Millet — Yield in Japan
Japan: Millet — Yield was 894.1 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Millet — Yield in Japan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Japan recorded 894.1 kg/ha for millet — yield in 2024.
The figure is down 0.6% on the previous year and up 1.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, millet — yield in Japan peaked at 1,833 kg/ha in 1970 and was at its lowest, 791.8 kg/ha, in 2015.
Japan ranks 60th of 86 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Millet — Yield in Japan, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,581 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,491 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1963 | 1,667 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 1964 | 1,539 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1965 | 1,591 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1966 | 1,538 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1967 | 1,556 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1968 | 1,795 kg/ha | +15.3% |
| 1969 | 1,687 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1970 | 1,833 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 1971 | 1,667 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1972 | 1,333 kg/ha | -20.0% |
| 1973 | 1,667 kg/ha | +25.0% |
| 1974 | 1,333 kg/ha | -20.0% |
| 1975 | 1,316 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1976 | 1,385 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1977 | 1,294 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 1978 | 1,294 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 1,294 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 1,298 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1981 | 1,377 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1982 | 1,599 kg/ha | +16.1% |
| 1983 | 1,311 kg/ha | -18.0% |
| 1984 | 1,765 kg/ha | +34.7% |
| 1985 | 1,744 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1986 | 1,706 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1987 | 1,698 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1988 | 1,735 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1989 | 1,702 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1990 | 1,733 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1991 | 1,714 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1992 | 1,698 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1993 | 1,750 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1994 | 1,566 kg/ha | -10.5% |
| 1995 | 1,396 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 1996 | 1,186 kg/ha | -15.0% |
| 1997 | 1,000 kg/ha | -15.7% |
| 1998 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 1,009 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2001 | 990.7 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2002 | 971.1 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2003 | 950.7 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2004 | 933.2 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2005 | 906.2 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2006 | 891.1 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2007 | 876.2 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2008 | 862.4 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2009 | 851.3 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2010 | 843.3 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2011 | 838.8 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2012 | 833.3 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2013 | 866.7 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2014 | 885.5 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2015 | 791.8 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 2016 | 848.6 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 2017 | 862.7 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2018 | 867.4 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 859.4 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2020 | 848.6 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2021 | 888.9 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2022 | 893.7 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 899.7 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 894.1 kg/ha | -0.6% |
Japan compared with similar countries
- Japan's 894.1 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 1,763 kg/ha, 51% of the median. (16 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Millet — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | +34.7% | 1,311 kg/ha | 1,765 kg/ha |
| 1973 | +25.0% | 1,333 kg/ha | 1,667 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,605 kg/ha | 1,491 kg/ha | 1,795 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,442 kg/ha | 1,294 kg/ha | 1,833 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,593 kg/ha | 1,298 kg/ha | 1,765 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,404 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha | 1,750 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 924.21 kg/ha | 851.3 kg/ha | 1,009 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 849.75 kg/ha | 791.8 kg/ha | 885.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 885 kg/ha | 848.6 kg/ha | 899.7 kg/ha | 5 |
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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 — yield in Japan?
- Millet — yield in Japan was 894.1 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest millet — yield recorded in Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 1,833 kg/ha in 1970.
- What is the lowest millet — yield recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 791.8 kg/ha in 2015.
- How does Japan rank for millet — yield?
- Japan ranks 60th out of 86 countries with data for 2024.
- Is millet — yield rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Japan data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Millet — 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.