Green corn (maize) — Yield in Japan
Japan: Green corn (maize) — Yield was 9,932 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Green corn (maize) — Yield in Japan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, green corn (maize) — yield in Japan stood at 9,932 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.3% on the previous year and down 2.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, green corn (maize) — yield in Japan peaked at 11,415 kg/ha in 1972 and was at its lowest, 8,175 kg/ha, in 2016.
Japan ranks 26th of 53 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Green corn (maize) — Yield in Japan, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,536 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 10,105 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1963 | 10,914 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1964 | 10,233 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1965 | 10,093 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1966 | 10,285 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1967 | 11,219 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1968 | 11,393 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1969 | 11,117 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1970 | 11,084 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1971 | 10,662 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1972 | 11,415 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1973 | 10,904 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1974 | 11,036 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1975 | 11,055 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1976 | 10,945 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1977 | 10,945 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 10,915 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1979 | 10,516 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1980 | 10,260 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1981 | 9,585 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1982 | 10,139 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1983 | 9,101 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 1984 | 10,200 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 1985 | 9,879 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1986 | 10,477 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1987 | 10,235 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1988 | 9,761 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1989 | 9,837 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1990 | 10,421 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1991 | 10,072 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1992 | 9,984 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1993 | 9,185 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 1994 | 10,250 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 1995 | 9,598 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1996 | 9,226 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1997 | 9,438 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1998 | 9,226 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1999 | 9,800 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 2000 | 9,966 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2001 | 9,549 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2002 | 9,827 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2003 | 9,661 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2004 | 9,874 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2005 | 9,687 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2006 | 9,110 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 2007 | 10,027 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 2008 | 10,310 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2009 | 9,251 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 2010 | 9,277 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 9,612 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2012 | 10,212 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 2013 | 9,705 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2014 | 10,225 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2015 | 9,971 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2016 | 8,175 kg/ha | -18.0% |
| 2017 | 10,207 kg/ha | +24.9% |
| 2018 | 9,420 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 2019 | 10,391 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 2020 | 10,478 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 10,177 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2022 | 9,803 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2023 | 10,163 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2024 | 9,932 kg/ha | -2.3% |
Japan compared with similar countries
- Japan's 9,932 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 9,198 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (26 countries reporting)
- Japan's 9,932 kg/ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 7,473 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (10 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,655 kg/ha | 10,093 kg/ha | 11,393 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 10,948 kg/ha | 10,516 kg/ha | 11,415 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 9,947 kg/ha | 9,101 kg/ha | 10,477 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 9,720 kg/ha | 9,185 kg/ha | 10,421 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 9,726 kg/ha | 9,110 kg/ha | 10,310 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,720 kg/ha | 8,175 kg/ha | 10,391 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 10,110 kg/ha | 9,803 kg/ha | 10,478 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Japan
- 23 Peru 10,331 kg/ha compare
- 24 North Macedonia 10,034 kg/ha compare
- 24 Caribbean 2,791 kg/ha compare
- 25 Côte d'Ivoire 2,414 kg/ha compare
- 25 Papua New Guinea 10,013 kg/ha compare
- 27 Thailand 9,654 kg/ha compare
- 28 China 9,565 kg/ha compare
- 28 China, mainland 9,565 kg/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) — yield in Japan?
- Green corn (maize) — yield in Japan was 9,932 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest green corn (maize) — yield recorded in Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 11,415 kg/ha in 1972.
- What is the lowest green corn (maize) — yield recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,175 kg/ha in 2016.
- How does Japan rank for green corn (maize) — yield?
- Japan ranks 26th out of 53 countries with data for 2024.
- Is green corn (maize) — yield rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.9%. 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) — Yield. 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.