Meat, Total — Production, per capita in Japan
Japan: Meat, Total — Production, per capita was 0.0339 t per person in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat, Total — Production, per capita in Japan, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in t per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for meat, total — production, per capita in Japan is 0.0339 t per person, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 10.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat, total — production, per capita in Japan peaked at 0.0339 t per person in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.0073 t per person, in 1961.
That places Japan 72nd out of 171 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Meat, Total — Production, per capita in Japan, year by year
| Year | t per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0073 t per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0093 t per person | +26.7% |
| 1963 | 0.009 t per person | -3.1% |
| 1964 | 0.01 t per person | +11.9% |
| 1965 | 0.0109 t per person | +8.6% |
| 1966 | 0.0117 t per person | +7.5% |
| 1967 | 0.0124 t per person | +6.0% |
| 1968 | 0.0125 t per person | +0.9% |
| 1969 | 0.0136 t per person | +8.8% |
| 1970 | 0.0159 t per person | +16.3% |
| 1971 | 0.0172 t per person | +8.4% |
| 1972 | 0.0181 t per person | +5.5% |
| 1973 | 0.0184 t per person | +1.8% |
| 1974 | 0.0203 t per person | +10.2% |
| 1975 | 0.0198 t per person | -2.4% |
| 1976 | 0.0198 t per person | -0.4% |
| 1977 | 0.0218 t per person | +10.3% |
| 1978 | 0.0237 t per person | +8.7% |
| 1979 | 0.0254 t per person | +7.4% |
| 1980 | 0.0261 t per person | +2.6% |
| 1981 | 0.0256 t per person | -1.8% |
| 1982 | 0.0263 t per person | +2.7% |
| 1983 | 0.0267 t per person | +1.6% |
| 1984 | 0.0273 t per person | +2.2% |
| 1985 | 0.0286 t per person | +4.9% |
| 1986 | 0.0289 t per person | +0.8% |
| 1987 | 0.0294 t per person | +1.7% |
| 1988 | 0.0294 t per person | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 0.029 t per person | -1.2% |
| 1990 | 0.0284 t per person | -2.2% |
| 1991 | 0.0276 t per person | -2.7% |
| 1992 | 0.0273 t per person | -1.1% |
| 1993 | 0.0269 t per person | -1.4% |
| 1994 | 0.026 t per person | -3.3% |
| 1995 | 0.0252 t per person | -3.1% |
| 1996 | 0.0244 t per person | -3.4% |
| 1997 | 0.0243 t per person | -0.3% |
| 1998 | 0.0241 t per person | -0.9% |
| 1999 | 0.024 t per person | -0.2% |
| 2000 | 0.0236 t per person | -1.8% |
| 2001 | 0.0229 t per person | -2.7% |
| 2002 | 0.0237 t per person | +3.4% |
| 2003 | 0.0236 t per person | -0.3% |
| 2004 | 0.0237 t per person | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 0.0237 t per person | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.0244 t per person | +2.9% |
| 2007 | 0.0245 t per person | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 0.0246 t per person | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 0.0254 t per person | +3.2% |
| 2010 | 0.0252 t per person | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 0.0247 t per person | -2.3% |
| 2012 | 0.0257 t per person | +4.2% |
| 2013 | 0.0306 t per person | +19.2% |
| 2014 | 0.0307 t per person | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 0.0305 t per person | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 0.0309 t per person | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 0.0312 t per person | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 0.0317 t per person | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 0.032 t per person | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 0.0326 t per person | +2.0% |
| 2021 | 0.0332 t per person | +1.7% |
| 2022 | 0.0333 t per person | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 0.0336 t per person | +1.0% |
| 2024 | 0.0339 t per person | +0.7% |
Japan compared with similar countries
- Japan's 0.0339 t per person is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.054 t per person, 63% of the median. (57 countries reporting)
- Japan's 0.0339 t per person is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.0234 t per person, 1.4× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Meat, Total — Production, per capita 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | +26.7% | 0.0073 t per person | 0.0093 t per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0108 t per person | 0.0073 t per person | 0.0136 t per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.02 t per person | 0.0159 t per person | 0.0254 t per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0277 t per person | 0.0256 t per person | 0.0294 t per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0258 t per person | 0.024 t per person | 0.0284 t per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.024 t per person | 0.0229 t per person | 0.0254 t per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0293 t per person | 0.0247 t per person | 0.032 t per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0333 t per person | 0.0326 t per person | 0.0339 t per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Japan
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 meat, total — production, per capita in Japan?
- Meat, total — production, per capita in Japan was 0.0339 t per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest meat, total — production, per capita recorded in Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0339 t per person in 2024.
- What is the lowest meat, total — production, per capita recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0073 t per person in 1961.
- How does Japan rank for meat, total — production, per capita?
- Japan ranks 72nd out of 171 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat, total — production, per capita rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Japan data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Meat, Total — Production, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Meat, Total — Production divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Meat, Total — Production ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Meat, Total — Production Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Meat, Total — Production divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.