million 0.0482
Ranked 6th. 6 times more than United States
0.00779
Ranked 16th.
Livestock > Annual freshwater withdrawals, total > % of internal resources 12.92%
Ranked 77th.
16.98%
Ranked 66th. 31% more than North Korea

Produce > Wheat > Imports per million 16.92 thousand metric tons
Ranked 29th. 2 times more than United States
6.83 thousand metric tons
Ranked 38th.
Produce > Cereal > Land under cereal production > Hectares per 1000 53.89
Ranked 108th.
192
Ranked 26th. 4 times more than North Korea

Produce > Corn > Imports 300 thousand metric tons
Ranked 28th. 50% more than United States
200 thousand metric tons
Ranked 32nd.
Produce > Rice > Imports 300 thousand metric tons
Ranked 20th.
435 thousand metric tons
Ranked 16th. 45% more than North Korea
Arable land > % of land area 23.25% of land area
Ranked 28th. 22% more than United States
19.04% of land area
Ranked 37th.

Permanent cropland > % of land area 1.66% of land area
Ranked 33th. 6 times more than United States
0.3% of land area
Ranked 58th.

Annual freshwater withdrawals, agriculture > % of total freshwater withdrawal 76.35%
Ranked 59th. 90% more than United States
40.22%
Ranked 115th.

Livestock > Annual freshwater withdrawals, total > Billion cubic meters 8.66
Ranked 55th.
478.4
Ranked 3rd. 55 times more than North Korea

Livestock > Annual freshwater withdrawals, total > Billion cubic meters per million 0.352
Ranked 81st.
1.54
Ranked 6th. 4 times more than North Korea

Area > Soybean per 1000 13.54
Ranked 8th.
100.17
Ranked 4th. 7 times more than North Korea
Annual freshwater withdrawals, industry > % of total freshwater withdrawal 13.22%
Ranked 76th.
46.11%
Ranked 29th. 3 times more than North Korea

Irrigated land > % of cropland 50.34%
Ranked 19th. 4 times more than United States
12.48%
Ranked 75th.

Produce > Root and tuber > Production per million 30.47 thousand metric tons
Ranked 106th.
81.17 thousand metric tons
Ranked 70th. 3 times more than North Korea
Produce > Rice > Imports per million 12.69 thousand metric tons
Ranked 18th. 9 times more than United States
1.49 thousand metric tons
Ranked 35th.
Agricultural methane emissions > % of total 23.48%
Ranked 105th.
37.28%
Ranked 77th. 59% more than North Korea

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