Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Japan
Japan: Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested was 20,033 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Japan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Japan stood at 20,033 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.7% on the previous year and down 5.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Japan peaked at 23,000 ha in 1991 and was at its lowest, 1,200 ha, in 1961.
Japan ranks 8th of 108 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Japan, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,200 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,400 ha | +16.7% |
| 1963 | 1,600 ha | +14.3% |
| 1964 | 1,830 ha | +14.4% |
| 1965 | 2,800 ha | +53.0% |
| 1966 | 3,420 ha | +22.1% |
| 1967 | 4,560 ha | +33.3% |
| 1968 | 5,600 ha | +22.8% |
| 1969 | 7,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 1970 | 9,000 ha | +28.6% |
| 1971 | 10,900 ha | +21.1% |
| 1972 | 11,400 ha | +4.6% |
| 1973 | 12,100 ha | +6.1% |
| 1974 | 12,600 ha | +4.1% |
| 1975 | 13,100 ha | +4.0% |
| 1976 | 14,400 ha | +9.9% |
| 1977 | 15,400 ha | +6.9% |
| 1978 | 15,900 ha | +3.2% |
| 1979 | 16,900 ha | +6.3% |
| 1980 | 18,400 ha | +8.9% |
| 1981 | 19,000 ha | +3.3% |
| 1982 | 19,800 ha | +4.2% |
| 1983 | 20,400 ha | +3.0% |
| 1984 | 21,100 ha | +3.4% |
| 1985 | 20,800 ha | -1.4% |
| 1986 | 21,300 ha | +2.4% |
| 1987 | 21,200 ha | -0.5% |
| 1988 | 22,000 ha | +3.8% |
| 1989 | 22,500 ha | +2.3% |
| 1990 | 22,400 ha | -0.4% |
| 1991 | 23,000 ha | +2.7% |
| 1992 | 22,600 ha | -1.7% |
| 1993 | 22,200 ha | -1.8% |
| 1994 | 22,300 ha | +0.5% |
| 1995 | 22,200 ha | -0.4% |
| 1996 | 22,100 ha | -0.5% |
| 1997 | 21,400 ha | -3.2% |
| 1998 | 21,500 ha | +0.5% |
| 1999 | 21,700 ha | +0.9% |
| 2000 | 22,000 ha | +1.4% |
| 2001 | 21,900 ha | -0.5% |
| 2002 | 22,000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 22,100 ha | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 21,800 ha | -1.4% |
| 2005 | 21,500 ha | -1.4% |
| 2006 | 20,900 ha | -2.8% |
| 2007 | 20,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 20,600 ha | -1.4% |
| 2009 | 20,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 20,900 ha | +1.5% |
| 2011 | 20,800 ha | -0.5% |
| 2012 | 20,900 ha | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 21,300 ha | +1.9% |
| 2014 | 21,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 21,500 ha | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 21,600 ha | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 21,800 ha | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 21,700 ha | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 21,200 ha | -2.3% |
| 2020 | 20,700 ha | -2.4% |
| 2021 | 20,000 ha | -3.4% |
| 2022 | 19,900 ha | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 19,700 ha | -1.0% |
| 2024 | 20,033 ha | +1.7% |
Japan compared with similar countries
- Japan's 20,033 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 294 ha, 68.1× the median. (49 countries reporting)
- Japan's 20,033 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 2,515 ha, 8.0× the median. (10 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Lettuce and chicory — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | +53.0% | 1,830 ha | 2,800 ha |
| 1967 | +33.3% | 3,420 ha | 4,560 ha |
| 1970 | +28.6% | 7,000 ha | 9,000 ha |
| 1969 | +25.0% | 5,600 ha | 7,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,268 ha | 1,200 ha | 7,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 13,170 ha | 9,000 ha | 16,900 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 20,650 ha | 18,400 ha | 22,500 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 22,140 ha | 21,400 ha | 23,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 21,430 ha | 20,600 ha | 22,100 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 21,300 ha | 20,800 ha | 21,800 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 20,067 ha | 19,700 ha | 20,700 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Japan
- 5 Italy 30,120 ha compare
- 6 Niger 28,817 ha compare
- 6 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 3,649 ha compare
- 7 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 2,817 ha compare
- 7 Mexico 21,747 ha compare
- 8 Syrian Arab Republic 2,065 ha compare
- 9 France 16,980 ha compare
- 10 Belgium 11,480 ha compare
- 10 Democratic Republic of the Congo 353 ha compare
- 11 Australia and New Zealand 10,498 ha compare
- 11 Polynesia 22 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 lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Japan?
- Lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Japan was 20,033 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lettuce and chicory — area harvested recorded in Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 23,000 ha in 1991.
- What is the lowest lettuce and chicory — area harvested recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,200 ha in 1961.
- How does Japan rank for lettuce and chicory — area harvested?
- Japan ranks 8th out of 108 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lettuce and chicory — area harvested rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.9%. 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 Lettuce and chicory — 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.