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Agriculture Stats: compare key data on Japan & North Korea

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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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 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.
  • Produce > Corn > Imports per million: Figures for 2003/2004. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Produce > Wheat > Imports per million: Figures for 2003/2004. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Produce > Rice > Imports: Figures for 2003/2004
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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 > 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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: Figures for 2003/2004
STAT Japan North Korea HISTORY
Agricultural growth 98
Ranked 154th.
0.0
Ranked 147th.
Agricultural land > Sq. km 45,610 sq. km
Ranked 94th. 79% more than North Korea
25,550 sq. km
Ranked 111th.

Agricultural land > Sq. km per 1000 0.357 sq. km
Ranked 194th.
1.04 sq. km
Ranked 175th. 3 times more than Japan

Agricultural machinery > Tractors 2.03 million
Ranked 3rd. 32 times more than North Korea
64,200
Ranked 49th.

Agricultural machinery > Tractors > Per capita 15.88 per 1,000 people
Ranked 23th. 6 times more than North Korea
2.88 per 1,000 people
Ranked 72nd.

Arable land > Hectares 4.36 million hectares
Ranked 24th. 56% more than North Korea
2.8 million hectares
Ranked 30th.

Arable land > Hectares per 1000 34.12 hectares
Ranked 65th.
117.58 hectares
Ranked 46th. 3 times more than Japan

Arable land > Hectares per capita 0.0333
Ranked 172nd.
0.0934
Ranked 133th. 3 times more than Japan

Grains > Rice > Consumption 8,658 thousand metric tons
Ranked 9th. 5 times more than North Korea
1,640 thousand metric tons
Ranked 15th.
Produce > Crop > Production index 95.4%
Ranked 154th.
110%
Ranked 70th. 15% more than Japan

Produce > Food > Production index 97.7%
Ranked 157th.
109.7%
Ranked 60th. 12% more than Japan

Produce > Soybean > Production 230,000
Ranked 16th.
360,000
Ranked 13th. 57% more than Japan
Products rice, sugar beets, vegetables, fruit; pork, poultry, dairy products, eggs; fish rice, corn, potatoes, soybeans, pulses; cattle, pigs, pork, eggs
Rural population 15,225
Ranked 173th.
28,004
Ranked 119th. 84% more than Japan

Tractors 2.03 million
Ranked 2nd. 29 times more than North Korea
70,000
Ranked 45th.
Agricultural machinery > Tractors per 100 hectares of arable land 4,612.24
Ranked 2nd. 19 times more than North Korea
237.78
Ranked 59th.

Fertilizer use 301 kg
Ranked 6th. 72% more than North Korea
175.5 kg
Ranked 19th.
Gross value added 69.24 billion
Ranked 7th. 22 times more than North Korea
3.11 billion
Ranked 86th.

Produce > Meat > Production 3,081 thousand metric tons
Ranked 15th. 21 times more than North Korea
146 thousand metric tons
Ranked 86th.
Produce > Cereal > Cereal yield > Kg per hectare 5,019.85
Ranked 30th. 60% more than North Korea
3,127.76
Ranked 77th.

Gross value added per capita 542.82
Ranked 53th. 4 times more than North Korea
125.74
Ranked 184th.

Grains > Rice > Consumption per million 67.77 thousand metric tons
Ranked 11th.
69.38 thousand metric tons
Ranked 10th. 2% more than Japan
Workers per hectare 0.6
Ranked 63th.
1.7
Ranked 28th. 3 times more than Japan
Produce > Livestock > Production index 99.7%
Ranked 139th.
115.4%
Ranked 35th. 16% more than Japan

Arable land > Hectares > Per capita 34.12 hectares per 1,000 peop
Ranked 65th.
124.51 hectares per 1,000 peop
Ranked 48th. 4 times more than Japan

Tractors per 1000 15.98
Ranked 23th. 5 times more than North Korea
3.06
Ranked 59th.
Produce > Cereal > Cereal production > Metric tons 9.6 million
Ranked 35th. 2 times more than North Korea
4.17 million
Ranked 62nd.

Agricultural machinery > Tractors per 1000 15.88
Ranked 22nd. 6 times more than North Korea
2.74
Ranked 70th.

