Groundnut oil — Production in Japan
Japan: Groundnut oil — Production was 183 t in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Groundnut oil — Production in Japan, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for groundnut oil — production in Japan is 183 t, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 63 years on record.
The figure is down 53.1% on the previous year and down 41.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, groundnut oil — production in Japan peaked at 6,000 t in 1968 and was at its lowest, 183 t, in 2023.
Japan ranks 87th of 102 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Groundnut oil — Production in Japan, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 3,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 4,000 t | +33.3% |
| 1964 | 4,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 5,000 t | +25.0% |
| 1966 | 5,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 4,000 t | -20.0% |
| 1968 | 6,000 t | +50.0% |
| 1969 | 1,000 t | -83.3% |
| 1970 | 450 t | -55.0% |
| 1971 | 1,000 t | +122.2% |
| 1972 | 1,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 300 t | -70.0% |
| 1974 | 300 t | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 300 t | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 300 t | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 300 t | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 300 t | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 300 t | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 574 t | +91.3% |
| 1981 | 499 t | -13.1% |
| 1982 | 765 t | +53.3% |
| 1983 | 501 t | -34.5% |
| 1984 | 505 t | +0.8% |
| 1985 | 780 t | +54.5% |
| 1986 | 462 t | -40.8% |
| 1987 | 439 t | -5.0% |
| 1988 | 437 t | -0.5% |
| 1989 | 361 t | -17.4% |
| 1990 | 414 t | +14.7% |
| 1991 | 619 t | +49.5% |
| 1992 | 538 t | -13.1% |
| 1993 | 316 t | -41.3% |
| 1994 | 300 t | -5.1% |
| 1995 | 400 t | +33.3% |
| 1996 | 300 t | -25.0% |
| 1997 | 300 t | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 400 t | +33.3% |
| 1999 | 500 t | +25.0% |
| 2000 | 500 t | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 500 t | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 500 t | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 500 t | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 500 t | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 500 t | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 600 t | +20.0% |
| 2007 | 557 t | -7.2% |
| 2008 | 332 t | -40.4% |
| 2009 | 334 t | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 344 t | +3.0% |
| 2011 | 400 t | +16.3% |
| 2012 | 341 t | -14.8% |
| 2013 | 314 t | -7.9% |
| 2014 | 316 t | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 397 t | +25.6% |
| 2016 | 452 t | +13.9% |
| 2017 | 441 t | -2.4% |
| 2018 | 502 t | +13.8% |
| 2019 | 452 t | -10.0% |
| 2020 | 403 t | -10.8% |
| 2021 | 384 t | -4.7% |
| 2022 | 390 t | +1.6% |
| 2023 | 183 t | -53.1% |
Japan compared with similar countries
- Japan's 183 t is below the median for high income countries, which is 622.71 t, 29% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Japan's 183 t is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 3,218 t, 6% of the median. (11 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Groundnut oil — Production 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | +122.2% | 450 t | 1,000 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,889 t | 1,000 t | 6,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 455 t | 300 t | 1,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 532.3 t | 361 t | 780 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 408.7 t | 300 t | 619 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 482.3 t | 332 t | 600 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 395.9 t | 314 t | 502 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 340 t | 183 t | 403 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Japan
- 84 Tonga 253.86 t compare
- 85 Slovakia 200 t compare
- 85 South Africa 200 t compare
- 88 Réunion 109 t compare
- 89 Russian Federation 42.59 t compare
- 90 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 32.65 t 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 groundnut oil — production in Japan?
- Groundnut oil — production in Japan was 183 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest groundnut oil — production recorded in Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 6,000 t in 1968.
- What is the lowest groundnut oil — production recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 183 t in 2023.
- How does Japan rank for groundnut oil — production?
- Japan ranks 87th out of 102 countries with data for 2023.
- Is groundnut oil — production rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 41.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Japan data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Groundnut oil — 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.