Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Yield in Japan
Japan: Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Yield was 1,284 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Yield in Japan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Japan recorded 1,284 kg/ha for oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of down 2.8% on the previous year and down 5.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield in Japan peaked at 1,542 kg/ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 794.9 kg/ha, in 1964.
That places Japan 41st out of 183 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Yield in Japan, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 943.5 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 916.6 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1963 | 842.8 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 1964 | 794.9 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1965 | 915.4 kg/ha | +15.2% |
| 1966 | 890.8 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1967 | 978.5 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1968 | 1,015 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1969 | 987.4 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1970 | 973.1 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1971 | 921.9 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1972 | 1,047 kg/ha | +13.5% |
| 1973 | 996.9 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1974 | 1,085 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 1975 | 1,077 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1976 | 1,018 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1977 | 1,094 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1978 | 1,173 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 1979 | 1,183 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1980 | 1,037 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 1981 | 1,216 kg/ha | +17.3% |
| 1982 | 1,206 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1983 | 1,301 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1984 | 1,376 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1985 | 1,314 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1986 | 1,404 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1987 | 1,410 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1988 | 1,321 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1989 | 1,390 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1990 | 1,197 kg/ha | -13.9% |
| 1991 | 1,008 kg/ha | -15.8% |
| 1992 | 1,187 kg/ha | +17.8% |
| 1993 | 828.1 kg/ha | -30.3% |
| 1994 | 1,075 kg/ha | +29.9% |
| 1995 | 1,099 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1996 | 1,175 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1997 | 1,314 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 1998 | 1,111 kg/ha | -15.5% |
| 1999 | 1,319 kg/ha | +18.7% |
| 2000 | 1,468 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 2001 | 1,542 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2002 | 1,390 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 2003 | 1,185 kg/ha | -14.7% |
| 2004 | 937.9 kg/ha | -20.9% |
| 2005 | 1,297 kg/ha | +38.3% |
| 2006 | 1,250 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2007 | 1,267 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 1,376 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 2009 | 1,232 kg/ha | -10.5% |
| 2010 | 1,247 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 1,246 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 1,387 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 2013 | 1,202 kg/ha | -13.3% |
| 2014 | 1,360 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 2015 | 1,321 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2016 | 1,237 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 2017 | 1,311 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 2018 | 1,128 kg/ha | -14.0% |
| 2019 | 1,181 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2020 | 1,202 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2021 | 1,315 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 2022 | 1,260 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2023 | 1,321 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2024 | 1,284 kg/ha | -2.8% |
Japan compared with similar countries
- Japan's 1,284 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 1,312 kg/ha, 98% of the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Japan's 1,284 kg/ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 512.65 kg/ha, 2.5× the median. (24 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 920.56 kg/ha | 794.9 kg/ha | 1,015 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,057 kg/ha | 921.9 kg/ha | 1,183 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,297 kg/ha | 1,037 kg/ha | 1,410 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,131 kg/ha | 828.1 kg/ha | 1,319 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,295 kg/ha | 937.9 kg/ha | 1,542 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,262 kg/ha | 1,128 kg/ha | 1,387 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,276 kg/ha | 1,202 kg/ha | 1,321 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Japan
- 38 Belgium-Luxembourg 1,357 kg/ha compare
- 39 Estonia 1,343 kg/ha compare
- 40 Belgium 1,340 kg/ha compare
- 42 Yugoslav SFR 1,278 kg/ha compare
- 43 Israel 1,266 kg/ha compare
- 44 Czechoslovakia 1,261 kg/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 oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield in Japan?
- Oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield in Japan was 1,284 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield recorded in Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 1,542 kg/ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 794.9 kg/ha in 1964.
- How does Japan rank for oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield?
- Japan ranks 41st out of 183 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 — Yield. 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.