Fertilizer > Consumption > Metric tons 1.28 million metric tons
Ranked 22nd. 5 times more than North Korea
266,200 metric tons
Ranked 53th.

Rural population per thousand people 0.153
Ranked 201st.
1.49
Ranked 158th. 10 times more than Japan

Renewable internal freshwater resources, total > Billion cubic meters per million 3.36
Ranked 82nd. 24% more than North Korea
2.72
Ranked 91st.

Grains > Coarse grain imports 19,185 thousand metric tons
Ranked 1st. 64 times more than North Korea
300 thousand metric tons
Ranked 34th.
Methane emissions > Kt of CO2 equivalent per 1000 0.316
Ranked 134th.
0.76
Ranked 89th. 2 times more than Japan

Fertilizer > Consumption > 100 grams per hectare of arable land 2,906.29 100 g/ha of arable land
Ranked 23th. 3 times more than North Korea
985.93 100 g/ha of arable land
Ranked 68th.

Produce > Cereal > Production 95 thousand metric tons
Ranked 112th.
0.0
Ranked 147th.
Agricultural methane emissions > Thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent 29,545.4
Ranked 21st. 7 times more than North Korea
4,370.1
Ranked 70th.

Agricultural methane emissions > Thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent per million 231.82
Ranked 99th. 30% more than North Korea
178.37
Ranked 113th.

Produce > Cereal > Cereal production > Metric tons per 1000 75.25
Ranked 125th.
168.56
Ranked 92nd. 2 times more than Japan

Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions > Thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent per million 58.83
Ranked 126th.
90.46
Ranked 119th. 54% more than Japan

Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions > Thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent 7,497.9
Ranked 46th. 3 times more than North Korea
2,216.4
Ranked 86th.

Nitrous oxide emissions > Thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent per million 201.96
Ranked 114th. 53% more than North Korea
132.29
Ranked 129th.

Produce > Meat > Production per million 24.23 thousand metric tons
Ranked 69th. 4 times more than North Korea
6.34 thousand metric tons
Ranked 134th.
Permanent crops 356,000 hectares
Ranked 54th. 19% more than North Korea
300,000 hectares
Ranked 61st.
Fertilizer > Consumption > Metric tons per 1000 10.07 metric tons
Ranked 86th.
11.45 metric tons
Ranked 76th. 14% more than Japan

Produce > Soybean > Production per 1000 1.8
Ranked 20th.
15.23
Ranked 8th. 8 times more than Japan
Renewable internal freshwater resources, total > Billion cubic meters 430
Ranked 20th. 6 times more than North Korea
67
Ranked 66th.

Fertilizer > Consumption > Metric tons > Per capita 10.07 metric tons per 1,000 p
Ranked 85th.
12.02 metric tons per 1,000 p
Ranked 74th. 19% more than Japan

Grains > Coarse grain imports per million 150.16 thousand metric tons
Ranked 6th. 12 times more than North Korea
12.69 thousand metric tons
Ranked 25th.
Methane emissions > Kt of CO2 equivalent 40,261.8
Ranked 38th. 2 times more than North Korea
18,611.3
Ranked 57th.

Nitrous oxide emissions > Thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent 25,739.5
Ranked 26th. 8 times more than North Korea
3,241.2
Ranked 88th.

Arable and permanent cropland 4,830 thousand hectares
Ranked 44th. 2 times more than North Korea
2,000 thousand hectares
Ranked 84th.
Produce > Cereal > Production growth -12%
Ranked 124th.
-59%
Ranked 147th. 5 times more than Japan
Produce > Cereal > Production per million 0.747 thousand metric tons
Ranked 140th.
0.0
Ranked 147th.
Produce > Meat > Production growth -20%
Ranked 141st.
-76%
Ranked 148th. 4 times more than Japan
Produce > Land under cereal > Production > Hectares > Per capita 15.81 hectares per 1,000 peop
Ranked 141st.
57.77 hectares per 1,000 peop
Ranked 105th. 4 times more than Japan

