Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Japan
Japan: Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested was 161,166 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Japan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Japan is 161,166 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.6% on the previous year and up 15.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Japan peaked at 570,470 ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 96,200 ha, in 1997.
That places Japan 80th out of 182 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 366,372 ha | 192,490 ha | 570,470 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 149,683 ha | 117,940 ha | 175,900 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 175,271 ha | 162,327 ha | 187,021 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 127,819 ha | 96,200 ha | 178,815 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 151,112 ha | 133,640 ha | 162,364 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 148,397 ha | 137,381 ha | 158,626 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 157,248 ha | 149,775 ha | 162,176 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Japan
- 77 Denmark 178,356 ha compare
- 78 Croatia 177,647 ha compare
- 79 Afghanistan 175,218 ha compare
- 81 Guinea-Bissau 156,837 ha compare
- 82 Austria 155,749 ha compare
- 83 Republic of Korea 138,028 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 oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Japan?
- Oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Japan was 161,166 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 570,470 ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 96,200 ha in 1997.
- How does Japan rank for oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested?
- Japan ranks 80th out of 182 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.2%. 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 Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — 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.