Japan vs Netherlands: Cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?
Japan
25.49 million tonnes
in 2022
Netherlands
24.77 million tonnes
in 2023
Japan rank
5th
Netherlands rank
7th
Cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters? over time
- Japan
- Netherlands
How they compare
Japan currently reports 25.49 million tonnes against 24.77 million tonnes in Netherlands, a difference of 717,000 tonnes.
Across all 62 years both countries report, Japan has been ahead every year.
Japan ranks 5th and Netherlands ranks 7th of 192 countries.
Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Netherlands | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9.64 million tonnes | 4.00 million tonnes | 5.65 million tonnes | Japan |
| 1970s | 19.92 million tonnes | 6.48 million tonnes | 13.44 million tonnes | Japan |
| 1980s | 27.02 million tonnes | 5.45 million tonnes | 21.57 million tonnes | Japan |
| 1990s | 28.80 million tonnes | 6.42 million tonnes | 22.38 million tonnes | Japan |
| 2000s | 27.04 million tonnes | 9.14 million tonnes | 17.90 million tonnes | Japan |
| 2010s | 26.61 million tonnes | 19.59 million tonnes | 7.02 million tonnes | Japan |
| 2020s | 25.43 million tonnes | 23.33 million tonnes | 2.11 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 Netherlands?
- Japan, at 25.49 million tonnes against 24.77 million tonnes in Netherlands as of 2022.
- What is the difference in cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters? between Japan and Netherlands?
- 717,000 tonnes, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Netherlands?
- 62 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2022.
- How do Japan and Netherlands rank globally for cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters??
- Japan ranks 5th and Netherlands ranks 7th 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.