Fruit Primary — Yield in Japan
Japan: Fruit Primary — Yield was 16,290 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Fruit Primary — Yield in Japan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, fruit primary — yield in Japan stood at 16,290 kg/ha.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and down 7.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fruit primary — yield in Japan peaked at 20,113 kg/ha in 1979 and was at its lowest, 12,424 kg/ha, in 1962.
Japan ranks 44th of 191 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Fruit Primary — Yield in Japan, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 13,355 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 12,424 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 1963 | 12,711 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1964 | 13,380 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1965 | 12,982 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1966 | 14,044 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 1967 | 14,464 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1968 | 16,346 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 1969 | 15,030 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 1970 | 15,503 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1971 | 15,447 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1972 | 17,752 kg/ha | +14.9% |
| 1973 | 18,189 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1974 | 17,652 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1975 | 18,880 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1976 | 17,737 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1977 | 19,561 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 1978 | 18,449 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1979 | 20,113 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 1980 | 18,394 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 1981 | 17,731 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1982 | 19,058 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1983 | 19,533 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1984 | 16,751 kg/ha | -14.2% |
| 1985 | 18,192 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 1986 | 18,005 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1987 | 19,411 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1988 | 17,875 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 1989 | 18,601 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1990 | 18,062 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1991 | 16,524 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 1992 | 18,532 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 1993 | 17,027 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 1994 | 17,180 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1995 | 17,703 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1996 | 16,986 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1997 | 19,890 kg/ha | +17.1% |
| 1998 | 17,830 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 1999 | 19,335 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 2000 | 17,954 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 2001 | 19,293 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 2002 | 18,570 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2003 | 17,801 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2004 | 17,171 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2005 | 18,364 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 2006 | 16,353 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 2007 | 17,846 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 2008 | 17,902 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 17,994 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 15,961 kg/ha | -11.3% |
| 2011 | 16,398 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2012 | 17,010 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2013 | 17,020 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 17,626 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2015 | 16,907 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2016 | 17,010 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 16,657 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2018 | 17,026 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2019 | 16,607 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2020 | 16,693 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 16,638 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 17,137 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2023 | 16,274 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2024 | 16,290 kg/ha | +0.1% |
Japan compared with similar countries
- Japan's 16,290 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 10,164 kg/ha, 1.6× the median. (55 countries reporting)
- Japan's 16,290 kg/ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 9,443 kg/ha, 1.7× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13,860 kg/ha | 12,424 kg/ha | 16,346 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 17,928 kg/ha | 15,447 kg/ha | 20,113 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 18,355 kg/ha | 16,751 kg/ha | 19,533 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 17,907 kg/ha | 16,524 kg/ha | 19,890 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 17,925 kg/ha | 16,353 kg/ha | 19,293 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 16,822 kg/ha | 15,961 kg/ha | 17,626 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 16,606 kg/ha | 16,274 kg/ha | 17,137 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 fruit primary — yield in Japan?
- Fruit primary — yield in Japan was 16,290 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fruit primary — yield recorded in Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 20,113 kg/ha in 1979.
- What is the lowest fruit primary — yield recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 12,424 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does Japan rank for fruit primary — yield?
- Japan ranks 44th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fruit primary — yield rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.6%. 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 Fruit Primary — 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.