Agriculture in South Korea: production, rankings and trends
Main agricultural products in South Korea with FAOSTAT histories, records, yields and global rankings.
Products140products with a statistical page
Best world positionN°2best rank among tracked products
Products ranked world #10products currently ranked first
Top-10 products12products in the global top ten
What the data show
The currently eligible series for South Korea cover 140 products. 0 products currently place South Korea at world rank #1. In total, 12 products rank in the global Top 10.
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How many products are covered for South Korea?
140 products currently have an eligible page in this language.
What is best world rank?
Best position means the highest rank reached among tracked products. For South Korea it is #2, and 0 products currently rank world #1.
What is the source of South Korea agricultural data?
The core series come from FAOSTAT. Terra Cultiva then calculates trends, records and rankings.
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| Product | Metric | Latest value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vegetables Primary | Production | 9.09M t 2024 | #17 |
| Cereals, primary | Production | 4.98M t 2024 | #57 |
| Rice | Production | 4.78M t 2024 | #18 |
| Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. | Production | 3.25M t 2024 | #8 |
| Fruit Primary | Production | 2.90M t 2024 | #48 |
| Cabbages | Production | 2.38M t 2024 | #4 |
| Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) | Production | 1.18M t 2024 | #20 |
| Roots and Tubers, Total | Production | 883.1k t 2024 | #82 |
| Hen eggs in shell, fresh | Production | 807.1k t 2024 | #18 |
| Citrus Fruit, Total | Production | 641.3k t 2024 | #30 |
| Tangerines, mandarins, clementines | Production | 640.2k t 2024 | #13 |
| Potatoes | Production | 568.6k t 2024 | #58 |
| Apples | Production | 460.1k t 2024 | #27 |
| Onions and shallots, green | Production | 449.8k t 2024 | #5 |
| Watermelons | Production | 442.9k t 2024 | #27 |
| Tomatoes | Production | 319.9k t 2024 | #54 |
| Sweet potatoes | Production | 314.4k t 2024 | #28 |
| Pumpkins, squash and gourds | Production | 306.9k t 2024 | #20 |
| Cucumbers and gherkins | Production | 288.6k t 2024 | #17 |
| Green garlic | Production | 284.9k t 2024 | #5 |
| Persimmons | Production | 223.6k t 2024 | #2 |
| Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) | Production | 210.8k t 2024 | #21 |
| Cantaloupes and other melons | Production | 208.0k t 2024 | #20 |
| Peaches and nectarines | Production | 192.5k t 2024 | #15 |
| Grapes | Production | 187.0k t 2024 | #39 |
| Pears | Production | 178.5k t 2024 | #13 |
| Strawberries | Production | 169.3k t 2024 | #10 |
| Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent | Production | 159.5k t 2024 | #61 |
| Soya beans | Production | 155.0k t 2024 | #36 |
| Leeks and other alliaceous vegetables | Production | 153.3k t 2024 | #3 |
| Other fruits, n.e.c. | Production | 141.6k t 2024 | #34 |
| Lettuce and chicory | Production | 106.5k t 2024 | #19 |
| Maize (corn) | Production | 89.0k t 2024 | #104 |
| Carrots and turnips | Production | 80.8k t 2024 | #50 |
| Treenuts, Total | Production | 72.6k t 2024 | #34 |
| Spinach | Production | 57.2k t 2024 | #16 |
| Chestnuts, in shell | Production | 52.2k t 2024 | #6 |
| Plums and sloes | Production | 50.5k t 2024 | #26 |
| Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent | Production | 49.2k t 2024 | #81 |
| Barley | Production | 47.7k t 2024 | #72 |
| Other oil seeds, n.e.c. | Production | 46.9k t 2024 | #11 |
| Wheat | Production | 37.4k t 2024 | #89 |
| Eggs from other birds in shell, fresh, n.e.c. | Production | 32.0k t 2024 | #7 |
| Unmanufactured tobacco | Production | 27.9k t 2024 | #22 |
| Ginger, raw | Production | 21.9k t 2024 | #16 |
| Cereals n.e.c. | Production | 21.5k t 2024 | #19 |
| Other nuts (excluding wild edible nuts and groundnuts), in shell, n.e.c. | Production | 19.2k t 2024 | #14 |
| Tea leaves | Production | 18.4k t 2024 | #25 |
| Pulses, Total | Production | 14.4k t 2024 | #117 |
| Groundnuts, excluding shelled | Production | 10.0k t 2024 | #68 |
| Sesame seed | Production | 9.0k t 2024 | #41 |
| Other pulses n.e.c. | Production | 8.4k t 2024 | #52 |
| Kiwi fruit | Production | 8.0k t 2024 | #15 |
| Beans, dry | Production | 6.0k t 2024 | #76 |
| Eggplants (aubergines) | Production | 4.9k t 2024 | #61 |
| Sorghum | Production | 2.9k t 2024 | #82 |
| Buckwheat | Production | 1.7k t 2024 | #12 |
| Walnuts, in shell | Production | 1.1k t 2024 | #43 |
| Other citrus fruit, n.e.c. | Production | 1.1k t 2024 | #42 |
| Millet | Production | 1.0k t 2024 | #61 |
| Rape or colza seed | Production | 1.0k t 2024 | #60 |
| Pineapples | Production | 957 t 2024 | #74 |
