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 14,744 kg/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 kg/ha.
Analysis
Japan recorded 14,744 kg/ha for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 2.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Japan peaked at 18,960 kg/ha in 1967 and was at its lowest, 9,399 kg/ha, in 1993.
Japan ranks 17th of 74 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
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 | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 15,616 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 16,383 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1963 | 17,557 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1964 | 18,488 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1965 | 16,935 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 1966 | 17,965 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1967 | 18,960 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1968 | 16,765 kg/ha | -11.6% |
| 1969 | 16,370 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1970 | 13,598 kg/ha | -16.9% |
| 1971 | 13,929 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1972 | 14,925 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1973 | 16,893 kg/ha | +13.2% |
| 1974 | 16,010 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1975 | 16,083 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1976 | 15,305 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1977 | 16,442 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1978 | 16,567 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1979 | 16,242 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1980 | 13,890 kg/ha | -14.5% |
| 1981 | 14,293 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1982 | 12,945 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 1983 | 14,465 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 1984 | 14,835 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1985 | 14,680 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1986 | 15,273 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1987 | 14,364 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1988 | 14,396 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1989 | 14,178 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1990 | 14,949 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1991 | 13,048 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 1992 | 13,153 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1993 | 9,399 kg/ha | -28.5% |
| 1994 | 15,879 kg/ha | +68.9% |
| 1995 | 15,112 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1996 | 13,416 kg/ha | -11.2% |
| 1997 | 13,878 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1998 | 14,694 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1999 | 15,625 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 2000 | 16,202 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2001 | 16,513 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2002 | 16,214 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2003 | 13,744 kg/ha | -15.2% |
| 2004 | 14,418 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2005 | 15,396 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 2006 | 14,140 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 2007 | 14,335 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 15,786 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 2009 | 15,668 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2010 | 15,062 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2011 | 14,527 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2012 | 15,625 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 2013 | 16,035 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2014 | 14,399 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 2015 | 14,354 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 15,216 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 2017 | 15,491 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2018 | 15,325 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2019 | 13,478 kg/ha | -12.1% |
| 2020 | 14,031 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2021 | 14,772 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2022 | 14,871 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 14,756 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2024 | 14,744 kg/ha | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 17,227 kg/ha | 15,616 kg/ha | 18,960 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 15,599 kg/ha | 13,598 kg/ha | 16,893 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 14,332 kg/ha | 12,945 kg/ha | 15,273 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 13,915 kg/ha | 9,399 kg/ha | 15,879 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 15,242 kg/ha | 13,744 kg/ha | 16,513 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 14,951 kg/ha | 13,478 kg/ha | 16,035 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 14,635 kg/ha | 14,031 kg/ha | 14,871 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Japan
- 14 Bhutan 15,760 kg/ha compare
- 15 China 15,380 kg/ha compare
- 15 China, mainland 15,380 kg/ha compare
- 18 Papua New Guinea 14,714 kg/ha compare
- 19 Colombia 14,368 kg/ha compare
- 20 Martinique 14,174 kg/ha compare
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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 14,744 kg/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 18,960 kg/ha in 1967.
- 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 9,399 kg/ha in 1993.
- How does Japan rank for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c.?
- Japan ranks 17th 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 up 2.4%. 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 — 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.