Apples — Area harvested in Japan
Japan: Apples — Area harvested was 33,403 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Apples — Area harvested in Japan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for apples — area harvested in Japan is 33,403 ha, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.5% on the previous year and down 10.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, apples — area harvested in Japan peaked at 65,600 ha in 1965 and was at its lowest, 33,403 ha, in 2024.
That places Japan 19th out of 96 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Apples — Area harvested in Japan, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 63,500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 64,700 ha | +1.9% |
| 1963 | 65,300 ha | +0.9% |
| 1964 | 65,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 65,600 ha | +0.5% |
| 1966 | 65,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 65,200 ha | -0.6% |
| 1968 | 63,500 ha | -2.6% |
| 1969 | 61,200 ha | -3.6% |
| 1970 | 59,600 ha | -2.6% |
| 1971 | 59,000 ha | -1.0% |
| 1972 | 58,200 ha | -1.4% |
| 1973 | 56,900 ha | -2.2% |
| 1974 | 55,000 ha | -3.3% |
| 1975 | 53,200 ha | -3.3% |
| 1976 | 51,400 ha | -3.4% |
| 1977 | 50,700 ha | -1.4% |
| 1978 | 50,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 50,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 51,200 ha | +1.0% |
| 1981 | 52,000 ha | +1.6% |
| 1982 | 53,100 ha | +2.1% |
| 1983 | 53,900 ha | +1.5% |
| 1984 | 54,300 ha | +0.7% |
| 1985 | 54,400 ha | +0.2% |
| 1986 | 54,700 ha | +0.6% |
| 1987 | 54,800 ha | +0.2% |
| 1988 | 54,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 54,300 ha | -0.9% |
| 1990 | 53,900 ha | -0.7% |
| 1991 | 53,400 ha | -0.9% |
| 1992 | 52,700 ha | -1.3% |
| 1993 | 52,000 ha | -1.3% |
| 1994 | 48,100 ha | -7.5% |
| 1995 | 47,700 ha | -0.8% |
| 1996 | 47,200 ha | -1.0% |
| 1997 | 46,600 ha | -1.3% |
| 1998 | 45,500 ha | -2.4% |
| 1999 | 44,600 ha | -2.0% |
| 2000 | 43,900 ha | -1.6% |
| 2001 | 43,200 ha | -1.6% |
| 2002 | 42,400 ha | -1.9% |
| 2003 | 41,600 ha | -1.9% |
| 2004 | 41,300 ha | -0.7% |
| 2005 | 40,800 ha | -1.2% |
| 2006 | 40,300 ha | -1.2% |
| 2007 | 39,900 ha | -1.0% |
| 2008 | 39,500 ha | -1.0% |
| 2009 | 38,800 ha | -1.8% |
| 2010 | 38,100 ha | -1.8% |
| 2011 | 37,800 ha | -0.8% |
| 2012 | 37,400 ha | -1.1% |
| 2013 | 37,200 ha | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 37,100 ha | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 37,000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 36,800 ha | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 36,500 ha | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 36,200 ha | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 36,000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2020 | 35,800 ha | -0.6% |
| 2021 | 35,300 ha | -1.4% |
| 2022 | 35,100 ha | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 34,600 ha | -1.4% |
| 2024 | 33,403 ha | -3.5% |
Japan compared with similar countries
- Japan's 33,403 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 4,490 ha, 7.4× the median. (35 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 64,433 ha | 61,200 ha | 65,600 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 54,540 ha | 50,700 ha | 59,600 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 53,750 ha | 51,200 ha | 54,800 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 49,170 ha | 44,600 ha | 53,900 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 41,170 ha | 38,800 ha | 43,900 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 37,010 ha | 36,000 ha | 38,100 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 34,841 ha | 33,403 ha | 35,800 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Japan
More agriculture & rural data for Japan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.95 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0096 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 323.87 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.89 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.077 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.0% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.6% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is apples — area harvested in Japan?
- Apples — area harvested in Japan was 33,403 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest apples — area harvested recorded in Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 65,600 ha in 1965.
- What is the lowest apples — area harvested recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 33,403 ha in 2024.
- How does Japan rank for apples — area harvested?
- Japan ranks 19th out of 96 countries with data for 2024.
- Is apples — area harvested rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Japan data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Apples — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.