Japan vs Mexico: Cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?
Japan
25.49 million tonnes
in 2022
Mexico
25.09 million tonnes
in 2023
Japan rank
5th
Mexico rank
6th
Cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters? over time
- Japan
- Mexico
How they compare
Japan currently reports 25.49 million tonnes against 25.09 million tonnes in Mexico, a difference of 396,000 tonnes.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 62 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Japan ahead.
Japan ranks 5th and Mexico ranks 6th of 192 countries.
Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Mexico | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9.64 million tonnes | 176,667 tonnes | 9.47 million tonnes | Japan |
| 1970s | 19.92 million tonnes | 2.08 million tonnes | 17.84 million tonnes | Japan |
| 1980s | 27.02 million tonnes | 5.77 million tonnes | 21.25 million tonnes | Japan |
| 1990s | 28.80 million tonnes | 8.96 million tonnes | 19.84 million tonnes | Japan |
| 2000s | 27.04 million tonnes | 17.34 million tonnes | 9.70 million tonnes | Japan |
| 2010s | 26.61 million tonnes | 20.66 million tonnes | 5.95 million tonnes | Japan |
| 2020s | 25.43 million tonnes | 23.82 million tonnes | 1.62 million tonnes | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?, Japan or Mexico?
- Japan, at 25.49 million tonnes against 25.09 million tonnes in Mexico as of 2022.
- What is the difference in cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters? between Japan and Mexico?
- 396,000 tonnes, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Mexico?
- 62 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2022.
- How do Japan and Mexico rank globally for cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters??
- Japan ranks 5th and Mexico ranks 6th of 192 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Imports and exports are measured as the net sum of all cereal crop varieties. Countries which lie above the grey line are net importers of cereals; those below the line are net exporters.