Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested in Japan
Japan: Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested was 1 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested in Japan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested in Japan is 1 ha, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 56 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested in Japan peaked at 15,240 ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 1 ha, in 1999.
Japan ranks 114th of 133 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested in Japan, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 15,240 ha | — |
| 1962 | 14,450 ha | -5.2% |
| 1963 | 10,850 ha | -24.9% |
| 1964 | 10,180 ha | -6.2% |
| 1965 | 6,918 ha | -32.0% |
| 1966 | 4,000 ha | -42.2% |
| 1967 | 1,990 ha | -50.2% |
| 1968 | 1,355 ha | -31.9% |
| 1969 | 1,350 ha | -0.4% |
| 1970 | 1,250 ha | -7.4% |
| 1971 | 1,250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 1,020 ha | -18.4% |
| 1973 | 1,020 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 970 ha | -4.9% |
| 1975 | 790 ha | -18.6% |
| 1976 | 740 ha | -6.3% |
| 1977 | 740 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 510 ha | -31.1% |
| 1979 | 510 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 280 ha | -45.1% |
| 1981 | 280 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 140 ha | -50.0% |
| 1983 | 140 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 41 ha | -70.7% |
| 1985 | 29 ha | -29.3% |
| 1986 | 28 ha | -3.4% |
| 1987 | 31 ha | +10.7% |
| 1988 | 35 ha | +12.9% |
| 1989 | 35 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 35 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 1 ha | -97.1% |
| 2000 | 1 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 1 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 1 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 1 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 1 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 1 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 1 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 1 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 1 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 1 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 1 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 1 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 1 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 1 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 1 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 1 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 1 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 1 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 1 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 1 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 1 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 1 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 1 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 1 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 1 ha | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,370 ha | 1,350 ha | 15,240 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 880 ha | 510 ha | 1,250 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 103.9 ha | 28 ha | 280 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 18 ha | 1 ha | 35 ha | 2 |
| 2000s | 1 ha | 1 ha | 1 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1 ha | 1 ha | 1 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1 ha | 1 ha | 1 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Japan
- 111 Republic of Korea 11 ha compare
- 112 Saint Kitts and Nevis 10 ha compare
- 113 Iraq 8 ha compare
- 115 Comoros 0 ha compare
- 115 Croatia 0 ha compare
- 115 Cyprus 0 ha compare
- 115 Denmark 0 ha compare
- 115 Estonia 0 ha compare
- 115 Germany 0 ha compare
- 115 Guadeloupe 0 ha compare
- 115 Latvia 0 ha compare
- 115 Lithuania 0 ha compare
- 115 Malta 0 ha
- 115 Namibia 0 ha compare
- 115 North Macedonia 0 ha compare
- 115 Portugal 0 ha compare
- 115 Rwanda 0 ha compare
- 115 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 ha compare
- 115 Slovakia 0 ha compare
- 115 Slovenia 0 ha
- 115 Sweden 0 ha compare
- 115 Uruguay 0 ha 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)
- Agriculture share gdp 0.9583 (2024)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 0.9583 (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.6% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested in Japan?
- Fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested in Japan was 1 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested recorded in Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 15,240 ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 1 ha in 1999.
- How does Japan rank for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested?
- Japan ranks 114th out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Japan data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested. 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.