Plums and sloes — Yield in Japan
Japan: Plums and sloes — Yield was 6,508 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Plums and sloes — Yield in Japan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, plums and sloes — yield in Japan stood at 6,508 kg/ha.
That represents a change of down 1.4% on the previous year and down 15.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plums and sloes — yield in Japan peaked at 9,209 kg/ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 2,013 kg/ha, in 1969.
That places Japan 45th out of 88 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Plums and sloes — Yield in Japan, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,744 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,847 kg/ha | -15.6% |
| 1963 | 5,237 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1964 | 3,009 kg/ha | -42.5% |
| 1965 | 3,134 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1966 | 3,709 kg/ha | +18.3% |
| 1967 | 4,190 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 1968 | 4,399 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1969 | 2,013 kg/ha | -54.2% |
| 1970 | 4,252 kg/ha | +111.2% |
| 1971 | 3,556 kg/ha | -16.4% |
| 1972 | 2,232 kg/ha | -37.2% |
| 1973 | 3,671 kg/ha | +64.5% |
| 1974 | 4,436 kg/ha | +20.8% |
| 1975 | 3,834 kg/ha | -13.6% |
| 1976 | 3,569 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 1977 | 4,353 kg/ha | +22.0% |
| 1978 | 4,077 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1979 | 3,684 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 1980 | 4,025 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 1981 | 3,312 kg/ha | -17.7% |
| 1982 | 4,068 kg/ha | +22.8% |
| 1983 | 4,098 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1984 | 4,739 kg/ha | +15.7% |
| 1985 | 4,744 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1986 | 5,278 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 1987 | 3,906 kg/ha | -26.0% |
| 1988 | 3,913 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1989 | 3,689 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1990 | 5,192 kg/ha | +40.8% |
| 1991 | 5,000 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1992 | 4,266 kg/ha | -14.7% |
| 1993 | 5,000 kg/ha | +17.2% |
| 1994 | 5,814 kg/ha | +16.3% |
| 1995 | 7,041 kg/ha | +21.1% |
| 1996 | 5,948 kg/ha | -15.5% |
| 1997 | 7,828 kg/ha | +31.6% |
| 1998 | 5,494 kg/ha | -29.8% |
| 1999 | 7,030 kg/ha | +28.0% |
| 2000 | 8,261 kg/ha | +17.5% |
| 2001 | 9,209 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 2002 | 9,120 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2003 | 7,085 kg/ha | -22.3% |
| 2004 | 8,631 kg/ha | +21.8% |
| 2005 | 8,562 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2006 | 6,926 kg/ha | -19.1% |
| 2007 | 7,180 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2008 | 8,609 kg/ha | +19.9% |
| 2009 | 6,944 kg/ha | -19.3% |
| 2010 | 6,990 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 7,576 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 2012 | 7,508 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2013 | 7,415 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2014 | 7,690 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2015 | 7,396 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2016 | 8,099 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 2017 | 6,975 kg/ha | -13.9% |
| 2018 | 8,309 kg/ha | +19.1% |
| 2019 | 6,534 kg/ha | -21.4% |
| 2020 | 6,044 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 2021 | 7,015 kg/ha | +16.1% |
| 2022 | 7,094 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 6,602 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 2024 | 6,508 kg/ha | -1.4% |
Japan compared with similar countries
- Japan's 6,508 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 6,566 kg/ha, 99% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,031 kg/ha | 2,013 kg/ha | 5,744 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,766 kg/ha | 2,232 kg/ha | 4,436 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,177 kg/ha | 3,312 kg/ha | 5,278 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,861 kg/ha | 4,266 kg/ha | 7,828 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,053 kg/ha | 6,926 kg/ha | 9,209 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,449 kg/ha | 6,534 kg/ha | 8,309 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,653 kg/ha | 6,044 kg/ha | 7,094 kg/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 — yield in Japan?
- Plums and sloes — yield in Japan was 6,508 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest plums and sloes — yield recorded in Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 9,209 kg/ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest plums and sloes — yield recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,013 kg/ha in 1969.
- How does Japan rank for plums and sloes — yield?
- Japan ranks 45th out of 88 countries with data for 2024.
- Is plums and sloes — yield rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 — 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.