Carrots and turnips — Area harvested in Japan
Japan: Carrots and turnips — Area harvested was 16,335 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Carrots and turnips — Area harvested in Japan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, carrots and turnips — area harvested in Japan stood at 16,335 ha.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and down 11.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, carrots and turnips — area harvested in Japan peaked at 26,420 ha in 2003 and was at its lowest, 16,300 ha, in 2023.
Japan ranks 12th of 133 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Carrots and turnips — Area harvested in Japan, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 20,400 ha | — |
| 1962 | 21,400 ha | +4.9% |
| 1963 | 22,700 ha | +6.1% |
| 1964 | 22,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 24,100 ha | +6.2% |
| 1966 | 24,600 ha | +2.1% |
| 1967 | 24,700 ha | +0.4% |
| 1968 | 25,600 ha | +3.6% |
| 1969 | 24,600 ha | -3.9% |
| 1970 | 25,400 ha | +3.3% |
| 1971 | 25,200 ha | -0.8% |
| 1972 | 24,900 ha | -1.2% |
| 1973 | 23,600 ha | -5.2% |
| 1974 | 23,800 ha | +0.8% |
| 1975 | 22,900 ha | -3.8% |
| 1976 | 23,900 ha | +4.4% |
| 1977 | 24,100 ha | +0.8% |
| 1978 | 23,300 ha | -3.3% |
| 1979 | 24,000 ha | +3.0% |
| 1980 | 24,200 ha | +0.8% |
| 1981 | 24,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 24,400 ha | +0.8% |
| 1983 | 24,200 ha | -0.8% |
| 1984 | 24,600 ha | +1.7% |
| 1985 | 25,000 ha | +1.6% |
| 1986 | 24,400 ha | -2.4% |
| 1987 | 23,800 ha | -2.5% |
| 1988 | 24,500 ha | +2.9% |
| 1989 | 24,000 ha | -2.0% |
| 1990 | 23,500 ha | -2.1% |
| 1991 | 23,900 ha | +1.7% |
| 1992 | 23,600 ha | -1.3% |
| 1993 | 23,500 ha | -0.4% |
| 1994 | 23,100 ha | -1.7% |
| 1995 | 24,500 ha | +6.1% |
| 1996 | 24,300 ha | -0.8% |
| 1997 | 23,200 ha | -4.5% |
| 1998 | 22,400 ha | -3.4% |
| 1999 | 22,600 ha | +0.9% |
| 2000 | 22,300 ha | -1.3% |
| 2001 | 21,700 ha | -2.7% |
| 2002 | 20,500 ha | -5.5% |
| 2003 | 26,420 ha | +28.9% |
| 2004 | 25,210 ha | -4.6% |
| 2005 | 24,740 ha | -1.9% |
| 2006 | 24,190 ha | -2.2% |
| 2007 | 19,100 ha | -21.0% |
| 2008 | 19,300 ha | +1.0% |
| 2009 | 19,000 ha | -1.6% |
| 2010 | 19,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 19,200 ha | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 18,900 ha | -1.6% |
| 2013 | 18,500 ha | -2.1% |
| 2014 | 18,400 ha | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 18,100 ha | -1.6% |
| 2016 | 17,800 ha | -1.7% |
| 2017 | 17,900 ha | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 17,200 ha | -3.9% |
| 2019 | 17,000 ha | -1.2% |
| 2020 | 16,800 ha | -1.2% |
| 2021 | 16,900 ha | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 16,500 ha | -2.4% |
| 2023 | 16,300 ha | -1.2% |
| 2024 | 16,335 ha | +0.2% |
Japan compared with similar countries
- Japan's 16,335 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 910 ha, 18.0× the median. (49 countries reporting)
- Japan's 16,335 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 8,952 ha, 1.8× the median. (8 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Carrots and turnips — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | +28.9% | 20,500 ha | 26,420 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 23,422 ha | 20,400 ha | 25,600 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 24,110 ha | 22,900 ha | 25,400 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 24,330 ha | 23,800 ha | 25,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 23,460 ha | 22,400 ha | 24,500 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 22,246 ha | 19,000 ha | 26,420 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 18,200 ha | 17,000 ha | 19,200 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 16,567 ha | 16,300 ha | 16,900 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Japan
- 9 Pakistan 26,927 ha compare
- 9 Republic of Moldova 2,354 ha compare
- 10 Nigeria 26,682 ha compare
- 10 Syrian Arab Republic 973 ha compare
- 11 Kazakhstan 16,384 ha compare
- 11 United Republic of Tanzania 484 ha compare
- 12 Democratic Republic of the Congo 45 ha compare
- 13 France 15,920 ha compare
- 13 Polynesia 39 ha compare
- 14 Algeria 15,442 ha compare
- 15 Poland 15,300 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 carrots and turnips — area harvested in Japan?
- Carrots and turnips — area harvested in Japan was 16,335 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest carrots and turnips — area harvested recorded in Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 26,420 ha in 2003.
- What is the lowest carrots and turnips — area harvested recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 16,300 ha in 2023.
- How does Japan rank for carrots and turnips — area harvested?
- Japan ranks 12th out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is carrots and turnips — area harvested rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.2%. 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 Carrots and turnips — 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.