Barley — Yield in Japan
Japan: Barley — Yield was 2,855 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Barley — Yield in Japan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Japan recorded 2,855 kg/ha for barley — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of down 21.3% on the previous year and up 1.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — yield in Japan peaked at 4,086 kg/ha in 1996 and was at its lowest, 2,515 kg/ha, in 1964.
That places Japan 62nd out of 104 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Barley — Yield in Japan, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,855 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,817 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1963 | 3,112 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 1964 | 2,515 kg/ha | -19.2% |
| 1965 | 2,923 kg/ha | +16.2% |
| 1966 | 2,848 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1967 | 2,930 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1968 | 3,230 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 1969 | 2,869 kg/ha | -11.2% |
| 1970 | 2,535 kg/ha | -11.6% |
| 1971 | 3,077 kg/ha | +21.4% |
| 1972 | 2,680 kg/ha | -12.9% |
| 1973 | 2,704 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1974 | 3,008 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 1975 | 2,828 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1976 | 2,619 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1977 | 2,645 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1978 | 3,392 kg/ha | +28.2% |
| 1979 | 3,516 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1980 | 3,153 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 1981 | 3,129 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1982 | 3,171 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1983 | 3,062 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1984 | 3,389 kg/ha | +10.7% |
| 1985 | 3,345 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1986 | 3,207 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1987 | 3,166 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1988 | 3,504 kg/ha | +10.7% |
| 1989 | 3,288 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1990 | 3,260 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1991 | 2,961 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 1992 | 3,390 kg/ha | +14.5% |
| 1993 | 3,672 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1994 | 3,607 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1995 | 3,706 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1996 | 4,086 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 1997 | 3,361 kg/ha | -17.7% |
| 1998 | 2,624 kg/ha | -21.9% |
| 1999 | 3,948 kg/ha | +50.4% |
| 2000 | 4,006 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2001 | 3,409 kg/ha | -14.9% |
| 2002 | 3,368 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2003 | 3,121 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 2004 | 3,318 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 2005 | 3,344 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 3,237 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2007 | 3,589 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 2008 | 3,834 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 2009 | 3,090 kg/ha | -19.4% |
| 2010 | 2,741 kg/ha | -11.3% |
| 2011 | 2,854 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2012 | 2,854 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 3,077 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 2014 | 2,819 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 2015 | 2,886 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2016 | 2,775 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2017 | 3,010 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 2018 | 2,864 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2019 | 3,621 kg/ha | +26.4% |
| 2020 | 3,486 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2021 | 3,721 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 2022 | 3,686 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2023 | 3,630 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2024 | 2,855 kg/ha | -21.3% |
Japan compared with similar countries
- Japan's 2,855 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 4,439 kg/ha, 64% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Japan's 2,855 kg/ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 2,863 kg/ha, 100% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,900 kg/ha | 2,515 kg/ha | 3,230 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,900 kg/ha | 2,535 kg/ha | 3,516 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,241 kg/ha | 3,062 kg/ha | 3,504 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,462 kg/ha | 2,624 kg/ha | 4,086 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,432 kg/ha | 3,090 kg/ha | 4,006 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,950 kg/ha | 2,741 kg/ha | 3,621 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,476 kg/ha | 2,855 kg/ha | 3,721 kg/ha | 5 |
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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 barley — yield in Japan?
- Barley — yield in Japan was 2,855 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — yield recorded in Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 4,086 kg/ha in 1996.
- What is the lowest barley — yield recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,515 kg/ha in 1964.
- How does Japan rank for barley — yield?
- Japan ranks 62nd out of 104 countries with data for 2024.
- Is barley — yield rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.3%. 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 Barley — 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.