Green corn (maize) — Area harvested in Japan
Japan: Green corn (maize) — Area harvested was 20,874 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Green corn (maize) — Area harvested in Japan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, green corn (maize) — area harvested in Japan stood at 20,874 ha. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 14.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, green corn (maize) — area harvested in Japan peaked at 39,500 ha in 1987 and was at its lowest, 20,874 ha, in 2024.
That places Japan 11th out of 53 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.
Green corn (maize) — Area harvested in Japan, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 26,500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 26,700 ha | +0.8% |
| 1963 | 25,600 ha | -4.1% |
| 1964 | 25,800 ha | +0.8% |
| 1965 | 25,900 ha | +0.4% |
| 1966 | 26,300 ha | +1.5% |
| 1967 | 26,000 ha | -1.1% |
| 1968 | 24,400 ha | -6.2% |
| 1969 | 24,700 ha | +1.2% |
| 1970 | 27,300 ha | +10.5% |
| 1971 | 27,200 ha | -0.4% |
| 1972 | 26,000 ha | -4.4% |
| 1973 | 27,100 ha | +4.2% |
| 1974 | 27,500 ha | +1.5% |
| 1975 | 27,400 ha | -0.4% |
| 1976 | 27,300 ha | -0.4% |
| 1977 | 29,200 ha | +7.0% |
| 1978 | 30,500 ha | +4.5% |
| 1979 | 28,700 ha | -5.9% |
| 1980 | 30,400 ha | +5.9% |
| 1981 | 34,700 ha | +14.1% |
| 1982 | 36,800 ha | +6.1% |
| 1983 | 37,600 ha | +2.2% |
| 1984 | 37,900 ha | +0.8% |
| 1985 | 36,400 ha | -4.0% |
| 1986 | 36,900 ha | +1.4% |
| 1987 | 39,500 ha | +7.0% |
| 1988 | 39,300 ha | -0.5% |
| 1989 | 39,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 39,200 ha | -0.3% |
| 1991 | 39,100 ha | -0.3% |
| 1992 | 37,700 ha | -3.6% |
| 1993 | 37,300 ha | -1.1% |
| 1994 | 36,000 ha | -3.5% |
| 1995 | 33,300 ha | -7.5% |
| 1996 | 31,000 ha | -6.9% |
| 1997 | 32,000 ha | +3.2% |
| 1998 | 31,000 ha | -3.1% |
| 1999 | 30,000 ha | -3.2% |
| 2000 | 29,000 ha | -3.3% |
| 2001 | 28,600 ha | -1.4% |
| 2002 | 28,300 ha | -1.0% |
| 2003 | 27,700 ha | -2.1% |
| 2004 | 26,900 ha | -2.9% |
| 2005 | 25,900 ha | -3.7% |
| 2006 | 25,400 ha | -1.9% |
| 2007 | 25,600 ha | +0.8% |
| 2008 | 25,800 ha | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 25,500 ha | -1.2% |
| 2010 | 25,300 ha | -0.8% |
| 2011 | 25,000 ha | -1.2% |
| 2012 | 25,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 24,400 ha | -2.4% |
| 2014 | 24,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 24,100 ha | -1.2% |
| 2016 | 24,000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 22,700 ha | -5.4% |
| 2018 | 23,100 ha | +1.8% |
| 2019 | 23,000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 22,400 ha | -2.6% |
| 2021 | 21,500 ha | -4.0% |
| 2022 | 21,300 ha | -0.9% |
| 2023 | 20,900 ha | -1.9% |
| 2024 | 20,874 ha | -0.1% |
Japan compared with similar countries
- Japan's 20,874 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 970 ha, 21.5× the median. (26 countries reporting)
- Japan's 20,874 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 13,538 ha, 1.5× the median. (10 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 25,767 ha | 24,400 ha | 26,700 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 27,820 ha | 26,000 ha | 30,500 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 36,880 ha | 30,400 ha | 39,500 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 34,660 ha | 30,000 ha | 39,200 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 26,870 ha | 25,400 ha | 29,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 24,100 ha | 22,700 ha | 25,300 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 21,395 ha | 20,874 ha | 22,400 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Japan
- 8 Hungary 36,623 ha compare
- 8 Polynesia 57 ha compare
- 9 Croatia 28,700 ha compare
- 9 Micronesia 0 ha
- 10 Côte d'Ivoire 76,532 ha compare
- 10 Papua New Guinea 25,110 ha compare
- 12 France 20,568 ha compare
- 13 China 20,299 ha compare
- 13 China, mainland 20,299 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)
- 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 green corn (maize) — area harvested in Japan?
- Green corn (maize) — area harvested in Japan was 20,874 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest green corn (maize) — area harvested recorded in Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 39,500 ha in 1987.
- What is the lowest green corn (maize) — area harvested recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 20,874 ha in 2024.
- How does Japan rank for green corn (maize) — area harvested?
- Japan ranks 11th out of 53 countries with data for 2024.
- Is green corn (maize) — area harvested rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.5%. 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 Green corn (maize) — 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.