Onions and shallots, green — Area harvested in Japan
Japan: Onions and shallots, green — Area harvested was 23,629 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Onions and shallots, green — Area harvested in Japan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Japan recorded 23,629 ha for onions and shallots, green — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.0% on the previous year and down 5.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, onions and shallots, green — area harvested in Japan peaked at 29,500 ha in 1965 and was at its lowest, 23,400 ha, in 2023.
Japan ranks 4th of 59 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Onions and shallots, green — Area harvested in Japan, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 26,100 ha | — |
| 1962 | 27,600 ha | +5.7% |
| 1963 | 28,800 ha | +4.3% |
| 1964 | 29,000 ha | +0.7% |
| 1965 | 29,500 ha | +1.7% |
| 1966 | 29,400 ha | -0.3% |
| 1967 | 28,800 ha | -2.0% |
| 1968 | 29,000 ha | +0.7% |
| 1969 | 28,000 ha | -3.4% |
| 1970 | 27,800 ha | -0.7% |
| 1971 | 27,300 ha | -1.8% |
| 1972 | 26,600 ha | -2.6% |
| 1973 | 25,300 ha | -4.9% |
| 1974 | 24,500 ha | -3.2% |
| 1975 | 24,400 ha | -0.4% |
| 1976 | 23,900 ha | -2.0% |
| 1977 | 24,000 ha | +0.4% |
| 1978 | 24,200 ha | +0.8% |
| 1979 | 24,000 ha | -0.8% |
| 1980 | 23,800 ha | -0.8% |
| 1981 | 24,100 ha | +1.3% |
| 1982 | 23,700 ha | -1.7% |
| 1983 | 24,000 ha | +1.3% |
| 1984 | 24,100 ha | +0.4% |
| 1985 | 24,000 ha | -0.4% |
| 1986 | 24,200 ha | +0.8% |
| 1987 | 24,000 ha | -0.8% |
| 1988 | 23,900 ha | -0.4% |
| 1989 | 24,000 ha | +0.4% |
| 1990 | 24,100 ha | +0.4% |
| 1991 | 24,200 ha | +0.4% |
| 1992 | 24,500 ha | +1.2% |
| 1993 | 24,100 ha | -1.6% |
| 1994 | 24,400 ha | +1.2% |
| 1995 | 25,000 ha | +2.5% |
| 1996 | 25,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 25,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 25,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 25,300 ha | +1.2% |
| 2000 | 25,100 ha | -0.8% |
| 2001 | 24,400 ha | -2.8% |
| 2002 | 23,900 ha | -2.0% |
| 2003 | 25,610 ha | +7.2% |
| 2004 | 25,680 ha | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 25,270 ha | -1.6% |
| 2006 | 24,900 ha | -1.5% |
| 2007 | 24,300 ha | -2.4% |
| 2008 | 24,100 ha | -0.8% |
| 2009 | 25,360 ha | +5.2% |
| 2010 | 25,340 ha | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 25,340 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 25,300 ha | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 25,100 ha | -0.8% |
| 2014 | 25,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 25,000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 24,700 ha | -1.2% |
| 2017 | 24,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 24,400 ha | -1.2% |
| 2019 | 24,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 24,000 ha | -1.6% |
| 2021 | 23,700 ha | -1.2% |
| 2022 | 23,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 23,400 ha | -1.3% |
| 2024 | 23,629 ha | +1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 28,467 ha | 26,100 ha | 29,500 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 25,200 ha | 23,900 ha | 27,800 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 23,980 ha | 23,700 ha | 24,200 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 24,660 ha | 24,100 ha | 25,300 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 24,862 ha | 23,900 ha | 25,680 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 24,938 ha | 24,400 ha | 25,340 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 23,686 ha | 23,400 ha | 24,000 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is onions and shallots, green — area harvested in Japan?
- Onions and shallots, green — area harvested in Japan was 23,629 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest onions and shallots, green — area harvested recorded in Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 29,500 ha in 1965.
- What is the lowest onions and shallots, green — area harvested recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 23,400 ha in 2023.
- How does Japan rank for onions and shallots, green — area harvested?
- Japan ranks 4th out of 59 countries with data for 2024.
- Is onions and shallots, green — area harvested rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.9%. 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, green — 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.