Employment in agriculture (% of total employment)
% of employment
19th of 182 · 2nd in East Asia & Pacific
North Korea's employment in agriculture (% of total employment) fell from 55.5 % in 1996 to 54.1 % in 2025.
North Korea · Agriculture & natural resources
Land, production, employment and resource rents.
20 indicators · 13 with data
North Korea's agricultural land (% of land area) fell from 21.9 % in 1994 to 21.6 % in 2023.
North Korea's arable land (% of land area) fell from 19.9 % in 1994 to 19.1 % in 2023.
North Korea's arable land (hectares per person) fell from 0 ha in 1994 to 0 ha in 2023.
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- Cereal yieldup +2.0 %34th of 79
- Food production indexdown −0.9 pts169th of 195
- Crop production indexdown −1.2 pts166th of 195
- Livestock production indexup +0.7 pts157th of 194
- Oil productionunchanged +0.0100th of 204*
- Gas productionunchanged +0.096th of 204*
- Coal productionup +13.1 %14th of 204*
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- Fertilizer consumptionup +107.7 %152nd of 191
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- Prevalence of undernourishmentdown −0.5 pts166th of 167*
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These indicators exist in the registry but no source reports a value for North Korea.