Strawberries — Area harvested in Japan
Japan: Strawberries — Area harvested was 4,709 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Strawberries — Area harvested in Japan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for strawberries — area harvested in Japan is 4,709 ha, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.5% on the previous year and down 15.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, strawberries — area harvested in Japan peaked at 13,800 ha in 1972 and was at its lowest, 4,709 ha, in 2024.
That places Japan 18th out of 83 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.
Strawberries — Area harvested in Japan, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8,400 ha | — |
| 1962 | 8,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 8,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 9,300 ha | +10.7% |
| 1965 | 9,600 ha | +3.2% |
| 1966 | 10,400 ha | +8.3% |
| 1967 | 11,500 ha | +10.6% |
| 1968 | 11,600 ha | +0.9% |
| 1969 | 12,500 ha | +7.8% |
| 1970 | 12,800 ha | +2.4% |
| 1971 | 13,100 ha | +2.3% |
| 1972 | 13,800 ha | +5.3% |
| 1973 | 13,600 ha | -1.4% |
| 1974 | 12,900 ha | -5.1% |
| 1975 | 11,900 ha | -7.8% |
| 1976 | 11,700 ha | -1.7% |
| 1977 | 11,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 11,900 ha | +1.7% |
| 1979 | 12,000 ha | +0.8% |
| 1980 | 11,900 ha | -0.8% |
| 1981 | 11,700 ha | -1.7% |
| 1982 | 11,500 ha | -1.7% |
| 1983 | 11,400 ha | -0.9% |
| 1984 | 11,100 ha | -2.6% |
| 1985 | 11,000 ha | -0.9% |
| 1986 | 10,800 ha | -1.8% |
| 1987 | 10,600 ha | -1.9% |
| 1988 | 10,500 ha | -0.9% |
| 1989 | 10,300 ha | -1.9% |
| 1990 | 10,200 ha | -1.0% |
| 1991 | 9,800 ha | -3.9% |
| 1992 | 9,350 ha | -4.6% |
| 1993 | 9,000 ha | -3.7% |
| 1994 | 8,610 ha | -4.3% |
| 1995 | 8,300 ha | -3.6% |
| 1996 | 8,050 ha | -3.0% |
| 1997 | 7,800 ha | -3.1% |
| 1998 | 7,650 ha | -1.9% |
| 1999 | 7,540 ha | -1.4% |
| 2000 | 7,450 ha | -1.2% |
| 2001 | 7,440 ha | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 7,360 ha | -1.1% |
| 2003 | 7,230 ha | -1.8% |
| 2004 | 7,000 ha | -3.2% |
| 2005 | 6,880 ha | -1.7% |
| 2006 | 6,790 ha | -1.3% |
| 2007 | 6,800 ha | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 6,470 ha | -4.9% |
| 2009 | 6,360 ha | -1.7% |
| 2010 | 6,150 ha | -3.3% |
| 2011 | 6,020 ha | -2.1% |
| 2012 | 5,720 ha | -5.0% |
| 2013 | 5,600 ha | -2.1% |
| 2014 | 5,570 ha | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 5,450 ha | -2.2% |
| 2016 | 5,370 ha | -1.5% |
| 2017 | 5,280 ha | -1.7% |
| 2018 | 5,200 ha | -1.5% |
| 2019 | 5,110 ha | -1.7% |
| 2020 | 5,020 ha | -1.8% |
| 2021 | 4,930 ha | -1.8% |
| 2022 | 4,850 ha | -1.6% |
| 2023 | 4,780 ha | -1.4% |
| 2024 | 4,709 ha | -1.5% |
Japan compared with similar countries
- Japan's 4,709 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 740 ha, 6.4× the median. (36 countries reporting)
- Japan's 4,709 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 3,397 ha, 1.4× the median. (5 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,011 ha | 8,400 ha | 12,500 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 12,540 ha | 11,700 ha | 13,800 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 11,080 ha | 10,300 ha | 11,900 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 8,630 ha | 7,540 ha | 10,200 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,978 ha | 6,360 ha | 7,450 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,547 ha | 5,110 ha | 6,150 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,858 ha | 4,709 ha | 5,020 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Japan
- 15 Republic of Korea 5,676 ha compare
- 16 Brazil 4,970 ha compare
- 17 Czechoslovakia 4,900 ha compare
- 19 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 4,527 ha compare
- 20 Italy 4,380 ha compare
- 21 France 3,740 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 strawberries — area harvested in Japan?
- Strawberries — area harvested in Japan was 4,709 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest strawberries — area harvested recorded in Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 13,800 ha in 1972.
- What is the lowest strawberries — area harvested recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,709 ha in 2024.
- How does Japan rank for strawberries — area harvested?
- Japan ranks 18th out of 83 countries with data for 2024.
- Is strawberries — area harvested rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.5%. 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 Strawberries — Area harvested. 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.