| Cauliflowers and broccoli | Production | 84 t 2024 | #93 |
| Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent | Production | 16 t 2024 | #108 |
| True hemp, raw or retted | Production | 16 t 2024 | #18 |
| Peas, dry | Production | 6.1 t 2024 | #95 |
| Rye | Production | 2.6 t 2024 | #62 |
| Castor oil seeds | Production | 0.13 t 2024 | #32 |
| Milk, Total | Production | 1.78M t 2024 | #63 |
| Raw milk of cattle | Production | 1.77M t 2024 | #59 |
| Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled | Production | 1.46M t 2024 | #12 |
| Meat, Poultry | Production | 1.01M t 2024 | #30 |
| Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled | Production | 935.0k t 2024 | #30 |
| Eggs Primary | Production | 839.1k t 2024 | #19 |
| Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled | Production | 370.0k t 2024 | #34 |
| Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary | Production | 370.0k t 2024 | #36 |
| Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen | Production | 194.7k t 2024 | #7 |
| Fat of pigs | Production | 98.3k t 2024 | #11 |
| Meat of ducks, fresh or chilled | Production | 73.7k t 2024 | #8 |
| Raw hides and skins of cattle | Production | 43.7k t 2024 | #29 |
| Edible offal of cattle, fresh, chilled or frozen | Production | 42.5k t 2024 | #37 |
| Cattle fat, unrendered | Production | 17.0k t 2024 | #22 |
| Raw milk of goats | Production | 9.1k t 2024 | #80 |
| Meat of rabbits and hares, fresh or chilled | Production | 2.2k t 2024 | #15 |
| Sheep and Goat Meat | Production | 1.8k t 2024 | #125 |
| Meat of goat, fresh or chilled | Production | 1.8k t 2024 | #93 |
| Edible offal of goat, fresh, chilled or frozen | Production | 356 t 2024 | #85 |
| Raw hides and skins of goats or kids | Production | 296 t 2024 | #86 |
| Goat fat, unrendered | Production | 61 t 2024 | #85 |
| Meat of geese, fresh or chilled | Production | 9.2 t 2024 | #27 |
| Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled | Production | 5.3 t 2024 | #171 |
| Edible offal of sheep, fresh, chilled or frozen | Production | 1.5 t 2024 | #143 |
| Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs | Production | 1.2 t 2024 | #143 |
| Sheep fat, unrendered | Production | 0.23 t 2024 | #144 |
| Swine / pigs | Stocks | 10.85M head 2024 | #13 |
| Cattle | Stocks | 3.89M head 2024 | #60 |
| Cattle and Buffaloes | Stocks | 3.89M head 2024 | #63 |
| Meat, Total | Production | 2.84M t 2024 | #26 |
| Bees | Stocks | 2.13M units 2024 | #11 |
| Beer of barley, malted | Production | 1.69M t 2023 | #24 |
| Skim milk of cows | Production | 1.51M t 2023 | #24 |
| Sheep and Goats | Stocks | 318.2k head 2024 | #134 |
| Goats | Stocks | 316.8k head 2024 | #104 |
| Soya bean oil | Production | 193.2k t 2023 | #26 |
| Poultry Birds | Stocks | 185.64M head 2024 | #29 |
| Chickens | Stocks | 178.47M head 2024 | #29 |
| Butter of cow milk | Production | 63.4k t 2023 | #22 |
| Butter and Ghee | Production | 63.4k t 2023 | #26 |
| Oil of maize | Production | 52.3k t 2023 | #13 |
| Skim Milk & Buttermilk, Dry | Production | 51.1k t 2023 | #20 |
| Skim milk and whey powder | Production | 35.4k t 2023 | #21 |
| Natural honey | Production | 31.2k t 2024 | #16 |
| Horses | Stocks | 27.3k head 2024 | #80 |
| Mushrooms and truffles | Production | 23.4k t 2024 | #24 |
| Cottonseed oil | Production | 22.8k t 2023 | #18 |
| Evaporated & Condensed Milk | Production | 16.4k t 2023 | #42 |
| Oil of sesame seed | Production | 15.3k t 2023 | #13 |
| Ducks | Stocks | 7.16M head 2024 | #18 |
| Whole milk powder | Production | 4.2k t 2023 | #45 |
| Beeswax | Production | 4.1k t 2024 | #4 |
| Other meat of mammals, fresh or chilled | Production | 2.8k t 2024 | #21 |
| Whole milk, evaporated | Production | 2.4k t 2023 | #42 |
| Rapeseed or canola oil, crude | Production | 1.5k t 2023 | #55 |
| Sheep | Stocks | 1.4k head 2024 | #172 |
| Margarine and shortening | Production | 1.0k t 2023 | #85 |
| Groundnut oil | Production | 1.0k t 2023 | #66 |
| Oil of linseed | Production | 500 t 2023 | #42 |
| Rabbits and hares | Stocks | 88.0k head 2024 | #30 |
| Coconut oil | Production | 51 t 2023 | #56 |
| Silk-worm cocoons suitable for reeling | Production | 10 t 2024 | #18 |
| Turkeys | Stocks | 8.0k head 2024 | #60 |
| Geese | Stocks | 4.0k head 2024 | #38 |
| Raw silk (not thrown) | Production | 1.0 t 2023 | #18 |
| Whole milk, condensed | Production | 14.0k t 2023 | #20 |
| Green tea (not fermented), black tea (fermented) and partly fermented tea, in immediate packings of a content not exceeding 3 kg | Production | 4.2k t 2023 | #37 |
| Ramie, raw or retted | Production | 91 t 1993 | — |
| Buttermilk, dry | Production | 15.7k t 2023 | #15 |
| Asses | Stocks | 0.00 head 2024 | #105 |
| Bananas | Production | 27.3k t 1990 | — |
| Hop cones | Production | 0.00 t 2000 | — |