Lettuce and chicory — Yield in Japan
Japan: Lettuce and chicory — Yield was 27,742 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lettuce and chicory — Yield in Japan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for lettuce and chicory — yield in Japan is 27,742 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 2.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lettuce and chicory — yield in Japan peaked at 27,779 kg/ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 17,932 kg/ha, in 1965.
That places Japan 14th out of 107 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Lettuce and chicory — Yield in Japan, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 19,108 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 19,257 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1963 | 19,175 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1964 | 19,290 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1965 | 17,932 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 1966 | 19,436 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 1967 | 19,522 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1968 | 20,553 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1969 | 19,883 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1970 | 18,667 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1971 | 18,275 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1972 | 19,447 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1973 | 18,917 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1974 | 19,532 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1975 | 19,725 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1976 | 19,569 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1977 | 20,961 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1978 | 21,226 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1979 | 20,568 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1980 | 20,701 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1981 | 21,674 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1982 | 21,995 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1983 | 21,284 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1984 | 22,630 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1985 | 22,067 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1986 | 23,498 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1987 | 23,434 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1988 | 22,518 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1989 | 23,151 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1990 | 23,107 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1991 | 22,617 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1992 | 23,708 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1993 | 22,216 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1994 | 23,668 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1995 | 24,203 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1996 | 24,814 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1997 | 24,892 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1998 | 23,549 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1999 | 24,908 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 2000 | 24,418 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2001 | 25,306 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2002 | 25,527 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2003 | 24,824 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2004 | 23,362 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 2005 | 25,656 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 2006 | 26,096 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2007 | 26,014 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2008 | 26,422 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2009 | 26,689 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 25,737 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2011 | 26,077 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 27,086 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2013 | 27,183 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 27,127 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 26,419 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2016 | 27,116 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2017 | 26,752 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2018 | 26,986 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 27,269 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 27,242 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 27,340 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 27,779 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2023 | 27,721 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 27,742 kg/ha | +0.1% |
Japan compared with similar countries
- Japan's 27,742 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 19,316 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Japan's 27,742 kg/ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 17,413 kg/ha, 1.6× the median. (10 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 19,351 kg/ha | 17,932 kg/ha | 20,553 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 19,689 kg/ha | 18,275 kg/ha | 21,226 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 22,295 kg/ha | 20,701 kg/ha | 23,498 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 23,768 kg/ha | 22,216 kg/ha | 24,908 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 25,431 kg/ha | 23,362 kg/ha | 26,689 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 26,775 kg/ha | 25,737 kg/ha | 27,269 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 27,565 kg/ha | 27,242 kg/ha | 27,779 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Japan
- 11 Ireland 27,909 kg/ha compare
- 11 Micronesia 7,236 kg/ha compare
- 12 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 6,508 kg/ha compare
- 12 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 27,879 kg/ha compare
- 13 Spain 27,820 kg/ha compare
- 15 Guatemala 27,518 kg/ha compare
- 16 Jordan 27,177 kg/ha compare
- 17 New Zealand 26,810 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 lettuce and chicory — yield in Japan?
- Lettuce and chicory — yield in Japan was 27,742 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lettuce and chicory — yield recorded in Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 27,779 kg/ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest lettuce and chicory — yield recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 17,932 kg/ha in 1965.
- How does Japan rank for lettuce and chicory — yield?
- Japan ranks 14th out of 107 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lettuce and chicory — yield rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.3%. 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 — 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.