Cabbages — Area harvested in Japan
Japan: Cabbages — Area harvested was 33,789 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cabbages — Area harvested in Japan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Japan recorded 33,789 ha for cabbages — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and down 2.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cabbages — area harvested in Japan peaked at 97,300 ha in 1968 and was at its lowest, 32,700 ha, in 2007.
Japan ranks 11th of 148 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Cabbages — Area harvested in Japan, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 76,700 ha | — |
| 1962 | 83,500 ha | +8.9% |
| 1963 | 88,000 ha | +5.4% |
| 1964 | 88,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 93,000 ha | +5.7% |
| 1966 | 95,600 ha | +2.8% |
| 1967 | 93,500 ha | -2.2% |
| 1968 | 97,300 ha | +4.1% |
| 1969 | 95,000 ha | -2.4% |
| 1970 | 93,800 ha | -1.3% |
| 1971 | 93,700 ha | -0.1% |
| 1972 | 92,200 ha | -1.6% |
| 1973 | 87,600 ha | -5.0% |
| 1974 | 85,000 ha | -3.0% |
| 1975 | 83,400 ha | -1.9% |
| 1976 | 83,000 ha | -0.5% |
| 1977 | 82,100 ha | -1.1% |
| 1978 | 81,500 ha | -0.7% |
| 1979 | 79,800 ha | -2.1% |
| 1980 | 81,100 ha | +1.6% |
| 1981 | 81,300 ha | +0.2% |
| 1982 | 79,800 ha | -1.8% |
| 1983 | 78,700 ha | -1.4% |
| 1984 | 78,000 ha | -0.9% |
| 1985 | 76,300 ha | -2.2% |
| 1986 | 75,100 ha | -1.6% |
| 1987 | 73,400 ha | -2.3% |
| 1988 | 71,800 ha | -2.2% |
| 1989 | 71,300 ha | -0.7% |
| 1990 | 69,100 ha | -3.1% |
| 1991 | 68,900 ha | -0.3% |
| 1992 | 68,400 ha | -0.7% |
| 1993 | 66,700 ha | -2.5% |
| 1994 | 65,100 ha | -2.4% |
| 1995 | 65,000 ha | -0.2% |
| 1996 | 64,100 ha | -1.4% |
| 1997 | 62,300 ha | -2.8% |
| 1998 | 61,200 ha | -1.8% |
| 1999 | 60,900 ha | -0.5% |
| 2000 | 59,600 ha | -2.1% |
| 2001 | 57,800 ha | -3.0% |
| 2002 | 56,300 ha | -2.6% |
| 2003 | 55,100 ha | -2.1% |
| 2004 | 53,500 ha | -2.9% |
| 2005 | 53,300 ha | -0.4% |
| 2006 | 33,000 ha | -38.1% |
| 2007 | 32,700 ha | -0.9% |
| 2008 | 33,000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 33,200 ha | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 33,300 ha | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 33,700 ha | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 34,100 ha | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 34,300 ha | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 34,700 ha | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 34,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 34,600 ha | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 34,800 ha | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 34,600 ha | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 34,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 34,000 ha | -1.7% |
| 2021 | 34,300 ha | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 33,900 ha | -1.2% |
| 2023 | 33,700 ha | -0.6% |
| 2024 | 33,789 ha | +0.3% |
Japan compared with similar countries
- Japan's 33,789 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 875.5 ha, 38.6× the median. (54 countries reporting)
- Japan's 33,789 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 2,072 ha, 16.3× the median. (13 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cabbages — Area harvested 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | -38.1% | 53,300 ha | 33,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 90,067 ha | 76,700 ha | 97,300 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 86,210 ha | 79,800 ha | 93,800 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 76,680 ha | 71,300 ha | 81,300 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 65,170 ha | 60,900 ha | 69,100 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 46,750 ha | 32,700 ha | 59,600 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 34,340 ha | 33,300 ha | 34,800 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 33,938 ha | 33,700 ha | 34,300 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Japan
- 8 Ukraine 60,300 ha compare
- 8 United Republic of Tanzania 7,387 ha compare
- 9 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 7,280 ha compare
- 9 Yugoslav SFR 51,156 ha compare
- 10 Republic of Korea 35,749 ha compare
- 10 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 3,645 ha compare
- 11 Syrian Arab Republic 2,665 ha compare
- 12 Kenya 30,144 ha compare
- 12 Melanesia 2,308 ha compare
- 13 Republic of Moldova 1,938 ha compare
- 13 Serbia and Montenegro 23,085 ha compare
- 14 Democratic Republic of the Congo 1,189 ha compare
- 14 Italy 22,090 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 cabbages — area harvested in Japan?
- Cabbages — area harvested in Japan was 33,789 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cabbages — area harvested recorded in Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 97,300 ha in 1968.
- What is the lowest cabbages — area harvested recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 32,700 ha in 2007.
- How does Japan rank for cabbages — area harvested?
- Japan ranks 11th out of 148 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cabbages — area harvested rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.6%. 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 Cabbages — 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.