Japan vs Turkey: Cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?
Japan
25.49 million tonnes
in 2022
Turkey
33.70 million tonnes
in 2023
Japan rank
5th
Turkey rank
3rd
Cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters? over time
- Japan
- Turkey
How they compare
Turkey currently reports 33.70 million tonnes against 25.49 million tonnes in Japan, a difference of 8.21 million tonnes.
That makes Turkey's figure about 1.3 times Japan's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 62 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Japan ahead.
Japan ranks 5th and Turkey ranks 3rd of 192 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 6 and Turkey in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Turkey | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9.64 million tonnes | 392,778 tonnes | 9.25 million tonnes | Japan |
| 1970s | 19.92 million tonnes | 407,600 tonnes | 19.51 million tonnes | Japan |
| 1980s | 27.02 million tonnes | 897,900 tonnes | 26.12 million tonnes | Japan |
| 1990s | 28.80 million tonnes | 2.30 million tonnes | 26.50 million tonnes | Japan |
| 2000s | 27.04 million tonnes | 2.80 million tonnes | 24.23 million tonnes | Japan |
| 2010s | 26.61 million tonnes | 19.36 million tonnes | 7.25 million tonnes | Japan |
| 2020s | 25.43 million tonnes | 33.00 million tonnes | 7.56 million tonnes | Turkey |
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 Turkey?
- Turkey, at 33.70 million tonnes against 25.49 million tonnes in Japan as of 2023.
- What is the difference in cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters? between Japan and Turkey?
- 8.21 million tonnes, with Turkey ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Turkey?
- 62 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2022.
- How do Japan and Turkey rank globally for cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters??
- Japan ranks 5th and Turkey ranks 3rd 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.