Japan vs Taiwan: Cereal yields
Japan
6.25 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Taiwan
6.43 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Japan rank
27th
Taiwan rank
25th
Cereal yields over time
- Japan
- Taiwan
How they compare
Taiwan currently reports 6.43 tonnes per hectare against 6.25 tonnes per hectare in Japan, a difference of 0.18 tonnes per hectare.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Japan ahead.
Japan ranks 27th and Taiwan ranks 25th of 185 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 5 and Taiwan in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Taiwan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4.6 tonnes per hectare | 3.56 tonnes per hectare | 1.04 tonnes per hectare | Japan |
| 1970s | 5.57 tonnes per hectare | 4.01 tonnes per hectare | 1.56 tonnes per hectare | Japan |
| 1980s | 5.52 tonnes per hectare | 4.71 tonnes per hectare | 0.8047 tonnes per hectare | Japan |
| 1990s | 5.8 tonnes per hectare | 5.37 tonnes per hectare | 0.4381 tonnes per hectare | Japan |
| 2000s | 6.01 tonnes per hectare | 5.77 tonnes per hectare | 0.238 tonnes per hectare | Japan |
| 2010s | 6.2 tonnes per hectare | 6.27 tonnes per hectare | 0.0659 tonnes per hectare | Taiwan |
| 2020s | 6.29 tonnes per hectare | 6.55 tonnes per hectare | 0.2549 tonnes per hectare | Taiwan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cereal yields, Japan or Taiwan?
- Taiwan, at 6.43 tonnes per hectare against 6.25 tonnes per hectare in Japan as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cereal yields between Japan and Taiwan?
- 0.18 tonnes per hectare, with Taiwan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Taiwan?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Japan and Taiwan rank globally for cereal yields?
- Japan ranks 27th and Taiwan ranks 25th of 185 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Cereal yields. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Measured in tonnes per hectare.