Pulses, Total — Production in Japan
Japan: Pulses, Total — Production was 53,588 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pulses, Total — Production in Japan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Japan recorded 53,588 t for pulses, total — production in 2024.
The figure is up 43.7% on the previous year and down 45.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pulses, total — production in Japan peaked at 373,300 t in 1961 and was at its lowest, 36,410 t, in 2016.
That places Japan 96th out of 182 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 267,732 t | 200,920 t | 373,300 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 194,597 t | 135,550 t | 268,544 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 131,366 t | 93,310 t | 173,350 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 114,426 t | 73,900 t | 153,930 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 94,649 t | 69,958 t | 118,903 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 74,494 t | 36,410 t | 98,543 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 50,254 t | 37,289 t | 58,009 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Japan
- 93 Guinea 58,233 t compare
- 94 Tajikistan 55,095 t compare
- 95 Côte d'Ivoire 54,159 t compare
- 97 Mauritania 52,972 t compare
- 98 Serbia 52,258 t compare
- 99 Austria 49,430 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Japan
- Agriculture share gdp 0.9583 (2024)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 0.9583 (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.6% (2025)
- Rural population 7.7% (2025)
- Rural population growth -1.9% (2025)
- Rural population 9.50 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.0% (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 40.15 billion current US$ (2024)
- Bananas — Production 17.99 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pulses, total — production in Japan?
- Pulses, total — production in Japan was 53,588 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pulses, total — production recorded in Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 373,300 t in 1961.
- What is the lowest pulses, total — production recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 36,410 t in 2016.
- How does Japan rank for pulses, total — production?
- Japan ranks 96th out of 182 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pulses, total — production rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 45.6%. 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 Pulses, Total — 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.