Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Japan
Japan: Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield was 27,350 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Japan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for roots and tubers, total — yield in Japan is 27,350 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.9% on the previous year and up 2.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — yield in Japan peaked at 28,120 kg/ha in 2007 and was at its lowest, 17,924 kg/ha, in 1962.
That places Japan 42nd out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Japan, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 18,216 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 17,924 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1963 | 18,914 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1964 | 18,446 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1965 | 18,639 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1966 | 18,298 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1967 | 18,679 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1968 | 19,877 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1969 | 18,899 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1970 | 20,458 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 1971 | 19,300 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1972 | 21,330 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 1973 | 20,905 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1974 | 20,085 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1975 | 20,920 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1976 | 22,912 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 1977 | 23,456 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1978 | 22,190 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1979 | 23,233 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1980 | 23,147 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1981 | 22,134 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1982 | 24,494 kg/ha | +10.7% |
| 1983 | 23,610 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1984 | 23,941 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1985 | 24,610 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1986 | 26,103 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1987 | 25,674 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1988 | 24,807 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1989 | 25,211 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1990 | 25,519 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1991 | 25,647 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1992 | 25,893 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1993 | 24,254 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1994 | 26,788 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 1995 | 26,672 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1996 | 25,153 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1997 | 26,361 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1998 | 26,213 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1999 | 25,366 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2000 | 26,292 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2001 | 27,023 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2002 | 28,038 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2003 | 27,430 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2004 | 27,771 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2005 | 27,342 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2006 | 26,214 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2007 | 28,120 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 2008 | 27,550 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2009 | 26,053 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 2010 | 24,077 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 2011 | 25,295 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2012 | 26,070 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2013 | 26,195 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 26,568 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2015 | 26,248 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2016 | 25,063 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2017 | 26,276 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2018 | 25,367 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2019 | 26,853 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2020 | 25,742 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2021 | 25,917 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 26,940 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2023 | 27,877 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2024 | 27,350 kg/ha | -1.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 18,655 kg/ha | 17,924 kg/ha | 19,877 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 21,479 kg/ha | 19,300 kg/ha | 23,456 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 24,373 kg/ha | 22,134 kg/ha | 26,103 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 25,787 kg/ha | 24,254 kg/ha | 26,788 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 27,183 kg/ha | 26,053 kg/ha | 28,120 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 25,801 kg/ha | 24,077 kg/ha | 26,853 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 26,765 kg/ha | 25,742 kg/ha | 27,877 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — yield in Japan?
- Roots and tubers, total — yield in Japan was 27,350 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 28,120 kg/ha in 2007.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 17,924 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does Japan rank for roots and tubers, total — yield?
- Japan ranks 42nd out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — yield rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.9%. 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 Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield. 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.