Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Japan
Japan: Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. was 3,727 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Japan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Japan stood at 3,727 ha. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.6% on the previous year and down 4.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Japan peaked at 6,370 ha in 1984 and was at its lowest, 3,727 ha, in 2024.
That places Japan 23rd out of 74 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Japan, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,630 ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,700 ha | +1.5% |
| 1963 | 4,790 ha | +1.9% |
| 1964 | 5,160 ha | +7.7% |
| 1965 | 5,090 ha | -1.4% |
| 1966 | 5,110 ha | +0.4% |
| 1967 | 4,810 ha | -5.9% |
| 1968 | 4,390 ha | -8.7% |
| 1969 | 4,490 ha | +2.3% |
| 1970 | 4,920 ha | +9.6% |
| 1971 | 5,650 ha | +14.8% |
| 1972 | 6,030 ha | +6.7% |
| 1973 | 6,180 ha | +2.5% |
| 1974 | 5,940 ha | -3.9% |
| 1975 | 5,540 ha | -6.7% |
| 1976 | 5,410 ha | -2.3% |
| 1977 | 5,340 ha | -1.3% |
| 1978 | 6,000 ha | +12.4% |
| 1979 | 6,040 ha | +0.7% |
| 1980 | 6,170 ha | +2.2% |
| 1981 | 6,220 ha | +0.8% |
| 1982 | 6,350 ha | +2.1% |
| 1983 | 6,360 ha | +0.2% |
| 1984 | 6,370 ha | +0.2% |
| 1985 | 6,090 ha | -4.4% |
| 1986 | 6,050 ha | -0.7% |
| 1987 | 6,050 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 5,960 ha | -1.5% |
| 1989 | 5,960 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 5,860 ha | -1.7% |
| 1991 | 5,840 ha | -0.3% |
| 1992 | 5,740 ha | -1.7% |
| 1993 | 5,660 ha | -1.4% |
| 1994 | 5,460 ha | -3.5% |
| 1995 | 5,360 ha | -1.8% |
| 1996 | 5,210 ha | -2.8% |
| 1997 | 4,900 ha | -6.0% |
| 1998 | 4,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 4,800 ha | -2.0% |
| 2000 | 4,660 ha | -2.9% |
| 2001 | 4,560 ha | -2.1% |
| 2002 | 4,490 ha | -1.5% |
| 2003 | 4,380 ha | -2.4% |
| 2004 | 4,210 ha | -3.9% |
| 2005 | 4,170 ha | -1.0% |
| 2006 | 4,130 ha | -1.0% |
| 2007 | 4,060 ha | -1.7% |
| 2008 | 4,010 ha | -1.2% |
| 2009 | 3,970 ha | -1.0% |
| 2010 | 4,010 ha | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 4,020 ha | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 4,000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2013 | 3,960 ha | -1.0% |
| 2014 | 3,910 ha | -1.3% |
| 2015 | 3,950 ha | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 3,930 ha | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 3,970 ha | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 4,000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 3,910 ha | -2.2% |
| 2020 | 3,920 ha | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 3,742 ha | -4.5% |
| 2022 | 3,743 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 3,749 ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 3,727 ha | -0.6% |
Japan compared with similar countries
- Japan's 3,727 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 120 ha, 31.1× the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Japan's 3,727 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 2,350 ha, 1.6× the median. (16 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,797 ha | 4,390 ha | 5,160 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,705 ha | 4,920 ha | 6,180 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,158 ha | 5,960 ha | 6,370 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,373 ha | 4,800 ha | 5,860 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,264 ha | 3,970 ha | 4,660 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,966 ha | 3,910 ha | 4,020 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,776 ha | 3,727 ha | 3,920 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 edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Japan?
- Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Japan was 3,727 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. recorded in Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 6,370 ha in 1984.
- What is the lowest edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,727 ha in 2024.
- How does Japan rank for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c.?
- Japan ranks 23rd out of 74 countries with data for 2024.
- Is edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.7%. 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 Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c., fresh — 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.