Unmanufactured tobacco production rose 0.159% to 28,649 tonnes in South Korea in 2022, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, unmanufactured tobacco production in South Korea reached an all time high of 144,533 tonnes in 1977 and an all time low of 27,834 tonnes in 2015. When compared to South Korea's main peers, unmanufactured tobacco production in China amounted to 2,188,100 tonnes, 86,871 tonnes in Dem. People's Republic of Korea, 8,782 tonnes in Japan and 34,872 tonnes in Vietnam in 2022.
South Korea has been ranked 23rd within the group of 115 countries we follow in terms of unmanufactured tobacco production, 2 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Tobacco Production (Unmanufactured) | Unit | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
| Cambodia | tonnes | 114,000 | 9,100 | 7,500 | 6,700 | 7,100 | ||||||||||||||||
| China | tonnes | 2,574,000 | 2,391,000 | 2,241,000 | 2,611,610 | 2,134,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Dem. People's Republic of Korea | tonnes | 84,638 | 85,422 | 85,862 | 87,675 | 86,320 | ||||||||||||||||
| India | tonnes | 747,977 | 744,410 | 744,046 | 747,895 | 757,846 | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | tonnes | 17,900 | 19,000 | 16,998 | 16,798 | 13,748 | ||||||||||||||||
| Laos | tonnes | 66,800 | 35,615 | 54,005 | 35,565 | 32,956 | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | tonnes | ... | ... | 3.00 | 4.00 | 6.00 | 8.50 | 90.6 | ||||||||||||||
| South Korea | tonnes | 28,801 | 28,801 | 28,467 | 28,690 | 28,653 | ||||||||||||||||
| Thailand | tonnes | 70,763 | 68,380 | 66,424 | 66,642 | 66,784 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | tonnes | 285,180 | 322,120 | 241,870 | 212,260 | 169,130 | ||||||||||||||||
| Vietnam | tonnes | 29,215 | 32,065 | 31,440 | 29,986 | 29,238 |
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