Cheese (All Kinds) — Production in Japan
Japan: Cheese (All Kinds) — Production was 151,398 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Cheese (All Kinds) — Production in Japan, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cheese (all kinds) — production in Japan is 151,398 t, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of down 7.9% on the previous year and up 13.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cheese (all kinds) — production in Japan peaked at 164,417 t in 2022 and was at its lowest, 6,700 t, in 1961.
That places Japan 32nd out of 110 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Cheese (All Kinds) — Production in Japan, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,700 t | — |
| 1962 | 7,810 t | +16.6% |
| 1963 | 11,900 t | +52.4% |
| 1964 | 13,200 t | +10.9% |
| 1965 | 15,500 t | +17.4% |
| 1966 | 26,568 t | +71.4% |
| 1967 | 30,858 t | +16.1% |
| 1968 | 33,194 t | +7.6% |
| 1969 | 38,220 t | +15.1% |
| 1970 | 39,870 t | +4.3% |
| 1971 | 42,906 t | +7.6% |
| 1972 | 44,578 t | +3.9% |
| 1973 | 43,661 t | -2.1% |
| 1974 | 51,673 t | +18.4% |
| 1975 | 53,746 t | +4.0% |
| 1976 | 56,991 t | +6.0% |
| 1977 | 60,654 t | +6.4% |
| 1978 | 66,375 t | +9.4% |
| 1979 | 67,420 t | +1.6% |
| 1980 | 65,949 t | -2.2% |
| 1981 | 71,165 t | +7.9% |
| 1982 | 66,694 t | -6.3% |
| 1983 | 67,800 t | +1.7% |
| 1984 | 69,326 t | +2.3% |
| 1985 | 68,367 t | -1.4% |
| 1986 | 73,042 t | +6.8% |
| 1987 | 76,595 t | +4.9% |
| 1988 | 81,959 t | +7.0% |
| 1989 | 84,631 t | +3.3% |
| 1990 | 82,244 t | -2.8% |
| 1991 | 88,540 t | +7.7% |
| 1992 | 92,218 t | +4.2% |
| 1993 | 100,442 t | +8.9% |
| 1994 | 101,825 t | +1.4% |
| 1995 | 105,389 t | +3.5% |
| 1996 | 108,954 t | +3.4% |
| 1997 | 114,040 t | +4.7% |
| 1998 | 123,815 t | +8.6% |
| 1999 | 123,659 t | -0.1% |
| 2000 | 126,249 t | +2.1% |
| 2001 | 123,413 t | -2.2% |
| 2002 | 122,787 t | -0.5% |
| 2003 | 124,311 t | +1.2% |
| 2004 | 124,619 t | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 122,549 t | -1.7% |
| 2006 | 124,888 t | +1.9% |
| 2007 | 125,392 t | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 118,347 t | -5.6% |
| 2009 | 122,129 t | +3.2% |
| 2010 | 124,964 t | +2.3% |
| 2011 | 131,329 t | +5.1% |
| 2012 | 135,071 t | +2.8% |
| 2013 | 133,144 t | -1.4% |
| 2014 | 131,852 t | -1.0% |
| 2015 | 141,763 t | +7.5% |
| 2016 | 102,619 t | -27.6% |
| 2017 | 93,095 t | -9.3% |
| 2018 | 95,260 t | +2.3% |
| 2019 | 142,388 t | +49.5% |
| 2020 | 160,273 t | +12.6% |
| 2021 | 161,328 t | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 164,417 t | +1.9% |
| 2023 | 151,398 t | -7.9% |
Japan compared with similar countries
- Japan's 151,398 t is above the median for high income countries, which is 107,288 t, 1.4× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Japan's 151,398 t is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 151,398 t, 1.0× the median. (7 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cheese (All Kinds) — Production 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | +71.4% | 15,500 t | 26,568 t |
| 1963 | +52.4% | 7,810 t | 11,900 t |
| 2019 | +49.5% | 95,260 t | 142,388 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 20,439 t | 6,700 t | 38,220 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 52,787 t | 39,870 t | 67,420 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 72,553 t | 65,949 t | 84,631 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 104,113 t | 82,244 t | 123,815 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 123,468 t | 118,347 t | 126,249 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 123,148 t | 93,095 t | 142,388 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 159,354 t | 151,398 t | 164,417 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Japan
- 29 South Sudan 158,995 t compare
- 30 Sudan (former) 155,382 t compare
- 31 Israel 151,723 t compare
- 33 Saudi Arabia 145,379 t compare
- 34 Yugoslav SFR 134,940 t compare
- 35 Lithuania 119,498 t 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 cheese (all kinds) — production in Japan?
- Cheese (all kinds) — production in Japan was 151,398 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cheese (all kinds) — production recorded in Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 164,417 t in 2022.
- What is the lowest cheese (all kinds) — production recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,700 t in 1961.
- How does Japan rank for cheese (all kinds) — production?
- Japan ranks 32nd out of 110 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cheese (all kinds) — production rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.7%. 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 Cheese (All Kinds) — Production. 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.