Japan vs Northern America: Apples — Area harvested
Apples — Area harvested over time
- Japan
- Northern America
How they compare
Northern America currently reports 136,762 ha against 33,403 ha in Japan, a difference of 103,359 ha.
That makes Northern America's figure about 4.1 times Japan's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Northern America has been ahead every year.
Japan ranks 19th and Northern America ranks 16th of 96 countries.
Northern America has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Northern America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 64,433 ha | 214,453 ha | 150,020 ha | Northern America |
| 1970s | 54,540 ha | 202,242 ha | 147,702 ha | Northern America |
| 1980s | 53,750 ha | 211,535 ha | 157,785 ha | Northern America |
| 1990s | 49,170 ha | 217,453 ha | 168,283 ha | Northern America |
| 2000s | 41,170 ha | 173,084 ha | 131,914 ha | Northern America |
| 2010s | 37,010 ha | 145,387 ha | 108,377 ha | Northern America |
| 2020s | 34,841 ha | 136,593 ha | 101,752 ha | Northern America |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher apples — area harvested, Japan or Northern America?
- Northern America, at 136,762 ha against 33,403 ha in Japan as of 2024.
- What is the difference in apples — area harvested between Japan and Northern America?
- 103,359 ha, with Northern America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Northern America?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Japan and Northern America rank globally for apples — area harvested?
- Japan ranks 19th and Northern America ranks 16th of 96 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Apples — Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.