Broad beans and horse beans, green — Area harvested in Japan
Japan: Broad beans and horse beans, green — Area harvested was 1,383 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Broad beans and horse beans, green — Area harvested in Japan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Japan recorded 1,383 ha for broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 6.6% on the previous year and down 33.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested in Japan peaked at 15,000 ha in 1962 and was at its lowest, 400 ha, in 1989.
That places Japan 24th out of 61 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Broad beans and horse beans, green — Area harvested in Japan, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 9,040 ha | — |
| 1962 | 15,000 ha | +65.9% |
| 1963 | 12,300 ha | -18.0% |
| 1964 | 11,400 ha | -7.3% |
| 1965 | 11,100 ha | -2.6% |
| 1966 | 10,400 ha | -6.3% |
| 1967 | 9,320 ha | -10.4% |
| 1968 | 8,500 ha | -8.8% |
| 1969 | 7,900 ha | -7.1% |
| 1970 | 7,000 ha | -11.4% |
| 1971 | 3,200 ha | -54.3% |
| 1972 | 3,000 ha | -6.2% |
| 1973 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 3,100 ha | +3.3% |
| 1981 | 3,000 ha | -3.2% |
| 1982 | 2,880 ha | -4.0% |
| 1983 | 3,000 ha | +4.2% |
| 1984 | 2,700 ha | -10.0% |
| 1985 | 2,200 ha | -18.5% |
| 1986 | 1,800 ha | -18.2% |
| 1987 | 1,500 ha | -16.7% |
| 1988 | 1,000 ha | -33.3% |
| 1989 | 400 ha | -60.0% |
| 2003 | 2,480 ha | +520.0% |
| 2004 | 2,770 ha | +11.7% |
| 2005 | 2,710 ha | -2.2% |
| 2006 | 2,540 ha | -6.3% |
| 2007 | 2,520 ha | -0.8% |
| 2008 | 2,450 ha | -2.8% |
| 2009 | 2,340 ha | -4.5% |
| 2010 | 2,290 ha | -2.1% |
| 2011 | 2,230 ha | -2.6% |
| 2012 | 2,150 ha | -3.6% |
| 2013 | 2,110 ha | -1.9% |
| 2014 | 2,070 ha | -1.9% |
| 2015 | 2,020 ha | -2.4% |
| 2016 | 1,980 ha | -2.0% |
| 2017 | 1,900 ha | -4.0% |
| 2018 | 1,810 ha | -4.7% |
| 2019 | 1,790 ha | -1.1% |
| 2020 | 1,770 ha | -1.1% |
| 2021 | 1,690 ha | -4.5% |
| 2022 | 1,580 ha | -6.5% |
| 2023 | 1,480 ha | -6.3% |
| 2024 | 1,383 ha | -6.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,551 ha | 7,900 ha | 15,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,420 ha | 3,000 ha | 7,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,158 ha | 400 ha | 3,100 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,544 ha | 2,340 ha | 2,770 ha | 7 |
| 2010s | 2,035 ha | 1,790 ha | 2,290 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,581 ha | 1,383 ha | 1,770 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested in Japan?
- Broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested in Japan was 1,383 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested recorded in Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 15,000 ha in 1962.
- What is the lowest broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 400 ha in 1989.
- How does Japan rank for broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested?
- Japan ranks 24th out of 61 countries with data for 2024.
- Is broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 33.2%. 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 Broad beans and horse beans, green — 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.