Milk yields per animal in Japan
Japan: Milk yields per animal was 8,905 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
8,905
Change on year
up 2.1%
World rank
10th
of 191 countries
All-time high
8,939
in 2021
All-time low
3,751
in 1965
Years of data
64
1961–2024
Milk yields per animal in Japan, 1961–2024
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2024, milk yields per animal in Japan stood at 8,905.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.1% on the previous year and up 8.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, milk yields per animal in Japan peaked at 8,939 in 2021 and was at its lowest, 3,751, in 1965.
Japan ranks 10th of 191 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,881 | 3,751 | 4,151 | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,128 | 3,871 | 4,466 | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,994 | 4,537 | 5,765 | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,241 | 5,841 | 6,614 | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,116 | 6,792 | 7,498 | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,225 | 7,477 | 8,715 | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,855 | 8,725 | 8,939 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Japan
- 7 Finland 9,675 compare
- 8 Faroe Islands 9,358 compare
- 9 Germany 9,324 compare
- 11 United Kingdom 8,644 compare
- 12 Belgium 8,632 compare
- 13 Luxembourg 8,507 compare
More agriculture & rural data for Japan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 40.15 billion current US$ (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.0% (2024)
- Rural population 9.50 million (2025)
- Rural population growth -1.9% (2025)
- Rural population 7.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.5% (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 0.9583 (2024)
- Agriculture share gdp 0.9583 (2024)
- Land under cereal production 1.84 million hectares (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is milk yields per animal in Japan?
- Milk yields per animal in Japan was 8,905 in 2024, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest milk yields per animal recorded in Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 8,939 in 2021.
- What is the lowest milk yields per animal recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,751 in 1965.
- How does Japan rank for milk yields per animal?
- Japan ranks 10th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is milk yields per animal rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Japan data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Milk yields per animal. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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