Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield in Japan
Japan: Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield was 316.9 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield in Japan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield in Japan is 316.9 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.1% on the previous year and down 6.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield in Japan peaked at 436.8 kg/ha in 1972 and was at its lowest, 246.4 kg/ha, in 2004.
Japan ranks 141st of 186 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield in Japan, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 391.5 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 388.8 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1963 | 326.6 kg/ha | -16.0% |
| 1964 | 335.5 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1965 | 389.7 kg/ha | +16.2% |
| 1966 | 382.5 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1967 | 416.5 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 1968 | 431.7 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1969 | 434 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1970 | 424.3 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1971 | 389.9 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 1972 | 436.8 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 1973 | 403.9 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 1974 | 419.1 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1975 | 397.9 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1976 | 382.7 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1977 | 413.1 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1978 | 383 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 1979 | 391.6 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1980 | 344.6 kg/ha | -12.0% |
| 1981 | 398.1 kg/ha | +15.5% |
| 1982 | 362.8 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 1983 | 417.2 kg/ha | +15.0% |
| 1984 | 414 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1985 | 390.4 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1986 | 413.8 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1987 | 403.1 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1988 | 358.3 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 1989 | 380 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1990 | 339.6 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 1991 | 285.9 kg/ha | -15.8% |
| 1992 | 339 kg/ha | +18.6% |
| 1993 | 254.3 kg/ha | -25.0% |
| 1994 | 362.3 kg/ha | +42.5% |
| 1995 | 343.7 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1996 | 358.6 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1997 | 369.3 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1998 | 298.7 kg/ha | -19.1% |
| 1999 | 348.9 kg/ha | +16.8% |
| 2000 | 378.3 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 2001 | 384.6 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2002 | 350.2 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 2003 | 300.6 kg/ha | -14.2% |
| 2004 | 246.4 kg/ha | -18.0% |
| 2005 | 329 kg/ha | +33.5% |
| 2006 | 314.5 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 2007 | 317.6 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 341.8 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 2009 | 310.5 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 2010 | 310.3 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 316.9 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2012 | 345.7 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 2013 | 302.2 kg/ha | -12.6% |
| 2014 | 337.6 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 2015 | 323.6 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2016 | 308.3 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2017 | 325 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2018 | 283.4 kg/ha | -12.8% |
| 2019 | 293.2 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2020 | 298.6 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2021 | 325.2 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 2022 | 316.2 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2023 | 327.2 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2024 | 316.9 kg/ha | -3.1% |
Japan compared with similar countries
- Japan's 316.9 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 871.3 kg/ha, 36% of the median. (52 countries reporting)
- Japan's 316.9 kg/ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 782.5 kg/ha, 40% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 388.53 kg/ha | 326.6 kg/ha | 434 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 404.23 kg/ha | 382.7 kg/ha | 436.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 388.23 kg/ha | 344.6 kg/ha | 417.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 330.03 kg/ha | 254.3 kg/ha | 369.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 327.35 kg/ha | 246.4 kg/ha | 384.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 314.62 kg/ha | 283.4 kg/ha | 345.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 316.82 kg/ha | 298.6 kg/ha | 327.2 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Japan
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, oil equivalent — yield in Japan?
- Oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield in Japan was 316.9 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield recorded in Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 436.8 kg/ha in 1972.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 246.4 kg/ha in 2004.
- How does Japan rank for oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield?
- Japan ranks 141st out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.1%. 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, Oil 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.