Cherries — Yield in Japan
Japan: Cherries — Yield was 2,798 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cherries — Yield in Japan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cherries — yield in Japan stood at 2,798 kg/ha. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 32.1% on the previous year and down 34.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cherries — yield in Japan peaked at 9,269 kg/ha in 1983 and was at its lowest, 2,798 kg/ha, in 2024.
That places Japan 58th out of 70 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Cherries — Yield in Japan, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,039 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,078 kg/ha | -15.9% |
| 1963 | 4,640 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 1964 | 3,804 kg/ha | -18.0% |
| 1965 | 4,750 kg/ha | +24.9% |
| 1966 | 4,353 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 1967 | 5,312 kg/ha | +22.0% |
| 1968 | 5,312 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 6,747 kg/ha | +27.0% |
| 1970 | 7,616 kg/ha | +12.9% |
| 1971 | 2,894 kg/ha | -62.0% |
| 1972 | 4,180 kg/ha | +44.4% |
| 1973 | 6,074 kg/ha | +45.3% |
| 1974 | 6,416 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1975 | 4,653 kg/ha | -27.5% |
| 1976 | 5,938 kg/ha | +27.6% |
| 1977 | 5,760 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1978 | 5,579 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1979 | 6,170 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 1980 | 5,432 kg/ha | -12.0% |
| 1981 | 4,706 kg/ha | -13.4% |
| 1982 | 5,878 kg/ha | +24.9% |
| 1983 | 9,269 kg/ha | +57.7% |
| 1984 | 5,792 kg/ha | -37.5% |
| 1985 | 8,859 kg/ha | +53.0% |
| 1986 | 6,326 kg/ha | -28.6% |
| 1987 | 7,083 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 1988 | 6,765 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1989 | 5,052 kg/ha | -25.3% |
| 1990 | 5,279 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1991 | 4,738 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 1992 | 4,487 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1993 | 4,930 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 1994 | 3,696 kg/ha | -25.0% |
| 1995 | 4,890 kg/ha | +32.3% |
| 1996 | 3,894 kg/ha | -20.4% |
| 1997 | 5,400 kg/ha | +38.7% |
| 1998 | 5,342 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1999 | 4,480 kg/ha | -16.1% |
| 2000 | 4,476 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 5,000 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 2002 | 5,340 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 2003 | 4,837 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 2004 | 3,923 kg/ha | -18.9% |
| 2005 | 4,361 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 2006 | 4,632 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 2007 | 3,697 kg/ha | -20.2% |
| 2008 | 3,786 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2009 | 3,730 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2010 | 4,407 kg/ha | +18.1% |
| 2011 | 4,595 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2012 | 4,009 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 2013 | 4,058 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 4,260 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2015 | 4,077 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2016 | 4,480 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 2017 | 4,381 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2018 | 4,161 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2019 | 3,727 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 2020 | 3,982 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 2021 | 3,075 kg/ha | -22.8% |
| 2022 | 3,806 kg/ha | +23.8% |
| 2023 | 4,119 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 2024 | 2,798 kg/ha | -32.1% |
Japan compared with similar countries
- Japan's 2,798 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 4,218 kg/ha, 66% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,115 kg/ha | 3,804 kg/ha | 6,747 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,528 kg/ha | 2,894 kg/ha | 7,616 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,516 kg/ha | 4,706 kg/ha | 9,269 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,714 kg/ha | 3,696 kg/ha | 5,400 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,378 kg/ha | 3,697 kg/ha | 5,340 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,215 kg/ha | 3,727 kg/ha | 4,595 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,556 kg/ha | 2,798 kg/ha | 4,119 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Japan
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 cherries — yield in Japan?
- Cherries — yield in Japan was 2,798 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cherries — yield recorded in Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 9,269 kg/ha in 1983.
- What is the lowest cherries — yield recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,798 kg/ha in 2024.
- How does Japan rank for cherries — yield?
- Japan ranks 58th out of 70 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cherries — yield rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 34.3%. 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 Cherries — Yield. 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.