Fruit Primary — Production in Japan
Japan: Fruit Primary — Production was 2.74 million t in 2024. ▼ Falling
Fruit Primary — Production in Japan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for fruit primary — production in Japan is 2.74 million t, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 3.2% on the previous year and down 22.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fruit primary — production in Japan peaked at 8.27 million t in 1979 and was at its lowest, 2.74 million t, in 2024.
That places Japan 48th out of 192 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Fruit Primary — Production in Japan, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4.19 million t | — |
| 1962 | 4.13 million t | -1.6% |
| 1963 | 4.41 million t | +7.0% |
| 1964 | 4.87 million t | +10.2% |
| 1965 | 4.99 million t | +2.6% |
| 1966 | 5.66 million t | +13.5% |
| 1967 | 6.01 million t | +6.1% |
| 1968 | 6.99 million t | +16.3% |
| 1969 | 6.49 million t | -7.1% |
| 1970 | 6.75 million t | +4.0% |
| 1971 | 6.84 million t | +1.3% |
| 1972 | 7.92 million t | +15.9% |
| 1973 | 8.12 million t | +2.4% |
| 1974 | 7.78 million t | -4.2% |
| 1975 | 8.19 million t | +5.3% |
| 1976 | 7.55 million t | -7.7% |
| 1977 | 8.17 million t | +8.2% |
| 1978 | 7.63 million t | -6.6% |
| 1979 | 8.27 million t | +8.4% |
| 1980 | 7.50 million t | -9.3% |
| 1981 | 7.13 million t | -4.9% |
| 1982 | 7.55 million t | +5.8% |
| 1983 | 7.62 million t | +1.0% |
| 1984 | 6.43 million t | -15.7% |
| 1985 | 6.96 million t | +8.3% |
| 1986 | 6.79 million t | -2.5% |
| 1987 | 7.24 million t | +6.6% |
| 1988 | 6.55 million t | -9.5% |
| 1989 | 6.41 million t | -2.2% |
| 1990 | 6.08 million t | -5.1% |
| 1991 | 5.45 million t | -10.4% |
| 1992 | 5.99 million t | +10.0% |
| 1993 | 5.41 million t | -9.7% |
| 1994 | 5.24 million t | -3.0% |
| 1995 | 5.20 million t | -0.8% |
| 1996 | 4.90 million t | -5.8% |
| 1997 | 5.51 million t | +12.6% |
| 1998 | 4.84 million t | -12.2% |
| 1999 | 5.19 million t | +7.0% |
| 2000 | 4.72 million t | -9.0% |
| 2001 | 4.97 million t | +5.3% |
| 2002 | 4.69 million t | -5.6% |
| 2003 | 4.44 million t | -5.4% |
| 2004 | 4.16 million t | -6.2% |
| 2005 | 4.39 million t | +5.5% |
| 2006 | 3.84 million t | -12.5% |
| 2007 | 4.08 million t | +6.2% |
| 2008 | 4.03 million t | -1.3% |
| 2009 | 3.98 million t | -1.1% |
| 2010 | 3.46 million t | -13.2% |
| 2011 | 3.48 million t | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 3.54 million t | +1.7% |
| 2013 | 3.47 million t | -1.9% |
| 2014 | 3.54 million t | +2.0% |
| 2015 | 3.34 million t | -5.6% |
| 2016 | 3.33 million t | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 3.20 million t | -3.9% |
| 2018 | 3.21 million t | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 3.08 million t | -3.9% |
| 2020 | 3.04 million t | -1.4% |
| 2021 | 2.98 million t | -2.0% |
| 2022 | 3.03 million t | +1.5% |
| 2023 | 2.83 million t | -6.6% |
| 2024 | 2.74 million t | -3.2% |
Japan compared with similar countries
- Japan's 2.74 million t is above the median for high income countries, which is 197,345 t, 13.9× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Japan's 2.74 million t is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 240,801 t, 11.4× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5.31 million t | 4.13 million t | 6.99 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 7.72 million t | 6.75 million t | 8.27 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 7.02 million t | 6.41 million t | 7.62 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 5.38 million t | 4.84 million t | 6.08 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 4.33 million t | 3.84 million t | 4.97 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.37 million t | 3.08 million t | 3.54 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.92 million t | 2.74 million t | 3.04 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Japan
More agriculture & rural data for Japan
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate -0.5564 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.0345 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate -0.6075 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 0.0369 hectares per person (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fruit primary — production in Japan?
- Fruit primary — production in Japan was 2.74 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fruit primary — production recorded in Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 8.27 million t in 1979.
- What is the lowest fruit primary — production recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.74 million t in 2024.
- How does Japan rank for fruit primary — production?
- Japan ranks 48th out of 192 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fruit primary — production rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.8%. 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 Fruit Primary — 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.