Japan vs Southern Asia: Rice — Yield
Rice — Yield over time
- Japan
- Southern Asia
How they compare
Japan currently reports 6,956 kg/ha against 4,441 kg/ha in Southern Asia, a difference of 2,515 kg/ha.
That makes Japan's figure about 1.6 times Southern Asia's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Japan has been ahead every year.
Japan ranks 14th and Southern Asia ranks 18th of 114 countries.
Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Southern Asia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,240 kg/ha | 1,560 kg/ha | 3,680 kg/ha | Japan |
| 1970s | 5,860 kg/ha | 1,784 kg/ha | 4,076 kg/ha | Japan |
| 1980s | 5,935 kg/ha | 2,222 kg/ha | 3,713 kg/ha | Japan |
| 1990s | 6,174 kg/ha | 2,743 kg/ha | 3,431 kg/ha | Japan |
| 2000s | 6,498 kg/ha | 3,206 kg/ha | 3,292 kg/ha | Japan |
| 2010s | 6,837 kg/ha | 3,862 kg/ha | 2,975 kg/ha | Japan |
| 2020s | 6,922 kg/ha | 4,343 kg/ha | 2,579 kg/ha | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rice — yield, Japan or Southern Asia?
- Japan, at 6,956 kg/ha against 4,441 kg/ha in Southern Asia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in rice — yield between Japan and Southern Asia?
- 2,515 kg/ha, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Southern Asia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Japan and Southern Asia rank globally for rice — yield?
- Japan ranks 14th and Southern Asia ranks 18th of 114 countries.
- 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.