Asia vs Japan: Rice — Yield
Rice — Yield over time
- Asia
- Japan
How they compare
Japan currently reports 6,956 kg/ha against 4,989 kg/ha in Asia, a difference of 1,967 kg/ha.
That makes Japan's figure about 1.4 times Asia's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Japan has been ahead every year.
Asia ranks 16th and Japan ranks 15th of 32 groups.
Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Asia | Japan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,076 kg/ha | 5,240 kg/ha | 3,164 kg/ha | Japan |
| 1970s | 2,509 kg/ha | 5,860 kg/ha | 3,351 kg/ha | Japan |
| 1980s | 3,217 kg/ha | 5,935 kg/ha | 2,718 kg/ha | Japan |
| 1990s | 3,757 kg/ha | 6,174 kg/ha | 2,418 kg/ha | Japan |
| 2000s | 4,139 kg/ha | 6,498 kg/ha | 2,359 kg/ha | Japan |
| 2010s | 4,687 kg/ha | 6,837 kg/ha | 2,150 kg/ha | Japan |
| 2020s | 4,947 kg/ha | 6,922 kg/ha | 1,975 kg/ha | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rice — yield, Asia or Japan?
- Japan, at 6,956 kg/ha against 4,989 kg/ha in Asia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in rice — yield between Asia and Japan?
- 1,967 kg/ha, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Asia and Japan?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Asia and Japan rank globally for rice — yield?
- Asia ranks 16th and Japan ranks 15th of 32 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Rice — Yield. 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.