Apples — Yield in Japan
Japan: Apples — Yield was 19,710 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Apples — Yield in Japan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Japan recorded 19,710 kg/ha for apples — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of up 12.9% on the previous year and down 10.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, apples — yield in Japan peaked at 23,056 kg/ha in 2008 and was at its lowest, 14,238 kg/ha, in 1991.
Japan ranks 34th of 96 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Apples — Yield in Japan, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 15,046 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 15,456 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1963 | 17,688 kg/ha | +14.4% |
| 1964 | 16,692 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1965 | 17,256 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1966 | 16,143 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1967 | 17,255 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1968 | 17,890 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1969 | 17,729 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1970 | 17,131 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1971 | 17,051 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1972 | 16,479 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1973 | 16,919 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1974 | 15,462 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 1975 | 16,878 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 1976 | 17,109 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1977 | 18,911 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 1978 | 16,647 kg/ha | -12.0% |
| 1979 | 16,818 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1980 | 18,752 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 1981 | 16,264 kg/ha | -13.3% |
| 1982 | 17,410 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1983 | 19,443 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 1984 | 14,948 kg/ha | -23.1% |
| 1985 | 16,734 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 1986 | 18,027 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1987 | 18,210 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1988 | 19,015 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1989 | 19,245 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1990 | 19,536 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1991 | 14,238 kg/ha | -27.1% |
| 1992 | 19,715 kg/ha | +38.5% |
| 1993 | 19,442 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1994 | 20,568 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1995 | 20,180 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1996 | 19,051 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1997 | 21,316 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 1998 | 19,321 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 1999 | 20,800 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 2000 | 18,214 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 2001 | 21,544 kg/ha | +18.3% |
| 2002 | 21,835 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2003 | 20,243 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 2004 | 18,271 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 2005 | 20,071 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 2006 | 20,640 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2007 | 21,055 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2008 | 23,056 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 2009 | 21,794 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 2010 | 20,643 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2011 | 17,336 kg/ha | -16.0% |
| 2012 | 21,225 kg/ha | +22.4% |
| 2013 | 19,938 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 2014 | 22,003 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 2015 | 21,932 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 20,788 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 2017 | 20,142 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2018 | 20,887 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2019 | 19,489 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 2020 | 21,321 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 2021 | 18,751 kg/ha | -12.1% |
| 2022 | 21,000 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 2023 | 17,457 kg/ha | -16.9% |
| 2024 | 19,710 kg/ha | +12.9% |
Japan compared with similar countries
- Japan's 19,710 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 19,710 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (35 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 16,795 kg/ha | 15,046 kg/ha | 17,890 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 16,941 kg/ha | 15,462 kg/ha | 18,911 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 17,805 kg/ha | 14,948 kg/ha | 19,443 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 19,417 kg/ha | 14,238 kg/ha | 21,316 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 20,672 kg/ha | 18,214 kg/ha | 23,056 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 20,438 kg/ha | 17,336 kg/ha | 22,003 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 19,648 kg/ha | 17,457 kg/ha | 21,321 kg/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 — yield in Japan?
- Apples — yield in Japan was 19,710 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest apples — yield recorded in Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 23,056 kg/ha in 2008.
- What is the lowest apples — yield recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 14,238 kg/ha in 1991.
- How does Japan rank for apples — yield?
- Japan ranks 34th out of 96 countries with data for 2024.
- Is apples — yield rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Japan data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Apples — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.