Rape or colza seed — Yield in Japan
Japan: Rape or colza seed — Yield was 1,869 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Rape or colza seed — Yield in Japan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, rape or colza seed — yield in Japan stood at 1,869 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 11.6% on the previous year and up 54.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rape or colza seed — yield in Japan peaked at 2,174 kg/ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 774 kg/ha, in 1963.
That places Japan 41st out of 67 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.
Rape or colza seed — Yield in Japan, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,403 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,426 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1963 | 774 kg/ha | -45.7% |
| 1964 | 1,125 kg/ha | +45.4% |
| 1965 | 1,470 kg/ha | +30.6% |
| 1966 | 1,423 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1967 | 1,460 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1968 | 1,732 kg/ha | +18.6% |
| 1969 | 1,622 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1970 | 1,568 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1971 | 1,664 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1972 | 1,500 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 1973 | 1,626 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 1974 | 1,724 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1975 | 1,648 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1976 | 1,660 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1977 | 1,653 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1978 | 1,770 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1979 | 1,746 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1980 | 1,711 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1981 | 1,619 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1982 | 1,799 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1983 | 1,626 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 1984 | 1,579 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1985 | 1,739 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 1986 | 1,677 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1987 | 1,713 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1988 | 1,689 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1989 | 1,740 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1990 | 1,795 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1991 | 1,770 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1992 | 1,935 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 1993 | 1,713 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 1994 | 2,000 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 1995 | 2,123 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1996 | 1,855 kg/ha | -12.6% |
| 1997 | 1,667 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 1998 | 1,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 1,290 kg/ha | -22.6% |
| 2000 | 2,038 kg/ha | +58.0% |
| 2001 | 1,268 kg/ha | -37.8% |
| 2002 | 1,445 kg/ha | +13.9% |
| 2003 | 1,255 kg/ha | -13.2% |
| 2004 | 1,250 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 1,327 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 2006 | 1,309 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2007 | 1,212 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 2008 | 1,250 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2009 | 1,205 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2010 | 1,277 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 2011 | 1,147 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 2012 | 1,162 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 1,113 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2014 | 1,211 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 2015 | 1,939 kg/ha | +60.1% |
| 2016 | 1,843 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 2017 | 1,854 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 1,625 kg/ha | -12.3% |
| 2019 | 2,174 kg/ha | +33.8% |
| 2020 | 1,956 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 2021 | 1,970 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 2,115 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 2023 | 2,115 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 1,869 kg/ha | -11.6% |
Japan compared with similar countries
- Japan's 1,869 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 2,758 kg/ha, 68% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Japan's 1,869 kg/ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 1,869 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (5 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Rape or colza seed — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | +60.1% | 1,211 kg/ha | 1,939 kg/ha |
| 2000 | +58.0% | 1,290 kg/ha | 2,038 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,382 kg/ha | 774 kg/ha | 1,732 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,656 kg/ha | 1,500 kg/ha | 1,770 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,689 kg/ha | 1,579 kg/ha | 1,799 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,781 kg/ha | 1,290 kg/ha | 2,123 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,356 kg/ha | 1,205 kg/ha | 2,038 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,534 kg/ha | 1,113 kg/ha | 2,174 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,005 kg/ha | 1,869 kg/ha | 2,115 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Japan
- 38 Algeria 1,944 kg/ha compare
- 39 Serbia and Montenegro 1,927 kg/ha compare
- 40 Kazakhstan 1,917 kg/ha compare
- 42 Australia and New Zealand 1,860 kg/ha compare
- 43 Australia 1,860 kg/ha compare
- 44 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,790 kg/ha 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 rape or colza seed — yield in Japan?
- Rape or colza seed — yield in Japan was 1,869 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rape or colza seed — yield recorded in Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 2,174 kg/ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest rape or colza seed — yield recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 774 kg/ha in 1963.
- How does Japan rank for rape or colza seed — yield?
- Japan ranks 41st out of 67 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rape or colza seed — yield rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 54.3%. 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 Rape or colza seed — 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.