Pears — Yield in Japan
Japan: Pears — Yield was 18,174 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Pears — Yield in Japan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Japan recorded 18,174 kg/ha for pears — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and down 11.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pears — yield in Japan peaked at 26,300 kg/ha in 1977 and was at its lowest, 15,002 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Japan 25th out of 87 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Pears — Yield in Japan, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 15,002 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 15,773 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1963 | 16,350 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1964 | 15,868 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1965 | 17,152 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 1966 | 19,321 kg/ha | +12.6% |
| 1967 | 21,902 kg/ha | +13.4% |
| 1968 | 23,637 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1969 | 24,838 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1970 | 23,769 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1971 | 22,933 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1972 | 23,684 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1973 | 24,844 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1974 | 25,894 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1975 | 23,388 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 1976 | 25,087 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 1977 | 26,300 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1978 | 24,350 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1979 | 25,080 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1980 | 23,893 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1981 | 23,296 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1982 | 23,409 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1983 | 23,792 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1984 | 22,664 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1985 | 22,143 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1986 | 23,073 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1987 | 22,449 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1988 | 21,283 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1989 | 20,528 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1990 | 20,749 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1991 | 20,508 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1992 | 20,255 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1993 | 18,712 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 1994 | 20,578 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1995 | 20,995 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1996 | 20,796 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1997 | 22,646 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 1998 | 21,793 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1999 | 22,470 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2000 | 21,365 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 2001 | 21,901 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2002 | 22,810 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2003 | 20,987 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 2004 | 20,424 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2005 | 23,272 kg/ha | +13.9% |
| 2006 | 19,190 kg/ha | -17.5% |
| 2007 | 19,779 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2008 | 22,606 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 2009 | 22,107 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2010 | 18,381 kg/ha | -16.9% |
| 2011 | 20,444 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 2012 | 20,067 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2013 | 20,164 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 20,636 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2015 | 19,878 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2016 | 20,434 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2017 | 20,796 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2018 | 20,054 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2019 | 18,936 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 2020 | 16,380 kg/ha | -13.5% |
| 2021 | 17,624 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 2022 | 19,409 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 2023 | 18,134 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 2024 | 18,174 kg/ha | +0.2% |
Japan compared with similar countries
- Japan's 18,174 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 16,875 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 18,871 kg/ha | 15,002 kg/ha | 24,838 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 24,533 kg/ha | 22,933 kg/ha | 26,300 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 22,653 kg/ha | 20,528 kg/ha | 23,893 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 20,950 kg/ha | 18,712 kg/ha | 22,646 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 21,444 kg/ha | 19,190 kg/ha | 23,272 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 19,979 kg/ha | 18,381 kg/ha | 20,796 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 17,944 kg/ha | 16,380 kg/ha | 19,409 kg/ha | 5 |
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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 — yield in Japan?
- Pears — yield in Japan was 18,174 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pears — yield recorded in Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 26,300 kg/ha in 1977.
- What is the lowest pears — yield recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 15,002 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Japan rank for pears — yield?
- Japan ranks 25th out of 87 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pears — yield rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.9%. 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 — Yield. 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.