Produce > Root and tuber > Production 4,937 thousand metric tons
Ranked 21st. 7 times more than North Korea
684 thousand metric tons
Ranked 76th.
Arable and permanent cropland per million 38.07 thousand hectares
Ranked 142nd.
87.56 thousand hectares
Ranked 134th. 2 times more than Japan
Produce > Wheat > Imports 5,800 thousand metric tons
Ranked 2nd. 15 times more than North Korea
400 thousand metric tons
Ranked 37th.
Area > Soybean 150,000
Ranked 17th.
320,000
Ranked 11th. 2 times more than Japan
Produce > Soybean > Yield 1.53
Ranked 12th. 34% more than North Korea
1.14
Ranked 18th.
Permanent crops per 1000 2.81 hectares
Ranked 152nd.
13.13 hectares
Ranked 109th. 5 times more than Japan
Produce > Root and tuber > Production growth -17%
Ranked 131st.
-32%
Ranked 140th. 88% more than Japan
Agricultural methane emissions > % of total 73.38%
Ranked 16th. 3 times more than North Korea
23.48%
Ranked 105th.

Produce > Corn > Imports per million 125.23 thousand metric tons
Ranked 3rd. 10 times more than North Korea
12.69 thousand metric tons
Ranked 25th.
Produce > Wheat > Imports per million 45.4 thousand metric tons
Ranked 16th. 3 times more than North Korea
16.92 thousand metric tons
Ranked 29th.
Produce > Rice > Imports 650 thousand metric tons
Ranked 9th. 2 times more than North Korea
300 thousand metric tons
Ranked 20th.
Produce > Cereal > Land under cereal production > Hectares 1.91 million
Ranked 52nd. 43% more than North Korea
1.33 million
Ranked 66th.

Produce > Land under cereal > Production > Hectares 2.02 million hectares
Ranked 48th. 56% more than North Korea
1.3 million hectares
Ranked 62nd.

Arable land > % of land area 11.96% of land area
Ranked 48th.
23.25% of land area
Ranked 28th. 94% more than Japan

Livestock > Annual freshwater withdrawals, total > Billion cubic meters per million 0.704
Ranked 37th. Twice as much as North Korea
0.352
Ranked 81st.

Area > Soybean per 1000 1.17
Ranked 20th.
13.54
Ranked 8th. 12 times more than Japan
Produce > Land under cereal > Production > Hectares per 1000 15.81 hectares
Ranked 140th.
54.55 hectares
Ranked 106th. 3 times more than Japan

Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions > % of total 29.13%
Ranked 126th.
68.38%
Ranked 75th. 2 times more than Japan

Permanent cropland > % of land area 0.91% of land area
Ranked 44th.
1.66% of land area
Ranked 33th. 82% more than Japan

Annual freshwater withdrawals, agriculture > % of total freshwater withdrawal 63.13%
Ranked 84th.
76.35%
Ranked 59th. 21% more than Japan

Livestock > Annual freshwater withdrawals, total > Billion cubic meters 90.04
Ranked 8th. 10 times more than North Korea
8.66
Ranked 55th.

Annual freshwater withdrawals, industry > % of total freshwater withdrawal 17.55%
Ranked 63th. 33% more than North Korea
13.22%
Ranked 76th.

Produce > Soybean > Yield per million 0.012
Ranked 15th.
0.0482
Ranked 6th. 4 times more than Japan
Livestock > Annual freshwater withdrawals, total > % of internal resources 20.94%
Ranked 55th. 62% more than North Korea
12.92%
Ranked 77th.

Produce > Root and tuber > Production per million 39.06 thousand metric tons
Ranked 94th. 28% more than North Korea
30.47 thousand metric tons
Ranked 106th.
Produce > Rice > Imports per million 5.09 thousand metric tons
Ranked 27th.
12.69 thousand metric tons
Ranked 18th. 2 times more than Japan
Produce > Cereal > Land under cereal production > Hectares per 1000 14.99
Ranked 145th.
53.89
Ranked 108th. 4 times more than Japan

Irrigated land > % of cropland 54.73%
Ranked 16th. 9% more than North Korea
50.34%
Ranked 19th.

Annual freshwater withdrawals, domestic > % of total freshwater withdrawal 19.32%
Ranked 86th. 85% more than North Korea
10.43%
Ranked 123th.

Produce > Corn > Imports 16,000 thousand metric tons
Ranked 1st. 53 times more than North Korea
300 thousand metric tons
Ranked 28th.

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