Ginger, raw — Area harvested in Japan
Japan: Ginger, raw — Area harvested was 1,607 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Ginger, raw — Area harvested in Japan, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Japan recorded 1,607 ha for ginger, raw — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.8% on the previous year and down 14.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ginger, raw — area harvested in Japan peaked at 1,980 ha in 2009 and was at its lowest, 1,200 ha, in 1990.
That places Japan 17th out of 40 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Ginger, raw — Area harvested in Japan, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 1,200 ha | — |
| 1991 | 1,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 1,252 ha | +4.3% |
| 1993 | 1,300 ha | +3.8% |
| 1994 | 1,324 ha | +1.8% |
| 1995 | 1,337 ha | +1.0% |
| 1996 | 1,355 ha | +1.3% |
| 1997 | 1,372 ha | +1.3% |
| 1998 | 1,400 ha | +2.0% |
| 1999 | 1,416 ha | +1.1% |
| 2000 | 1,438 ha | +1.6% |
| 2001 | 1,457 ha | +1.3% |
| 2002 | 1,460 ha | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 1,450 ha | -0.7% |
| 2004 | 1,900 ha | +31.0% |
| 2005 | 1,840 ha | -3.2% |
| 2006 | 1,810 ha | -1.6% |
| 2007 | 1,870 ha | +3.3% |
| 2008 | 1,920 ha | +2.7% |
| 2009 | 1,980 ha | +3.1% |
| 2010 | 1,980 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 1,950 ha | -1.5% |
| 2012 | 1,969 ha | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 1,939 ha | -1.5% |
| 2014 | 1,886 ha | -2.7% |
| 2015 | 1,840 ha | -2.4% |
| 2016 | 1,810 ha | -1.6% |
| 2017 | 1,780 ha | -1.7% |
| 2018 | 1,750 ha | -1.7% |
| 2019 | 1,740 ha | -0.6% |
| 2020 | 1,750 ha | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 1,730 ha | -1.1% |
| 2022 | 1,690 ha | -2.3% |
| 2023 | 1,620 ha | -4.1% |
| 2024 | 1,607 ha | -0.8% |
Japan compared with similar countries
- Japan's 1,607 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 130 ha, 12.4× the median. (7 countries reporting)
- Japan's 1,607 ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 3,718 ha, 43% of the median. (8 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Ginger, raw — Area harvested 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | +31.0% | 1,450 ha | 1,900 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1,316 ha | 1,200 ha | 1,416 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,712 ha | 1,438 ha | 1,980 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,864 ha | 1,740 ha | 1,980 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,679 ha | 1,607 ha | 1,750 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Japan
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 ginger, raw — area harvested in Japan?
- Ginger, raw — area harvested in Japan was 1,607 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest ginger, raw — area harvested recorded in Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 1,980 ha in 2009.
- What is the lowest ginger, raw — area harvested recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,200 ha in 1990.
- How does Japan rank for ginger, raw — area harvested?
- Japan ranks 17th out of 40 countries with data for 2024.
- Is ginger, raw — area harvested rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.8%. 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 Ginger, raw — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.