Calendar year |
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|
|
|
|
2009 |
2010 |
Population (million persons) |
48.0 |
48.1 |
48.3 |
48.5 |
48.6 |
48.8 |
48.9 |
Share of total population on farms (percent)
|
7.1
| 7.1 |
6.8 |
6.8 |
6.6 |
6.4 |
NA |
Gross domestic product (billion US$) |
608 |
845 |
951 |
1,049 |
931 |
834 |
1,015 |
In trillion won
|
827 |
865 |
909 |
975 |
1,026 |
1,065 |
1,173 |
Growth rate, at 2000 prices (percent)
|
4.6 |
4.0 |
5.2 |
5.1 |
2.3 |
0.3 |
6.2 |
Per person (gross national income, US$)
|
15,082 |
17,531 |
19,722 |
21,695 |
19,295 |
17,193 |
20,769 |
Exchange rate, won/US$ |
1,145 |
1,024 |
956 |
929 |
1,102 |
1,277 |
1,156 |
Land area
|
Total (million hectares)
|
9.962 |
9.965 |
9.968 |
9.972 |
9.982 |
9,990 |
NA |
Area of cultivated land (million hectares)
|
1.836 |
1.824 |
1.800 |
1.782 |
1.759 |
1,737 |
NA |
Average cultivated area per farm household (hectares)
|
1.48 |
1.43 |
1.45 |
1.45 |
1.45 |
145 |
NA |
Principal crops (1,000 mt)
|
Rice, milled
|
5,000 |
4,768 |
4,680 |
4,408 |
4,843 |
4,916 |
4,295 |
Barley, unhulled
|
249 |
272 |
208 |
230 |
241 |
211 |
NA |
Corn
|
78 |
73 |
65 |
84 |
93 |
77 |
73 |
Soybeans
|
139 |
183 |
156 |
114 |
132 |
139 |
105 |
Potatoes, white and sweet
|
988 |
1,177 |
917 |
927 |
934 |
941 |
NA |
Fruits
|
2,411 |
2,593 |
2,504 |
2,750 |
2,698 |
2,881 |
NA |
Vegetables
|
10,062 |
9,097 |
9,445 |
8,828 |
9,343 |
9,353 |
NA |
Livestock production (1,000 mt)
|
Beef, carcass weight
|
186 |
195 |
200 |
219 |
246 |
267 |
247 |
Pork, carcass weight
|
1,100 |
1,036 |
1,000 |
1,043 |
1,056 |
1,062 |
1,110 |
Broiler meat
|
432 |
451 |
523 |
570 |
565 |
613 |
647 |
Milk
|
2,255 |
2,229 |
2,176 |
2,188 |
2,139 |
2,110 |
2,103 |
Eggs
|
508 |
515 |
537 |
544 |
542 |
579 |
NA |
Agricultural exports (million US$) |
1,669 |
1,811 |
1,816 |
2,005 |
2,310 |
2,479 |
3,139 |
Pork and offals
|
27 |
34 |
24 |
26 |
18 |
12 |
1 |
Refined sugar; confectionery products
|
175 |
200 |
235 |
239 |
252 |
257 |
390 |
Agricultural imports (million US$) |
10,512 |
11,060 |
12,323 |
14,801 |
18,872 |
14,983 |
18,645 |
Corn
|
1,432 |
1,213 |
1,265 |
1,826 |
2,820 |
1,638 |
1,990 |
Beef
|
544 |
670 |
792 |
939 |
960 |
797 |
1,080 |
Hides/skins
|
421 |
408 |
364 |
381 |
369 |
268 |
386 |
Wheat
|
660 |
666 |
656 |
828 |
1,274 |
949 |
1,067 |
Cotton
|
430 |
355 |
299 |
305 |
342 |
292 |
406 |
Soybeans
|
480 |
391 |
321 |
415 |
792 |
592 |
574 |
Pork
|
334 |
591 |
741 |
863 |
823 |
672 |
664 |
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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