Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested in Japan
Japan: Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested was 24,900 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested in Japan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Japan stood at 24,900 ha.
That represents a change of down 2.4% on the previous year and down 1.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Japan peaked at 39,300 ha in 1964 and was at its lowest, 23,000 ha, in 2005.
Japan ranks 33rd of 140 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested in Japan, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 26,500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 28,700 ha | +8.3% |
| 1963 | 33,900 ha | +18.1% |
| 1964 | 39,300 ha | +15.9% |
| 1965 | 33,800 ha | -14.0% |
| 1966 | 34,700 ha | +2.7% |
| 1967 | 32,600 ha | -6.1% |
| 1968 | 32,800 ha | +0.6% |
| 1969 | 33,200 ha | +1.2% |
| 1970 | 29,800 ha | -10.2% |
| 1971 | 29,500 ha | -1.0% |
| 1972 | 30,100 ha | +2.0% |
| 1973 | 29,000 ha | -3.7% |
| 1974 | 29,500 ha | +1.7% |
| 1975 | 29,900 ha | +1.4% |
| 1976 | 28,600 ha | -4.3% |
| 1977 | 29,500 ha | +3.1% |
| 1978 | 30,200 ha | +2.4% |
| 1979 | 29,600 ha | -2.0% |
| 1980 | 28,200 ha | -4.7% |
| 1981 | 28,100 ha | -0.4% |
| 1982 | 29,400 ha | +4.6% |
| 1983 | 29,300 ha | -0.3% |
| 1984 | 29,500 ha | +0.7% |
| 1985 | 30,800 ha | +4.4% |
| 1986 | 29,700 ha | -3.6% |
| 1987 | 29,400 ha | -1.0% |
| 1988 | 28,400 ha | -3.4% |
| 1989 | 28,200 ha | -0.7% |
| 1990 | 29,000 ha | +2.8% |
| 1991 | 29,800 ha | +2.8% |
| 1992 | 30,200 ha | +1.3% |
| 1993 | 28,000 ha | -7.3% |
| 1994 | 27,300 ha | -2.5% |
| 1995 | 27,000 ha | -1.1% |
| 1996 | 27,200 ha | +0.7% |
| 1997 | 27,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 26,700 ha | -1.8% |
| 1999 | 26,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 26,900 ha | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 26,000 ha | -3.3% |
| 2002 | 25,400 ha | -2.3% |
| 2003 | 23,500 ha | -7.5% |
| 2004 | 23,100 ha | -1.7% |
| 2005 | 23,000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2006 | 23,600 ha | +2.6% |
| 2007 | 24,300 ha | +3.0% |
| 2008 | 24,100 ha | -0.8% |
| 2009 | 24,000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2010 | 24,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 24,600 ha | +2.5% |
| 2012 | 24,900 ha | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 25,200 ha | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 25,300 ha | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 25,700 ha | +1.6% |
| 2016 | 25,800 ha | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 25,600 ha | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 26,200 ha | +2.3% |
| 2019 | 25,900 ha | -1.1% |
| 2020 | 25,500 ha | -1.5% |
| 2021 | 25,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 25,200 ha | -1.2% |
| 2023 | 25,500 ha | +1.2% |
| 2024 | 24,900 ha | -2.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 32,833 ha | 26,500 ha | 39,300 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 29,570 ha | 28,600 ha | 30,200 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 29,100 ha | 28,100 ha | 30,800 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 27,910 ha | 26,700 ha | 30,200 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 24,390 ha | 23,000 ha | 26,900 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 25,320 ha | 24,000 ha | 26,200 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 25,320 ha | 24,900 ha | 25,500 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Japan?
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Japan was 24,900 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested recorded in Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 39,300 ha in 1964.
- What is the lowest onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 23,000 ha in 2005.
- How does Japan rank for onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested?
- Japan ranks 33rd out of 140 countries with data for 2024.
- Is onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.6%. 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 Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested. 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.