Sorghum — Yield in Japan
Japan: Sorghum — Yield was 1,111 kg/ha in 1968. ▼ Falling
Sorghum — Yield in Japan, 1961–1968
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Japan recorded 1,111 kg/ha for sorghum — yield in 1968. That is the lowest value across all 8 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.8% on the previous year and down 12.1% over ten years.
That places Japan 73rd out of 111 countries with data for 1968, putting it in the middle of the range.
Sorghum — Yield in Japan, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,264 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,243 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1963 | 1,275 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1964 | 1,165 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 1965 | 1,125 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1966 | 1,143 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1967 | 1,143 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 1,111 kg/ha | -2.8% |
Japan compared with similar countries
- Japan's 1,111 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 3,619 kg/ha, 31% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Japan's 1,111 kg/ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 3,151 kg/ha, 35% of the median. (9 countries reporting)
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 sorghum — yield in Japan?
- Sorghum — yield in Japan was 1,111 kg/ha in 1968, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — yield recorded in Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 1,275 kg/ha in 1963.
- What is the lowest sorghum — yield recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,111 kg/ha in 1968.
- How does Japan rank for sorghum — yield?
- Japan ranks 73rd out of 111 countries with data for 1968.
- Is sorghum — yield rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.1%. 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 Sorghum — 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.