Soya beans — Yield in Japan
Japan: Soya beans — Yield was 1,640 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Soya beans — Yield in Japan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Japan recorded 1,640 kg/ha for soya beans — yield in 2024.
The figure is down 2.7% on the previous year and down 6.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, soya beans — yield in Japan peaked at 2,020 kg/ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 1,106 kg/ha, in 1964.
Japan ranks 64th of 111 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,281 kg/ha | 1,106 kg/ha | 1,368 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,385 kg/ha | 1,218 kg/ha | 1,495 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,622 kg/ha | 1,223 kg/ha | 1,792 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,586 kg/ha | 1,151 kg/ha | 1,809 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,675 kg/ha | 1,193 kg/ha | 2,020 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,627 kg/ha | 1,441 kg/ha | 1,799 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,632 kg/ha | 1,545 kg/ha | 1,686 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Japan
- 61 Russian Federation 1,695 kg/ha compare
- 62 China, Taiwan Province of 1,667 kg/ha compare
- 62 Costa Rica 1,667 kg/ha compare
- 65 Greece 1,638 kg/ha compare
- 66 Thailand 1,635 kg/ha compare
- 67 Viet Nam 1,627 kg/ha 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 soya beans — yield in Japan?
- Soya beans — yield in Japan was 1,640 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest soya beans — yield recorded in Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 2,020 kg/ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest soya beans — yield recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,106 kg/ha in 1964.
- How does Japan rank for soya beans — yield?
- Japan ranks 64th out of 111 countries with data for 2024.
- Is soya beans — yield rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.9%. 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 Soya beans — 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.