Pears — Area harvested in Japan
Japan: Pears — Area harvested was 10,900 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Pears — Area harvested in Japan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for pears — area harvested in Japan is 10,900 ha, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.7% on the previous year and down 23.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pears — area harvested in Japan peaked at 21,403 ha in 1988 and was at its lowest, 10,900 ha, in 2024.
Japan ranks 12th of 87 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Pears — Area harvested in Japan, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 19,650 ha | — |
| 1962 | 20,560 ha | +4.6% |
| 1963 | 20,820 ha | +1.3% |
| 1964 | 20,910 ha | +0.4% |
| 1965 | 21,000 ha | +0.4% |
| 1966 | 20,900 ha | -0.5% |
| 1967 | 20,400 ha | -2.4% |
| 1968 | 20,100 ha | -1.5% |
| 1969 | 19,700 ha | -2.0% |
| 1970 | 19,500 ha | -1.0% |
| 1971 | 19,400 ha | -0.5% |
| 1972 | 19,570 ha | +0.9% |
| 1973 | 19,940 ha | +1.9% |
| 1974 | 20,240 ha | +1.5% |
| 1975 | 20,250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 20,210 ha | -0.2% |
| 1977 | 20,194 ha | -0.1% |
| 1978 | 20,337 ha | +0.7% |
| 1979 | 20,586 ha | +1.2% |
| 1980 | 20,751 ha | +0.8% |
| 1981 | 20,883 ha | +0.6% |
| 1982 | 21,043 ha | +0.8% |
| 1983 | 21,126 ha | +0.4% |
| 1984 | 21,116 ha | -0.0% |
| 1985 | 21,215 ha | +0.5% |
| 1986 | 21,209 ha | -0.0% |
| 1987 | 21,237 ha | +0.1% |
| 1988 | 21,403 ha | +0.8% |
| 1989 | 21,390 ha | -0.1% |
| 1990 | 21,360 ha | -0.1% |
| 1991 | 21,260 ha | -0.5% |
| 1992 | 21,210 ha | -0.2% |
| 1993 | 21,200 ha | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 20,950 ha | -1.2% |
| 1995 | 19,100 ha | -8.8% |
| 1996 | 19,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 18,900 ha | -1.0% |
| 1998 | 18,800 ha | -0.5% |
| 1999 | 18,500 ha | -1.6% |
| 2000 | 18,390 ha | -0.6% |
| 2001 | 18,100 ha | -1.6% |
| 2002 | 17,830 ha | -1.5% |
| 2003 | 17,430 ha | -2.2% |
| 2004 | 17,230 ha | -1.1% |
| 2005 | 16,960 ha | -1.6% |
| 2006 | 16,660 ha | -1.8% |
| 2007 | 16,300 ha | -2.2% |
| 2008 | 16,000 ha | -1.8% |
| 2009 | 15,900 ha | -0.6% |
| 2010 | 15,500 ha | -2.5% |
| 2011 | 15,300 ha | -1.3% |
| 2012 | 14,900 ha | -2.6% |
| 2013 | 14,600 ha | -2.0% |
| 2014 | 14,300 ha | -2.1% |
| 2015 | 13,910 ha | -2.7% |
| 2016 | 13,610 ha | -2.2% |
| 2017 | 13,200 ha | -3.0% |
| 2018 | 12,900 ha | -2.3% |
| 2019 | 12,600 ha | -2.3% |
| 2020 | 12,100 ha | -4.0% |
| 2021 | 11,700 ha | -3.3% |
| 2022 | 11,500 ha | -1.7% |
| 2023 | 11,200 ha | -2.6% |
| 2024 | 10,900 ha | -2.7% |
Japan compared with similar countries
- Japan's 10,900 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 690 ha, 15.8× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 20,449 ha | 19,650 ha | 21,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 20,023 ha | 19,400 ha | 20,586 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 21,137 ha | 20,751 ha | 21,403 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 20,038 ha | 18,500 ha | 21,360 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 17,080 ha | 15,900 ha | 18,390 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 14,082 ha | 12,600 ha | 15,500 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 11,480 ha | 10,900 ha | 12,100 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Japan
- 9 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 370 ha compare
- 9 Spain 18,090 ha compare
- 10 South Africa 12,235 ha compare
- 11 Ukraine 11,000 ha compare
- 13 Belgium 10,740 ha compare
- 14 Portugal 10,230 ha compare
- 15 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 10,040 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 pears — area harvested in Japan?
- Pears — area harvested in Japan was 10,900 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pears — area harvested recorded in Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 21,403 ha in 1988.
- What is the lowest pears — area harvested recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,900 ha in 2024.
- How does Japan rank for pears — area harvested?
- Japan ranks 12th out of 87 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pears — area harvested rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 23.8%. 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 Pears — 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.