Last Year, North Korea's Rice Cultivation Area Decreased by 1.1%... Three-Quarters of South Korea's Level

Last year, North Korea's rice cultivation area decreased by 1.1%.

According to the "2023 North Korea Rice Cultivation Area Survey Results" released by the Statistics Korea on the 26th, North Korea's rice cultivation area last year was 533,591 hectares, down 1.1% from the previous year (539,679 hectares).

On the 22nd, when North Korea announced that it had launched a military reconnaissance satellite the previous night, the area around Kaepung County, Hwanghaebuk-do, North Korea, viewed from Odusan Unification Observatory in Paju-si, Gyeonggi Province, was calm. Photo by Jinhyung Kang aymsdream@

This is 75.4% of South Korea's rice cultivation area (707,872 hectares).

North Korea's rice cultivation area has been steadily declining in recent years. It fell from 550,000 hectares in 2019 to 540,000 hectares in 2020-2021, and dropped to the 530,000-hectare level in 2022.

By province, Hwanghae-namdo accounted for the largest share with 140,395 hectares (26.3%), followed by Pyeongan-bukdo with 102,007 hectares (19.1%) and Pyeongan-namdo with 75,322 hectares (14.1%).

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