Calendar year |
|
|
|
|
|
2008 |
Population (million persons) |
47.9 |
48.0 |
48.1 |
48.3 |
48.5 |
48.6 |
Share of total population on farms (percent)
|
7.4 |
7.1 |
7.1 |
6.8 |
6.8 |
6.6 |
Gross domestic product (billion US$) |
608 |
680 |
845 |
951 |
1,049 |
929 |
In trillion won
|
767 |
827 |
865 |
909 |
975 |
1,024 |
Growth rate, at 2000 prices (percent)
|
2.8 |
4.6 |
4.0 |
5.2 |
5.1 |
2.2 |
Per person (gross national income, US$)
|
13,460 |
15,082 |
17,531 |
19,722 |
21,695 |
19,231 |
Exchange rate, won/US$ |
1,192 |
1,145 |
1,024 |
956 |
929 |
1,102 |
Land area
|
Total (million hectares)
|
9.960 |
9.962 |
9.965 |
9.968 |
9.972 |
9.983 |
Area of cultivated land (million hectares)
|
1.846 |
1.836 |
1.824 |
1.800 |
1.782 |
1.759 |
Average cultivated area per farm household (hectares)
|
1.46 |
1.48 |
1.43 |
1.45 |
1.45 |
1.45 |
Principal crops (1,000 mt)
|
Rice, milled
|
4,451 |
5,000 |
4,768 |
4,680 |
4,408 |
4,843 |
Barley, unhulled
|
220 |
249 |
272 |
208 |
230 |
NA |
Corn
|
70 |
78 |
73 |
65 |
84 |
94 |
Soybeans
|
105 |
139 |
183 |
156 |
114 |
132 |
Potatoes, white and sweet
|
183 |
236 |
266 |
215 |
224 |
NA |
Fruits
|
2,275 |
2,411 |
2,593 |
2,504 |
2,750 |
NA |
Vegetables
|
9,191 |
10,062 |
9,097 |
9,445 |
8,828 |
NA |
Livestock production (1,000 mt)
|
Beef, carcass weight
|
182 |
186 |
195 |
200 |
219 |
246 |
Pork, carcass weight
|
1,149 |
1,100 |
1,036 |
1,000 |
1,043 |
1,056 |
Broiler meat
|
429 |
432 |
451 |
523 |
570 |
542 |
Milk
|
2,367 |
2,255 |
2,229 |
2,176 |
2,188 |
2,200 |
Eggs
|
503 |
508 |
515 |
537 |
544 |
NA |
Agricultural exports (million US$) |
1,471 |
1,669 |
1,811 |
1,816 |
2,005 |
2,310 |
Pork and offals
|
31 |
27 |
34 |
24 |
26 |
18 |
Refined sugar; confectionery products
|
158 |
175 |
200 |
235 |
239 |
252 |
Agricultural imports (million US$) |
9,447 |
10,512 |
11,060 |
12,323 |
14,801 |
18,872 |
Corn
|
1,048 |
1,432 |
1,213 |
1,265 |
1,826 |
2,820 |
Beef
|
1,071 |
544 |
670 |
792 |
939 |
960 |
Hides/skins
|
471 |
421 |
408 |
364 |
381 |
369 |
Wheat
|
610 |
660 |
666 |
656 |
828 |
1,274 |
Cotton
|
396 |
430 |
355 |
299 |
305 |
342 |
Soybeans
|
399 |
480 |
391 |
321 |
415 |
792 |
Pork
|
184 |
334 |
591 |
741 |
863 |
823 |
NA = Not available.
Sources: Economic Research Service; Korea Customs Data; Korea National Statistical
Office; Bank of Korea; Korea Rural Economic Institute; National Agricultural
Cooperative Federation, Korea; Pacific exchange rate service; Production, Supply,
and Demand database, USDA; Statistical Yearbook of Agriculture and Forestry,
Republic of Korea. |
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