Maize (corn) — Yield in Japan
Japan: Maize (corn) — Yield was 2,685 kg/ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Maize (corn) — Yield in Japan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Japan recorded 2,685 kg/ha for maize (corn) — yield in 2024.
The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — yield in Japan peaked at 2,917 kg/ha in 1978 and was at its lowest, 1,363 kg/ha, in 1983.
Japan ranks 108th of 178 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,616 kg/ha | 2,354 kg/ha | 2,856 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,691 kg/ha | 2,491 kg/ha | 2,917 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,155 kg/ha | 1,363 kg/ha | 2,564 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,482 kg/ha | 2,400 kg/ha | 2,546 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,512 kg/ha | 2,462 kg/ha | 2,547 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,655 kg/ha | 2,566 kg/ha | 2,727 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,687 kg/ha | 2,682 kg/ha | 2,693 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Japan
- 105 Senegal 2,814 kg/ha compare
- 106 Barbados 2,793 kg/ha compare
- 107 Ghana 2,772 kg/ha compare
- 109 Trinidad and Tobago 2,570 kg/ha compare
- 110 Côte d'Ivoire 2,564 kg/ha compare
- 111 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 2,528 kg/ha compare
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 maize (corn) — yield in Japan?
- Maize (corn) — yield in Japan was 2,685 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 2,917 kg/ha in 1978.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,363 kg/ha in 1983.
- How does Japan rank for maize (corn) — yield?
- Japan ranks 108th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — yield rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Japan data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Maize (corn) — Yield. 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.