Bananas — Production in Japan
Japan: Bananas — Production was 17.99 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Bananas — Production in Japan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, bananas — production in Japan stood at 17.99 t.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and down 15.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — production in Japan peaked at 2,000 t in 1965 and was at its lowest, 7.53 t, in 2015.
That places Japan 115th out of 142 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Bananas — Production in Japan, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,300 t | — |
| 1962 | 1,400 t | +7.7% |
| 1963 | 1,300 t | -7.1% |
| 1964 | 1,800 t | +38.5% |
| 1965 | 2,000 t | +11.1% |
| 1966 | 2,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 2,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 2,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 2,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 2,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 2,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 2,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 2,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 2,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 2,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 2,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 1,500 t | -25.0% |
| 1978 | 1,500 t | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 1,000 t | -33.3% |
| 1980 | 1,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 951 t | -4.9% |
| 1982 | 1,140 t | +19.9% |
| 1983 | 788 t | -30.9% |
| 1984 | 620 t | -21.3% |
| 1985 | 995 t | +60.5% |
| 1986 | 506 t | -49.1% |
| 1987 | 485 t | -4.2% |
| 1988 | 640 t | +32.0% |
| 1989 | 751 t | +17.3% |
| 1990 | 691 t | -8.0% |
| 1991 | 643 t | -6.9% |
| 1992 | 664 t | +3.3% |
| 1993 | 660 t | -0.6% |
| 1994 | 700 t | +6.1% |
| 1995 | 585.27 t | -16.4% |
| 1996 | 500 t | -14.6% |
| 1997 | 457 t | -8.6% |
| 1998 | 457 t | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 457 t | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 500 t | +9.4% |
| 2001 | 300 t | -40.0% |
| 2002 | 400 t | +33.3% |
| 2003 | 301 t | -24.8% |
| 2004 | 237 t | -21.3% |
| 2005 | 185 t | -21.9% |
| 2006 | 200 t | +8.1% |
| 2007 | 205 t | +2.5% |
| 2008 | 165.2 t | -19.4% |
| 2009 | 132.48 t | -19.8% |
| 2010 | 101.54 t | -23.4% |
| 2011 | 74.26 t | -26.9% |
| 2012 | 53.03 t | -28.6% |
| 2013 | 42.82 t | -19.3% |
| 2014 | 21.33 t | -50.2% |
| 2015 | 7.53 t | -64.7% |
| 2016 | 23.89 t | +217.3% |
| 2017 | 17.59 t | -26.4% |
| 2018 | 16.34 t | -7.1% |
| 2019 | 19.27 t | +17.9% |
| 2020 | 17.73 t | -8.0% |
| 2021 | 17.78 t | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 18.26 t | +2.7% |
| 2023 | 17.92 t | -1.9% |
| 2024 | 17.99 t | +0.4% |
Japan compared with similar countries
- Japan's 17.99 t is above the median for high income countries, which is 1.19 t, 15.2× the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Japan's 17.99 t is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 17,871 t, 0% of the median. (19 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Bananas — Production 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 | +217.3% | 7.53 t | 23.89 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,756 t | 1,300 t | 2,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,800 t | 1,000 t | 2,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 787.6 t | 485 t | 1,140 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 581.43 t | 457 t | 700 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 262.57 t | 132.48 t | 500 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 37.76 t | 7.53 t | 101.54 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 17.94 t | 17.73 t | 18.26 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Japan
- 112 French Polynesia 283.48 t compare
- 113 Algeria 234.77 t compare
- 114 Niue 82.28 t compare
- 116 Cook Islands 9.83 t compare
- 117 Antigua and Barbuda 2.37 t compare
- 118 Austria 0 t
- 118 Belgium 0 t
- 118 Bulgaria 0 t
- 118 Croatia 0 t
- 118 Czechia 0 t
- 118 Denmark 0 t
- 118 Estonia 0 t
- 118 Finland 0 t
- 118 Germany 0 t
- 118 Hungary 0 t
- 118 Ireland 0 t
- 118 Italy 0 t compare
- 118 Kuwait 0 t compare
- 118 Latvia 0 t
- 118 Libya 0 t compare
- 118 Lithuania 0 t
- 118 Luxembourg 0 t
- 118 Malta 0 t
- 118 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 0 t
- 118 Poland 0 t
- 118 Romania 0 t
- 118 Singapore 0 t compare
- 118 Slovakia 0 t
- 118 Slovenia 0 t
- 118 Sweden 0 t
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 — production in Japan?
- Bananas — production in Japan was 17.99 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bananas — production recorded in Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 2,000 t in 1965.
- What is the lowest bananas — production recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.53 t in 2015.
- How does Japan rank for bananas — production?
- Japan ranks 115th out of 142 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bananas — production rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.7%. 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 — Production. 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.