Peaches and nectarines — Area harvested in Japan
Japan: Peaches and nectarines — Area harvested was 9,190 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Peaches and nectarines — Area harvested in Japan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, peaches and nectarines — area harvested in Japan stood at 9,190 ha. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is down 0.8% on the previous year and down 6.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, peaches and nectarines — area harvested in Japan peaked at 21,600 ha in 1967 and was at its lowest, 9,190 ha, in 2024.
Japan ranks 26th of 91 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Peaches and nectarines — Area harvested in Japan, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 20,100 ha | — |
| 1962 | 20,600 ha | +2.5% |
| 1963 | 20,700 ha | +0.5% |
| 1964 | 21,000 ha | +1.4% |
| 1965 | 21,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 21,400 ha | +1.9% |
| 1967 | 21,600 ha | +0.9% |
| 1968 | 21,400 ha | -0.9% |
| 1969 | 20,800 ha | -2.8% |
| 1970 | 20,100 ha | -3.4% |
| 1971 | 19,500 ha | -3.0% |
| 1972 | 18,600 ha | -4.6% |
| 1973 | 18,100 ha | -2.7% |
| 1974 | 17,600 ha | -2.8% |
| 1975 | 17,200 ha | -2.3% |
| 1976 | 16,800 ha | -2.3% |
| 1977 | 16,400 ha | -2.4% |
| 1978 | 16,300 ha | -0.6% |
| 1979 | 16,400 ha | +0.6% |
| 1980 | 16,500 ha | +0.6% |
| 1981 | 16,600 ha | +0.6% |
| 1982 | 16,300 ha | -1.8% |
| 1983 | 16,100 ha | -1.2% |
| 1984 | 15,700 ha | -2.5% |
| 1985 | 15,300 ha | -2.5% |
| 1986 | 15,000 ha | -2.0% |
| 1987 | 14,700 ha | -2.0% |
| 1988 | 14,500 ha | -1.4% |
| 1989 | 14,300 ha | -1.4% |
| 1990 | 13,900 ha | -2.8% |
| 1991 | 13,500 ha | -2.9% |
| 1992 | 13,300 ha | -1.5% |
| 1993 | 12,900 ha | -3.0% |
| 1994 | 12,500 ha | -3.1% |
| 1995 | 11,100 ha | -11.2% |
| 1996 | 10,900 ha | -1.8% |
| 1997 | 10,800 ha | -0.9% |
| 1998 | 10,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 10,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 10,700 ha | -0.9% |
| 2001 | 10,600 ha | -0.9% |
| 2002 | 10,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 10,500 ha | -0.9% |
| 2004 | 10,300 ha | -1.9% |
| 2005 | 10,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 10,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 10,200 ha | -1.0% |
| 2008 | 10,100 ha | -1.0% |
| 2009 | 10,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 10,000 ha | -1.0% |
| 2011 | 9,980 ha | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 9,950 ha | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 9,890 ha | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 9,850 ha | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 9,690 ha | -1.6% |
| 2016 | 9,710 ha | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 9,700 ha | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 9,680 ha | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 9,540 ha | -1.4% |
| 2020 | 9,290 ha | -2.6% |
| 2021 | 9,300 ha | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 9,310 ha | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 9,260 ha | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 9,190 ha | -0.8% |
Japan compared with similar countries
- Japan's 9,190 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 601 ha, 15.3× the median. (35 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 20,956 ha | 20,100 ha | 21,600 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 17,700 ha | 16,300 ha | 20,100 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 15,500 ha | 14,300 ha | 16,600 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 12,050 ha | 10,800 ha | 13,900 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 10,370 ha | 10,100 ha | 10,700 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,799 ha | 9,540 ha | 10,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,270 ha | 9,190 ha | 9,310 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Japan
- 23 Argentina 9,733 ha compare
- 24 Afghanistan 9,661 ha compare
- 25 Serbia and Montenegro 9,283 ha compare
- 27 Czechoslovakia 8,939 ha compare
- 28 Azerbaijan 8,312 ha compare
- 29 Georgia 7,850 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 peaches and nectarines — area harvested in Japan?
- Peaches and nectarines — area harvested in Japan was 9,190 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest peaches and nectarines — area harvested recorded in Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 21,600 ha in 1967.
- What is the lowest peaches and nectarines — area harvested recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,190 ha in 2024.
- How does Japan rank for peaches and nectarines — area harvested?
- Japan ranks 26th out of 91 countries with data for 2024.
- Is peaches and nectarines — area harvested rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.7%. 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 Peaches and nectarines — 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.