Japan vs South America: Strawberries — Area harvested
Strawberries — Area harvested over time
- Japan
- South America
How they compare
South America currently reports 16,649 ha against 4,709 ha in Japan, a difference of 11,940 ha.
That makes South America's figure about 3.5 times Japan's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Japan ahead.
Japan ranks 18th and South America ranks 16th of 83 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 4 and South America in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | South America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,011 ha | 218.67 ha | 9,792 ha | Japan |
| 1970s | 12,540 ha | 486.2 ha | 12,054 ha | Japan |
| 1980s | 11,080 ha | 1,958 ha | 9,122 ha | Japan |
| 1990s | 8,630 ha | 6,997 ha | 1,633 ha | Japan |
| 2000s | 6,978 ha | 9,251 ha | 2,273 ha | South America |
| 2010s | 5,547 ha | 12,075 ha | 6,528 ha | South America |
| 2020s | 4,858 ha | 15,268 ha | 10,410 ha | South America |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher strawberries — area harvested, Japan or South America?
- South America, at 16,649 ha against 4,709 ha in Japan as of 2024.
- What is the difference in strawberries — area harvested between Japan and South America?
- 11,940 ha, with South America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and South America?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Japan and South America rank globally for strawberries — area harvested?
- Japan ranks 18th and South America ranks 16th of 83 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Strawberries — Area harvested. 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.