Pears — Production in Japan
Japan: Pears — Production was 198,100 t in 2024. ▼ Falling
Pears — Production in Japan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for pears — production in Japan is 198,100 t, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.5% on the previous year and down 32.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pears — production in Japan peaked at 531,100 t in 1977 and was at its lowest, 198,100 t, in 2024.
Japan ranks 11th of 88 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Pears — Production in Japan, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 294,800 t | — |
| 1962 | 324,300 t | +10.0% |
| 1963 | 340,400 t | +5.0% |
| 1964 | 331,800 t | -2.5% |
| 1965 | 360,200 t | +8.6% |
| 1966 | 403,800 t | +12.1% |
| 1967 | 446,800 t | +10.6% |
| 1968 | 475,100 t | +6.3% |
| 1969 | 489,300 t | +3.0% |
| 1970 | 463,500 t | -5.3% |
| 1971 | 444,900 t | -4.0% |
| 1972 | 463,500 t | +4.2% |
| 1973 | 495,400 t | +6.9% |
| 1974 | 524,100 t | +5.8% |
| 1975 | 473,600 t | -9.6% |
| 1976 | 507,000 t | +7.1% |
| 1977 | 531,100 t | +4.8% |
| 1978 | 495,200 t | -6.8% |
| 1979 | 516,300 t | +4.3% |
| 1980 | 495,800 t | -4.0% |
| 1981 | 486,500 t | -1.9% |
| 1982 | 492,600 t | +1.3% |
| 1983 | 502,630 t | +2.0% |
| 1984 | 478,580 t | -4.8% |
| 1985 | 469,760 t | -1.8% |
| 1986 | 489,360 t | +4.2% |
| 1987 | 476,740 t | -2.6% |
| 1988 | 455,520 t | -4.5% |
| 1989 | 439,100 t | -3.6% |
| 1990 | 443,200 t | +0.9% |
| 1991 | 436,000 t | -1.6% |
| 1992 | 429,600 t | -1.5% |
| 1993 | 396,700 t | -7.7% |
| 1994 | 431,100 t | +8.7% |
| 1995 | 401,000 t | -7.0% |
| 1996 | 397,200 t | -0.9% |
| 1997 | 428,000 t | +7.8% |
| 1998 | 409,700 t | -4.3% |
| 1999 | 415,700 t | +1.5% |
| 2000 | 392,900 t | -5.5% |
| 2001 | 396,400 t | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 406,700 t | +2.6% |
| 2003 | 365,800 t | -10.1% |
| 2004 | 351,900 t | -3.8% |
| 2005 | 394,700 t | +12.2% |
| 2006 | 319,700 t | -19.0% |
| 2007 | 322,400 t | +0.8% |
| 2008 | 361,700 t | +12.2% |
| 2009 | 351,500 t | -2.8% |
| 2010 | 284,900 t | -18.9% |
| 2011 | 312,800 t | +9.8% |
| 2012 | 299,000 t | -4.4% |
| 2013 | 294,400 t | -1.5% |
| 2014 | 295,100 t | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 276,500 t | -6.3% |
| 2016 | 278,100 t | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 274,500 t | -1.3% |
| 2018 | 258,700 t | -5.8% |
| 2019 | 238,600 t | -7.8% |
| 2020 | 198,200 t | -16.9% |
| 2021 | 206,200 t | +4.0% |
| 2022 | 223,200 t | +8.2% |
| 2023 | 203,100 t | -9.0% |
| 2024 | 198,100 t | -2.5% |
Japan compared with similar countries
- Japan's 198,100 t is above the median for high income countries, which is 13,960 t, 14.2× the median. (34 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 385,167 t | 294,800 t | 489,300 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 491,460 t | 444,900 t | 531,100 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 478,659 t | 439,100 t | 502,630 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 418,820 t | 396,700 t | 443,200 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 366,370 t | 319,700 t | 406,700 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 281,260 t | 238,600 t | 312,800 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 205,760 t | 198,100 t | 223,200 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Japan
- 8 India 274,315 t compare
- 8 Republic of Moldova 3,214 t compare
- 9 Belgium 268,770 t compare
- 9 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1,936 t compare
- 10 Spain 222,020 t compare
- 12 Chile 178,462 t compare
- 13 Republic of Korea 178,451 t compare
- 14 Belgium-Luxembourg 165,220 t 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 — production in Japan?
- Pears — production in Japan was 198,100 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pears — production recorded in Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 531,100 t in 1977.
- What is the lowest pears — production recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 198,100 t in 2024.
- How does Japan rank for pears — production?
- Japan ranks 11th out of 88 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pears — production rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 32.9%. 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 Pears — Production. 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.