Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Japan
Japan: Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested was 5,560 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Japan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Japan recorded 5,560 ha for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is down 2.6% on the previous year and down 18.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Japan peaked at 66,500 ha in 1965 and was at its lowest, 5,560 ha, in 2024.
Japan ranks 67th of 124 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 62,833 ha | 59,100 ha | 66,500 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 44,510 ha | 33,700 ha | 60,100 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 26,700 ha | 19,000 ha | 33,200 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 14,390 ha | 11,300 ha | 18,400 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 9,153 ha | 7,870 ha | 10,800 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,852 ha | 6,330 ha | 7,720 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,876 ha | 5,560 ha | 6,220 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Japan
- Agriculture share gdp 0.9583 (2024)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 0.9583 (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.6% (2025)
- Rural population 7.7% (2025)
- Rural population growth -1.9% (2025)
- Rural population 9.50 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.0% (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 40.15 billion current US$ (2024)
- Bananas — Production 17.99 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Japan?
- Groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Japan was 5,560 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 66,500 ha in 1965.
- What is the lowest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,560 ha in 2024.
- How does Japan rank for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested?
- Japan ranks 67th out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.7%. 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 Groundnuts, excluding shelled — 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.