Beans, dry — Yield in Japan
Japan: Beans, dry — Yield was 1,764 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Beans, dry — Yield in Japan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Japan recorded 1,764 kg/ha for beans, dry — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 50.0% on the previous year and down 25.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beans, dry — yield in Japan peaked at 2,379 kg/ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 766.1 kg/ha, in 1964.
Japan ranks 40th of 127 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.
Beans, dry — Yield in Japan, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,406 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,071 kg/ha | -23.9% |
| 1963 | 1,261 kg/ha | +17.7% |
| 1964 | 766.1 kg/ha | -39.2% |
| 1965 | 1,208 kg/ha | +57.7% |
| 1966 | 811.3 kg/ha | -32.8% |
| 1967 | 1,370 kg/ha | +68.8% |
| 1968 | 1,293 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1969 | 1,255 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1970 | 1,422 kg/ha | +13.4% |
| 1971 | 1,030 kg/ha | -27.6% |
| 1972 | 1,563 kg/ha | +51.7% |
| 1973 | 1,517 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1974 | 1,474 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1975 | 1,292 kg/ha | -12.3% |
| 1976 | 1,319 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1977 | 1,573 kg/ha | +19.2% |
| 1978 | 1,685 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1979 | 1,541 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 1980 | 1,127 kg/ha | -26.8% |
| 1981 | 1,116 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1982 | 1,636 kg/ha | +46.5% |
| 1983 | 949.2 kg/ha | -42.0% |
| 1984 | 1,752 kg/ha | +84.6% |
| 1985 | 1,659 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1986 | 1,648 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1987 | 1,553 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1988 | 1,521 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1989 | 1,571 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1990 | 1,689 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1991 | 1,738 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1992 | 1,497 kg/ha | -13.9% |
| 1993 | 1,027 kg/ha | -31.4% |
| 1994 | 1,510 kg/ha | +47.0% |
| 1995 | 1,951 kg/ha | +29.2% |
| 1996 | 1,639 kg/ha | -16.0% |
| 1997 | 1,603 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1998 | 1,707 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1999 | 1,765 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2000 | 1,832 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2001 | 1,603 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 2002 | 1,762 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 2003 | 1,493 kg/ha | -15.3% |
| 2004 | 2,165 kg/ha | +45.1% |
| 2005 | 2,113 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2006 | 1,967 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 2007 | 2,030 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2008 | 2,181 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 2009 | 1,601 kg/ha | -26.6% |
| 2010 | 1,818 kg/ha | +13.5% |
| 2011 | 1,713 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 2012 | 2,134 kg/ha | +24.5% |
| 2013 | 2,012 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 2014 | 2,356 kg/ha | +17.1% |
| 2015 | 2,379 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 1,177 kg/ha | -50.5% |
| 2017 | 2,351 kg/ha | +99.7% |
| 2018 | 1,669 kg/ha | -29.0% |
| 2019 | 2,238 kg/ha | +34.1% |
| 2020 | 1,671 kg/ha | -25.3% |
| 2021 | 1,625 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2022 | 1,721 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2023 | 1,176 kg/ha | -31.7% |
| 2024 | 1,764 kg/ha | +50.0% |
Japan compared with similar countries
- Japan's 1,764 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 1,764 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Japan's 1,764 kg/ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 1,197 kg/ha, 1.5× the median. (8 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,160 kg/ha | 766.1 kg/ha | 1,406 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,442 kg/ha | 1,030 kg/ha | 1,685 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,453 kg/ha | 949.2 kg/ha | 1,752 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,613 kg/ha | 1,027 kg/ha | 1,951 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,875 kg/ha | 1,493 kg/ha | 2,181 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,985 kg/ha | 1,177 kg/ha | 2,379 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,591 kg/ha | 1,176 kg/ha | 1,764 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Japan
- 37 China, mainland 1,805 kg/ha compare
- 38 Afghanistan 1,794 kg/ha compare
- 39 Kyrgyzstan 1,778 kg/ha compare
- 41 Chile 1,747 kg/ha compare
- 42 Australia 1,714 kg/ha compare
- 42 Australia and New Zealand 1,714 kg/ha compare
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 beans, dry — yield in Japan?
- Beans, dry — yield in Japan was 1,764 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest beans, dry — yield recorded in Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 2,379 kg/ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest beans, dry — yield recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 766.1 kg/ha in 1964.
- How does Japan rank for beans, dry — yield?
- Japan ranks 40th out of 127 countries with data for 2024.
- Is beans, dry — yield rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.1%. 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 Beans, dry — 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.