Cereals, primary — Yield in Japan
Japan: Cereals, primary — Yield was 6,248 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Yield in Japan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Japan recorded 6,248 kg/ha for cereals, primary — yield in 2024.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and down 1.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — yield in Japan peaked at 6,449 kg/ha in 1994 and was at its lowest, 4,174 kg/ha, in 1961.
Japan ranks 27th of 193 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,600 kg/ha | 4,174 kg/ha | 5,227 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,567 kg/ha | 4,917 kg/ha | 5,933 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,519 kg/ha | 4,843 kg/ha | 5,958 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,804 kg/ha | 4,429 kg/ha | 6,449 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,009 kg/ha | 5,451 kg/ha | 6,262 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,200 kg/ha | 5,854 kg/ha | 6,325 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,292 kg/ha | 6,230 kg/ha | 6,417 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Japan
- Agriculture share gdp 0.9583 (2024)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 0.9583 (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.6% (2025)
- Rural population 7.7% (2025)
- Rural population growth -1.9% (2025)
- Rural population 9.50 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.0% (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 40.15 billion current US$ (2024)
- Bananas — Production 17.99 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — yield in Japan?
- Cereals, primary — yield in Japan was 6,248 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 6,449 kg/ha in 1994.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,174 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Japan rank for cereals, primary — yield?
- Japan ranks 27th out of 193 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — yield rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.2%. 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 Cereals, primary — Yield. 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.