Millet — Area harvested in Japan
Japan: Millet — Area harvested was 281 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Millet — Area harvested in Japan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Japan recorded 281 ha for millet — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 0.7% on the previous year and down 6.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, millet — area harvested in Japan peaked at 44,900 ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 85 ha, in 1986.
Japan ranks 75th of 86 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Millet — Area harvested in Japan, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 44,900 ha | — |
| 1962 | 37,900 ha | -15.6% |
| 1963 | 31,500 ha | -16.9% |
| 1964 | 27,100 ha | -14.0% |
| 1965 | 21,500 ha | -20.7% |
| 1966 | 18,200 ha | -15.3% |
| 1967 | 14,200 ha | -22.0% |
| 1968 | 11,200 ha | -21.1% |
| 1969 | 8,300 ha | -25.9% |
| 1970 | 6,000 ha | -27.7% |
| 1971 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 3,000 ha | -50.0% |
| 1973 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 1,900 ha | -36.7% |
| 1976 | 650 ha | -65.8% |
| 1977 | 850 ha | +30.8% |
| 1978 | 850 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 850 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 955 ha | +12.4% |
| 1981 | 695 ha | -27.2% |
| 1982 | 521 ha | -25.0% |
| 1983 | 177 ha | -66.0% |
| 1984 | 370 ha | +109.0% |
| 1985 | 320 ha | -13.5% |
| 1986 | 85 ha | -73.4% |
| 1987 | 315 ha | +270.6% |
| 1988 | 1,000 ha | +217.5% |
| 1989 | 1,100 ha | +10.0% |
| 1990 | 750 ha | -31.8% |
| 1991 | 350 ha | -53.3% |
| 1992 | 393 ha | +12.3% |
| 1993 | 400 ha | +1.8% |
| 1994 | 392 ha | -2.0% |
| 1995 | 406 ha | +3.6% |
| 1996 | 417 ha | +2.7% |
| 1997 | 300 ha | -28.1% |
| 1998 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 383 ha | +27.7% |
| 2001 | 376 ha | -1.8% |
| 2002 | 370 ha | -1.6% |
| 2003 | 364 ha | -1.6% |
| 2004 | 358 ha | -1.6% |
| 2005 | 351 ha | -2.0% |
| 2006 | 343 ha | -2.3% |
| 2007 | 335 ha | -2.3% |
| 2008 | 326 ha | -2.7% |
| 2009 | 317 ha | -2.8% |
| 2010 | 307 ha | -3.2% |
| 2011 | 297 ha | -3.3% |
| 2012 | 300 ha | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 291 ha | -3.0% |
| 2016 | 297 ha | +2.1% |
| 2017 | 296 ha | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 286 ha | -3.4% |
| 2019 | 293 ha | +2.4% |
| 2020 | 297 ha | +1.4% |
| 2021 | 282 ha | -5.1% |
| 2022 | 281 ha | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 279 ha | -0.7% |
| 2024 | 281 ha | +0.7% |
Japan compared with similar countries
- Japan's 281 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 1,640 ha, 17% of the median. (16 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Millet — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | +270.6% | 85 ha | 315 ha |
| 1988 | +217.5% | 315 ha | 1,000 ha |
| 1984 | +109.0% | 177 ha | 370 ha |
| 1986 | -73.4% | 320 ha | 85 ha |
| 1976 | -65.8% | 1,900 ha | 650 ha |
| 1983 | -66.0% | 521 ha | 177 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 23,867 ha | 8,300 ha | 44,900 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,610 ha | 650 ha | 6,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 553.8 ha | 85 ha | 1,100 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 400.8 ha | 300 ha | 750 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 352.3 ha | 317 ha | 383 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 296.7 ha | 286 ha | 307 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 284 ha | 279 ha | 297 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Japan
- 72 Slovenia 347 ha compare
- 73 China, Taiwan Province of 317 ha compare
- 74 Switzerland 301 ha compare
- 76 Croatia 140 ha compare
- 77 Azerbaijan 136 ha compare
- 78 Serbia and Montenegro 130 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 millet — area harvested in Japan?
- Millet — area harvested in Japan was 281 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest millet — area harvested recorded in Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 44,900 ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest millet — area harvested recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 85 ha in 1986.
- How does Japan rank for millet — area harvested?
- Japan ranks 75th out of 86 countries with data for 2024.
- Is millet — area harvested rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Japan data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Millet — Area harvested. 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.