Bananas — Area harvested in Japan
Japan: Bananas — Area harvested was 5 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Bananas — Area harvested in Japan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, bananas — area harvested in Japan stood at 5 ha.
The figure is down 28.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — area harvested in Japan peaked at 250 ha in 1965 and was at its lowest, 2 ha, in 2015.
Japan ranks 114th of 141 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Bananas — Area harvested in Japan, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 160 ha | — |
| 1962 | 170 ha | +6.2% |
| 1963 | 160 ha | -5.9% |
| 1964 | 220 ha | +37.5% |
| 1965 | 250 ha | +13.6% |
| 1966 | 250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 170 ha | -32.0% |
| 1978 | 170 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 115 ha | -32.4% |
| 1980 | 115 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 114 ha | -0.9% |
| 1982 | 101 ha | -11.4% |
| 1983 | 101 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 87 ha | -13.9% |
| 1985 | 78 ha | -10.3% |
| 1986 | 81 ha | +3.8% |
| 1987 | 74 ha | -8.6% |
| 1988 | 100 ha | +35.1% |
| 1989 | 120 ha | +20.0% |
| 1990 | 116 ha | -3.3% |
| 1991 | 118 ha | +1.7% |
| 1992 | 130 ha | +10.2% |
| 1993 | 120 ha | -7.7% |
| 1994 | 130 ha | +8.3% |
| 1995 | 114 ha | -12.3% |
| 1996 | 100 ha | -12.3% |
| 1997 | 104 ha | +4.0% |
| 1998 | 104 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 104 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 105 ha | +1.0% |
| 2001 | 80 ha | -23.8% |
| 2002 | 90 ha | +12.5% |
| 2003 | 53 ha | -41.1% |
| 2004 | 64 ha | +20.8% |
| 2005 | 55 ha | -14.1% |
| 2006 | 60 ha | +9.1% |
| 2007 | 58 ha | -3.3% |
| 2008 | 46 ha | -20.7% |
| 2009 | 37 ha | -19.6% |
| 2010 | 29 ha | -21.6% |
| 2011 | 22 ha | -24.1% |
| 2012 | 16 ha | -27.3% |
| 2013 | 13 ha | -18.8% |
| 2014 | 7 ha | -46.2% |
| 2015 | 2 ha | -71.4% |
| 2016 | 7 ha | +250.0% |
| 2017 | 5 ha | -28.6% |
| 2018 | 5 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 6 ha | +20.0% |
| 2020 | 5 ha | -16.7% |
| 2021 | 5 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 5 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 5 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 5 ha | +0.0% |
Japan compared with similar countries
- Japan's 5 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 5 ha, 1.0× the median. (45 countries reporting)
- Japan's 5 ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 1,702 ha, 0% of the median. (19 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Bananas — Area harvested in Japan changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | +250.0% | 2 ha | 7 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 217.78 ha | 160 ha | 250 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 220.5 ha | 115 ha | 250 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 97.1 ha | 74 ha | 120 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 114 ha | 100 ha | 130 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 64.8 ha | 37 ha | 105 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 11.2 ha | 2 ha | 29 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5 ha | 5 ha | 5 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Japan
- 111 Tuvalu 16 ha compare
- 112 United Arab Emirates 15 ha compare
- 113 Algeria 10 ha compare
- 114 Antigua and Barbuda 5 ha compare
- 116 Cook Islands 3 ha compare
- 117 Austria 0 ha
- 117 Belgium 0 ha
- 117 Bulgaria 0 ha
- 117 Croatia 0 ha
- 117 Czechia 0 ha
- 117 Denmark 0 ha
- 117 Estonia 0 ha
- 117 Ethiopia PDR 0 ha compare
- 117 Finland 0 ha
- 117 Germany 0 ha
- 117 Hungary 0 ha
- 117 Ireland 0 ha
- 117 Italy 0 ha compare
- 117 Latvia 0 ha
- 117 Libya 0 ha compare
- 117 Lithuania 0 ha
- 117 Luxembourg 0 ha
- 117 Malta 0 ha
- 117 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 0 ha
- 117 Poland 0 ha
- 117 Romania 0 ha
- 117 Singapore 0 ha compare
- 117 Slovakia 0 ha
- 117 Slovenia 0 ha
- 117 Sweden 0 ha
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 bananas — area harvested in Japan?
- Bananas — area harvested in Japan was 5 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bananas — area harvested recorded in Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 250 ha in 1965.
- What is the lowest bananas — area harvested recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 2 ha in 2015.
- How does Japan rank for bananas — area harvested?
- Japan ranks 114th out of 141 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bananas — area harvested rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 28.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Japan data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Bananas — Area harvested. 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.