Eggplants (aubergines) — Production in Japan
Japan: Eggplants (aubergines) — Production was 280,200 t in 2024. ▼ Falling
Eggplants (aubergines) — Production in Japan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, eggplants (aubergines) — production in Japan stood at 280,200 t. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.0% on the previous year and down 13.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, eggplants (aubergines) — production in Japan peaked at 755,100 t in 1971 and was at its lowest, 280,200 t, in 2024.
Japan ranks 10th of 99 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Eggplants (aubergines) — Production in Japan, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 480,270 t | — |
| 1962 | 547,070 t | +13.9% |
| 1963 | 604,380 t | +10.5% |
| 1964 | 619,480 t | +2.5% |
| 1965 | 623,600 t | +0.7% |
| 1966 | 667,110 t | +7.0% |
| 1967 | 715,010 t | +7.2% |
| 1968 | 715,630 t | +0.1% |
| 1969 | 680,400 t | -4.9% |
| 1970 | 721,800 t | +6.1% |
| 1971 | 755,100 t | +4.6% |
| 1972 | 737,700 t | -2.3% |
| 1973 | 714,000 t | -3.2% |
| 1974 | 662,500 t | -7.2% |
| 1975 | 668,400 t | +0.9% |
| 1976 | 623,600 t | -6.7% |
| 1977 | 658,000 t | +5.5% |
| 1978 | 662,600 t | +0.7% |
| 1979 | 661,600 t | -0.2% |
| 1980 | 618,700 t | -6.5% |
| 1981 | 650,300 t | +5.1% |
| 1982 | 608,400 t | -6.4% |
| 1983 | 629,400 t | +3.5% |
| 1984 | 636,600 t | +1.1% |
| 1985 | 598,500 t | -6.0% |
| 1986 | 593,700 t | -0.8% |
| 1987 | 607,200 t | +2.3% |
| 1988 | 564,200 t | -7.1% |
| 1989 | 567,400 t | +0.6% |
| 1990 | 554,400 t | -2.3% |
| 1991 | 514,000 t | -7.3% |
| 1992 | 519,400 t | +1.1% |
| 1993 | 448,800 t | -13.6% |
| 1994 | 510,100 t | +13.7% |
| 1995 | 478,400 t | -6.2% |
| 1996 | 481,000 t | +0.5% |
| 1997 | 475,000 t | -1.2% |
| 1998 | 458,800 t | -3.4% |
| 1999 | 473,200 t | +3.1% |
| 2000 | 476,900 t | +0.8% |
| 2001 | 448,000 t | -6.1% |
| 2002 | 432,400 t | -3.5% |
| 2003 | 395,800 t | -8.5% |
| 2004 | 390,200 t | -1.4% |
| 2005 | 395,700 t | +1.4% |
| 2006 | 371,900 t | -6.0% |
| 2007 | 371,800 t | -0.0% |
| 2008 | 365,900 t | -1.6% |
| 2009 | 349,100 t | -4.6% |
| 2010 | 330,100 t | -5.4% |
| 2011 | 322,400 t | -2.3% |
| 2012 | 327,400 t | +1.6% |
| 2013 | 321,200 t | -1.9% |
| 2014 | 322,700 t | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 308,900 t | -4.3% |
| 2016 | 306,000 t | -0.9% |
| 2017 | 307,800 t | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 300,400 t | -2.4% |
| 2019 | 301,700 t | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 297,000 t | -1.6% |
| 2021 | 297,700 t | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 294,600 t | -1.0% |
| 2023 | 288,800 t | -2.0% |
| 2024 | 280,200 t | -3.0% |
Japan compared with similar countries
- Japan's 280,200 t is above the median for high income countries, which is 1,660 t, 168.8× the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Japan's 280,200 t is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 38,608 t, 7.3× the median. (10 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 628,106 t | 480,270 t | 715,630 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 686,530 t | 623,600 t | 755,100 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 607,440 t | 564,200 t | 650,300 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 491,310 t | 448,800 t | 554,400 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 399,770 t | 349,100 t | 476,900 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 314,860 t | 300,400 t | 330,100 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 291,660 t | 280,200 t | 297,700 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Japan
- 7 Bangladesh 563,689 t compare
- 7 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 50,151 t compare
- 8 Italy 413,080 t compare
- 8 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 17,432 t compare
- 9 Spain 297,660 t compare
- 9 Melanesia 11,086 t compare
- 10 Republic of Moldova 5,991 t compare
- 11 Uzbekistan 243,471 t compare
- 12 Philippines 228,263 t compare
- 12 Polynesia 137.19 t compare
- 13 Algeria 219,616 t compare
- 13 Micronesia 0.48 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 eggplants (aubergines) — production in Japan?
- Eggplants (aubergines) — production in Japan was 280,200 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest eggplants (aubergines) — production recorded in Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 755,100 t in 1971.
- What is the lowest eggplants (aubergines) — production recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 280,200 t in 2024.
- How does Japan rank for eggplants (aubergines) — production?
- Japan ranks 10th out of 99 countries with data for 2024.
- Is eggplants (aubergines) — production rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.2%. 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 Eggplants (aubergines) — 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.