Plums and sloes — Area harvested in Japan
Japan: Plums and sloes — Area harvested was 2,520 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Plums and sloes — Area harvested in Japan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, plums and sloes — area harvested in Japan stood at 2,520 ha. 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 13.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plums and sloes — area harvested in Japan peaked at 19,400 ha in 1994 and was at its lowest, 2,520 ha, in 2024.
Japan ranks 45th of 90 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Plums and sloes — Area harvested in Japan, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8,670 ha | — |
| 1962 | 9,140 ha | +5.4% |
| 1963 | 9,720 ha | +6.3% |
| 1964 | 10,600 ha | +9.1% |
| 1965 | 11,900 ha | +12.3% |
| 1966 | 13,400 ha | +12.6% |
| 1967 | 14,700 ha | +9.7% |
| 1968 | 15,300 ha | +4.1% |
| 1969 | 15,700 ha | +2.6% |
| 1970 | 15,900 ha | +1.3% |
| 1971 | 16,200 ha | +1.9% |
| 1972 | 16,400 ha | +1.2% |
| 1973 | 16,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 16,300 ha | -0.6% |
| 1975 | 16,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 16,000 ha | -1.8% |
| 1977 | 15,600 ha | -2.5% |
| 1978 | 15,500 ha | -0.6% |
| 1979 | 15,800 ha | +1.9% |
| 1980 | 15,900 ha | +0.6% |
| 1981 | 16,000 ha | +0.6% |
| 1982 | 16,200 ha | +1.2% |
| 1983 | 16,400 ha | +1.2% |
| 1984 | 16,500 ha | +0.6% |
| 1985 | 16,800 ha | +1.8% |
| 1986 | 16,900 ha | +0.6% |
| 1987 | 17,100 ha | +1.2% |
| 1988 | 17,300 ha | +1.2% |
| 1989 | 18,000 ha | +4.0% |
| 1990 | 18,700 ha | +3.9% |
| 1991 | 18,900 ha | +1.1% |
| 1992 | 19,200 ha | +1.6% |
| 1993 | 19,300 ha | +0.5% |
| 1994 | 19,400 ha | +0.5% |
| 1995 | 17,200 ha | -11.3% |
| 1996 | 17,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 17,400 ha | +1.2% |
| 1998 | 17,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 3,300 ha | -81.0% |
| 2000 | 3,220 ha | -2.4% |
| 2001 | 3,160 ha | -1.9% |
| 2002 | 3,180 ha | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 3,190 ha | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 3,140 ha | -1.6% |
| 2005 | 3,130 ha | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 3,090 ha | -1.3% |
| 2007 | 3,050 ha | -1.3% |
| 2008 | 3,020 ha | -1.0% |
| 2009 | 3,010 ha | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 2,990 ha | -0.7% |
| 2011 | 2,970 ha | -0.7% |
| 2012 | 2,970 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 2,940 ha | -1.0% |
| 2014 | 2,900 ha | -1.4% |
| 2015 | 2,880 ha | -0.7% |
| 2016 | 2,840 ha | -1.4% |
| 2017 | 2,810 ha | -1.1% |
| 2018 | 2,780 ha | -1.1% |
| 2019 | 2,770 ha | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 2,730 ha | -1.4% |
| 2021 | 2,680 ha | -1.8% |
| 2022 | 2,650 ha | -1.1% |
| 2023 | 2,590 ha | -2.3% |
| 2024 | 2,520 ha | -2.7% |
Japan compared with similar countries
- Japan's 2,520 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 610 ha, 4.1× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Plums and sloes — Area harvested in Japan changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | -81.0% | 17,400 ha | 3,300 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12,126 ha | 8,670 ha | 15,700 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 16,040 ha | 15,500 ha | 16,400 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 16,710 ha | 15,900 ha | 18,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 16,800 ha | 3,300 ha | 19,400 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,119 ha | 3,010 ha | 3,220 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,885 ha | 2,770 ha | 2,990 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,634 ha | 2,520 ha | 2,730 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Japan
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 plums and sloes — area harvested in Japan?
- Plums and sloes — area harvested in Japan was 2,520 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest plums and sloes — area harvested recorded in Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 19,400 ha in 1994.
- What is the lowest plums and sloes — area harvested recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,520 ha in 2024.
- How does Japan rank for plums and sloes — area harvested?
- Japan ranks 45th out of 90 countries with data for 2024.
- Is plums and sloes — area harvested rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Japan data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Plums and sloes — 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.