String beans — Area harvested in Japan
Japan: String beans — Area harvested was 4,267 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
String beans — Area harvested in Japan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, string beans — area harvested in Japan stood at 4,267 ha. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is down 2.4% on the previous year and down 26.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, string beans — area harvested in Japan peaked at 12,600 ha in 1971 and was at its lowest, 4,267 ha, in 2024.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
String beans — Area harvested in Japan, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 9,900 ha | — |
| 1962 | 10,300 ha | +4.0% |
| 1963 | 10,800 ha | +4.9% |
| 1964 | 11,500 ha | +6.5% |
| 1965 | 11,600 ha | +0.9% |
| 1966 | 12,200 ha | +5.2% |
| 1967 | 12,100 ha | -0.8% |
| 1968 | 11,750 ha | -2.9% |
| 1969 | 11,700 ha | -0.4% |
| 1970 | 12,300 ha | +5.1% |
| 1971 | 12,600 ha | +2.4% |
| 1972 | 12,400 ha | -1.6% |
| 1973 | 12,000 ha | -3.2% |
| 1974 | 11,500 ha | -4.2% |
| 1975 | 11,200 ha | -2.6% |
| 1976 | 11,400 ha | +1.8% |
| 1977 | 11,600 ha | +1.8% |
| 1978 | 11,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 11,800 ha | +1.7% |
| 1980 | 12,000 ha | +1.7% |
| 1981 | 12,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 11,900 ha | -0.8% |
| 1983 | 12,000 ha | +0.8% |
| 1984 | 11,900 ha | -0.8% |
| 1985 | 11,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 11,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 12,200 ha | +2.5% |
| 1988 | 12,100 ha | -0.8% |
| 1989 | 11,900 ha | -1.7% |
| 1990 | 11,800 ha | -0.8% |
| 1991 | 11,300 ha | -4.2% |
| 1992 | 10,900 ha | -3.5% |
| 1993 | 10,500 ha | -3.7% |
| 1994 | 10,200 ha | -2.9% |
| 1995 | 9,870 ha | -3.2% |
| 1996 | 9,740 ha | -1.3% |
| 1997 | 9,350 ha | -4.0% |
| 1998 | 9,160 ha | -2.0% |
| 1999 | 8,910 ha | -2.7% |
| 2000 | 8,690 ha | -2.5% |
| 2001 | 8,420 ha | -3.1% |
| 2002 | 8,070 ha | -4.2% |
| 2003 | 7,950 ha | -1.5% |
| 2004 | 7,660 ha | -3.6% |
| 2005 | 7,440 ha | -2.9% |
| 2006 | 7,220 ha | -3.0% |
| 2007 | 7,040 ha | -2.5% |
| 2008 | 7,030 ha | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 7,120 ha | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 6,830 ha | -4.1% |
| 2011 | 6,430 ha | -5.9% |
| 2012 | 6,240 ha | -3.0% |
| 2013 | 5,990 ha | -4.0% |
| 2014 | 5,820 ha | -2.8% |
| 2015 | 5,760 ha | -1.0% |
| 2016 | 5,650 ha | -1.9% |
| 2017 | 5,590 ha | -1.1% |
| 2018 | 5,330 ha | -4.7% |
| 2019 | 5,190 ha | -2.6% |
| 2020 | 5,020 ha | -3.3% |
| 2021 | 4,810 ha | -4.2% |
| 2022 | 4,460 ha | -7.3% |
| 2023 | 4,370 ha | -2.0% |
| 2024 | 4,267 ha | -2.4% |
Japan compared with similar countries
- Japan's 4,267 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 4,267 ha, 1.0× the median. (5 countries reporting)
- Japan's 4,267 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 4,267 ha, 1.0× the median. (5 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11,317 ha | 9,900 ha | 12,200 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 11,840 ha | 11,200 ha | 12,600 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 11,980 ha | 11,900 ha | 12,200 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 10,173 ha | 8,910 ha | 11,800 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,664 ha | 7,030 ha | 8,690 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,883 ha | 5,190 ha | 6,830 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,585 ha | 4,267 ha | 5,020 ha | 5 |
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 string beans — area harvested in Japan?
- String beans — area harvested in Japan was 4,267 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest string beans — area harvested recorded in Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 12,600 ha in 1971.
- What is the lowest string beans — area harvested recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,267 ha in 2024.
- How does Japan rank for string beans — area harvested?
- Japan ranks 9th out of 19 countries with data for 2024.
- Is string beans — area harvested rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 26.7%. 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 String beans — 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.