Rice — Area harvested in Japan
Japan: Rice — Area harvested was 1.46 million ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Rice — Area harvested in Japan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for rice — area harvested in Japan is 1.46 million ha, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is down 1.4% on the previous year and down 9.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — area harvested in Japan peaked at 3.31 million ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 1.46 million ha, in 2024.
That places Japan 15th out of 133 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Rice — Area harvested in Japan, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3.31 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 3.29 million ha | -0.5% |
| 1963 | 3.28 million ha | -0.6% |
| 1964 | 3.26 million ha | -0.4% |
| 1965 | 3.26 million ha | -0.2% |
| 1966 | 3.26 million ha | -0.0% |
| 1967 | 3.27 million ha | +0.3% |
| 1968 | 3.28 million ha | +0.5% |
| 1969 | 3.28 million ha | -0.2% |
| 1970 | 2.93 million ha | -10.7% |
| 1971 | 2.70 million ha | -7.8% |
| 1972 | 2.64 million ha | -2.0% |
| 1973 | 2.62 million ha | -0.8% |
| 1974 | 2.72 million ha | +3.9% |
| 1975 | 2.76 million ha | +1.5% |
| 1976 | 2.78 million ha | +0.5% |
| 1977 | 2.76 million ha | -0.8% |
| 1978 | 2.55 million ha | -7.6% |
| 1979 | 2.50 million ha | -2.0% |
| 1980 | 2.38 million ha | -4.8% |
| 1981 | 2.28 million ha | -4.2% |
| 1982 | 2.26 million ha | -0.9% |
| 1983 | 2.27 million ha | +0.7% |
| 1984 | 2.31 million ha | +1.8% |
| 1985 | 2.34 million ha | +1.2% |
| 1986 | 2.30 million ha | -1.7% |
| 1987 | 2.15 million ha | -6.8% |
| 1988 | 2.11 million ha | -1.7% |
| 1989 | 2.10 million ha | -0.6% |
| 1990 | 2.07 million ha | -1.1% |
| 1991 | 2.05 million ha | -1.2% |
| 1992 | 2.11 million ha | +2.8% |
| 1993 | 2.14 million ha | +1.6% |
| 1994 | 2.21 million ha | +3.4% |
| 1995 | 2.12 million ha | -4.2% |
| 1996 | 1.98 million ha | -6.7% |
| 1997 | 1.95 million ha | -1.2% |
| 1998 | 1.80 million ha | -7.8% |
| 1999 | 1.79 million ha | -0.7% |
| 2000 | 1.77 million ha | -1.0% |
| 2001 | 1.71 million ha | -3.6% |
| 2002 | 1.69 million ha | -1.1% |
| 2003 | 1.67 million ha | -1.4% |
| 2004 | 1.70 million ha | +2.2% |
| 2005 | 1.71 million ha | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 1.69 million ha | -1.1% |
| 2007 | 1.67 million ha | -0.9% |
| 2008 | 1.63 million ha | -2.7% |
| 2009 | 1.62 million ha | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 1.64 million ha | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 1.61 million ha | -1.9% |
| 2012 | 1.62 million ha | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 1.62 million ha | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 1.61 million ha | -0.7% |
| 2015 | 1.59 million ha | -1.2% |
| 2016 | 1.57 million ha | -1.2% |
| 2017 | 1.56 million ha | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 1.55 million ha | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 1.54 million ha | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 1.53 million ha | -0.6% |
| 2021 | 1.52 million ha | -0.9% |
| 2022 | 1.50 million ha | -1.4% |
| 2023 | 1.48 million ha | -1.3% |
| 2024 | 1.46 million ha | -1.4% |
Japan compared with similar countries
- Japan's 1.46 million ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 419 ha, 3479.7× the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Japan's 1.46 million ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 2.68 million ha, 54% of the median. (12 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3.28 million ha | 3.26 million ha | 3.31 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2.70 million ha | 2.50 million ha | 2.93 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2.25 million ha | 2.10 million ha | 2.38 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.02 million ha | 1.79 million ha | 2.21 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.68 million ha | 1.62 million ha | 1.77 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.59 million ha | 1.54 million ha | 1.64 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.50 million ha | 1.46 million ha | 1.53 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Japan
- 12 Guinea 2.43 million ha compare
- 12 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 136,352 ha compare
- 13 Madagascar 2.04 million ha compare
- 13 Türkiye 128,904 ha compare
- 14 Brazil 1.59 million ha compare
- 14 Timor-Leste 28,574 ha compare
- 15 Côte d'Ivoire 811,177 ha compare
- 15 Melanesia 4,751 ha compare
- 16 Micronesia (Federated States of) 99 ha compare
- 16 Nepal 1.42 million ha compare
- 16 Micronesia 99 ha compare
- 17 Sri Lanka 1.13 million ha compare
- 18 Sierra Leone 987,345 ha compare
- 18 Syrian Arab Republic 20 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 rice — area harvested in Japan?
- Rice — area harvested in Japan was 1.46 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — area harvested recorded in Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 3.31 million ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest rice — area harvested recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.46 million ha in 2024.
- How does Japan rank for rice — area harvested?
- Japan ranks 15th out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rice — area harvested rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.4%. 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 Rice — Area harvested. 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.