Bees — Stocks in Japan
Japan: Bees — Stocks was 199,326 No in 2024. ▼ Falling
Bees — Stocks in Japan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in No.
Analysis
Japan recorded 199,326 No for bees — stocks in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 4.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bees — stocks in Japan peaked at 326,292 No in 1979 and was at its lowest, 136,000 No, in 1961.
That places Japan 59th out of 120 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Bees — Stocks in Japan, year by year
| Year | No | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 136,000 No | — |
| 1962 | 183,000 No | +34.6% |
| 1963 | 189,000 No | +3.3% |
| 1964 | 190,000 No | +0.5% |
| 1965 | 239,000 No | +25.8% |
| 1966 | 242,000 No | +1.3% |
| 1967 | 255,000 No | +5.4% |
| 1968 | 268,000 No | +5.1% |
| 1969 | 283,088 No | +5.6% |
| 1970 | 273,000 No | -3.6% |
| 1971 | 279,000 No | +2.2% |
| 1972 | 280,000 No | +0.4% |
| 1973 | 295,000 No | +5.4% |
| 1974 | 295,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 280,000 No | -5.1% |
| 1976 | 280,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 326,025 No | +16.4% |
| 1978 | 323,253 No | -0.9% |
| 1979 | 326,292 No | +0.9% |
| 1980 | 320,171 No | -1.9% |
| 1981 | 315,489 No | -1.5% |
| 1982 | 307,334 No | -2.6% |
| 1983 | 299,000 No | -2.7% |
| 1984 | 291,000 No | -2.7% |
| 1985 | 285,000 No | -2.1% |
| 1986 | 268,000 No | -6.0% |
| 1987 | 261,000 No | -2.6% |
| 1988 | 268,655 No | +2.9% |
| 1989 | 258,322 No | -3.8% |
| 1990 | 253,000 No | -2.1% |
| 1991 | 238,000 No | -5.9% |
| 1992 | 226,000 No | -5.0% |
| 1993 | 216,000 No | -4.4% |
| 1994 | 220,234 No | +2.0% |
| 1995 | 214,112 No | -2.8% |
| 1996 | 206,746 No | -3.4% |
| 1997 | 199,846 No | -3.3% |
| 1998 | 195,352 No | -2.2% |
| 1999 | 188,561 No | -3.5% |
| 2000 | 185,000 No | -1.9% |
| 2001 | 183,000 No | -1.1% |
| 2002 | 183,000 No | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 183,000 No | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 183,000 No | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 183,000 No | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 183,000 No | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 184,000 No | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 184,500 No | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 185,000 No | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 187,000 No | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 187,000 No | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 190,000 No | +1.6% |
| 2013 | 190,000 No | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 190,000 No | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 191,000 No | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 191,825 No | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 192,767 No | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 193,440 No | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 194,037 No | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 194,774 No | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 196,535 No | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 197,503 No | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 198,415 No | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 199,326 No | +0.5% |
Japan compared with similar countries
- Japan's 199,326 No is below the median for high income countries, which is 284,175 No, 70% of the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Japan's 199,326 No is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 13,957 No, 14.3× the median. (12 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Bees — Stocks 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | +34.6% | 136,000 No | 183,000 No |
| 1965 | +25.8% | 190,000 No | 239,000 No |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 220,565 No | 136,000 No | 283,088 No | 9 |
| 1970s | 295,757 No | 273,000 No | 326,292 No | 10 |
| 1980s | 287,397 No | 258,322 No | 320,171 No | 10 |
| 1990s | 215,785 No | 188,561 No | 253,000 No | 10 |
| 2000s | 183,650 No | 183,000 No | 185,000 No | 10 |
| 2010s | 190,707 No | 187,000 No | 194,037 No | 10 |
| 2020s | 197,311 No | 194,774 No | 199,326 No | 5 |
Countries ranked near Japan
- 56 El Salvador 216,235 No compare
- 57 Slovenia 208,000 No compare
- 58 Switzerland 203,875 No compare
- 60 Georgia 192,700 No compare
- 61 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 191,000 No compare
- 62 Armenia 190,831 No 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 bees — stocks in Japan?
- Bees — stocks in Japan was 199,326 No in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bees — stocks recorded in Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 326,292 No in 1979.
- What is the lowest bees — stocks recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 136,000 No in 1961.
- How does Japan rank for bees — stocks?
- Japan ranks 59th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bees — stocks rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Japan data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Bees — Stocks. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.