Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield in Japan
Japan: Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield was 894.1 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield in Japan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Japan stood at 894.1 kg/ha.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 35.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Japan peaked at 1,122 kg/ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 482.8 kg/ha, in 1985.
Japan ranks 53rd of 131 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 56 years of available data.
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield in Japan, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 623.8 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 655.6 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1963 | 620.4 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1964 | 635 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1965 | 709.9 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 1966 | 549.8 kg/ha | -22.6% |
| 1967 | 647.7 kg/ha | +17.8% |
| 1968 | 634.7 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1969 | 622.2 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1970 | 560 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1971 | 560 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 568.6 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1973 | 568.6 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 577.3 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1975 | 582.3 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1976 | 594.6 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1977 | 594.6 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 588.2 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1979 | 588.2 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 535.7 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 1981 | 535.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 500 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1983 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 585.4 kg/ha | +17.1% |
| 1985 | 482.8 kg/ha | -17.5% |
| 1986 | 535.7 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 1987 | 548.4 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1988 | 571.4 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1989 | 571.4 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 571.4 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 931.5 kg/ha | +63.0% |
| 2000 | 1,029 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 2001 | 1,006 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2002 | 991.4 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2003 | 976.7 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2004 | 962 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2005 | 947.4 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2006 | 932.7 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2007 | 918 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2008 | 903.3 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2009 | 888.7 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2010 | 874 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2011 | 859.3 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2012 | 844.7 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2013 | 830 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2014 | 658.3 kg/ha | -20.7% |
| 2015 | 696.6 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 2016 | 967.6 kg/ha | +38.9% |
| 2017 | 1,122 kg/ha | +16.0% |
| 2018 | 923.5 kg/ha | -17.7% |
| 2019 | 801.4 kg/ha | -13.2% |
| 2020 | 807 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 908.9 kg/ha | +12.6% |
| 2022 | 889.5 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2023 | 891.8 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 894.1 kg/ha | +0.3% |
Japan compared with similar countries
- Japan's 894.1 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 1,088 kg/ha, 82% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Japan's 894.1 kg/ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 916.6 kg/ha, 98% of the median. (11 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield in Japan changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | +63.0% | 571.4 kg/ha | 931.5 kg/ha |
| 2016 | +38.9% | 696.6 kg/ha | 967.6 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 633.23 kg/ha | 549.8 kg/ha | 709.9 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 578.24 kg/ha | 560 kg/ha | 594.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 536.65 kg/ha | 482.8 kg/ha | 585.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 751.45 kg/ha | 571.4 kg/ha | 931.5 kg/ha | 2 |
| 2000s | 955.5 kg/ha | 888.7 kg/ha | 1,029 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 857.78 kg/ha | 658.3 kg/ha | 1,122 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 878.26 kg/ha | 807 kg/ha | 908.9 kg/ha | 5 |
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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 fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Japan?
- Fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Japan was 894.1 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield recorded in Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 1,122 kg/ha in 2017.
- What is the lowest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 482.8 kg/ha in 1985.
- How does Japan rank for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield?
- Japan ranks 53rd out of 131 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 35.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 — Yield. 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.