Sugar beet — Yield in Japan
Japan: Sugar beet — Yield was 71,268 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sugar beet — Yield in Japan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Japan recorded 71,268 kg/ha for sugar beet — yield in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 7.2% on the previous year and up 14.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar beet — yield in Japan peaked at 71,268 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 23,568 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Japan 12th out of 65 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.
Sugar beet — Yield in Japan, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 23,568 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 24,204 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1963 | 24,096 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1964 | 24,451 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1965 | 30,017 kg/ha | +22.8% |
| 1966 | 26,825 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 1967 | 33,177 kg/ha | +23.7% |
| 1968 | 38,434 kg/ha | +15.8% |
| 1969 | 35,365 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 1970 | 43,105 kg/ha | +21.9% |
| 1971 | 40,460 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1972 | 47,751 kg/ha | +18.0% |
| 1973 | 47,751 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1974 | 39,537 kg/ha | -17.2% |
| 1975 | 36,570 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 1976 | 51,156 kg/ha | +39.9% |
| 1977 | 47,322 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 1978 | 49,896 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1979 | 56,774 kg/ha | +13.8% |
| 1980 | 54,784 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1981 | 45,461 kg/ha | -17.0% |
| 1982 | 58,938 kg/ha | +29.6% |
| 1983 | 46,260 kg/ha | -21.5% |
| 1984 | 53,723 kg/ha | +16.1% |
| 1985 | 54,083 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1986 | 53,564 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1987 | 53,524 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1988 | 53,579 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1989 | 50,949 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1990 | 55,502 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 1991 | 57,229 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1992 | 50,722 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 1993 | 48,331 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1994 | 55,201 kg/ha | +14.2% |
| 1995 | 54,471 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1996 | 47,274 kg/ha | -13.2% |
| 1997 | 53,796 kg/ha | +13.8% |
| 1998 | 59,316 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 1999 | 54,100 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 2000 | 53,078 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2001 | 57,515 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 2002 | 61,532 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 2003 | 61,281 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2004 | 68,471 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 2005 | 62,237 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 2006 | 58,205 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 2007 | 64,520 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 2008 | 64,364 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 56,574 kg/ha | -12.1% |
| 2010 | 49,361 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 2011 | 58,628 kg/ha | +18.8% |
| 2012 | 63,373 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 2013 | 59,021 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 2014 | 62,143 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2015 | 66,752 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 2016 | 53,417 kg/ha | -20.0% |
| 2017 | 67,028 kg/ha | +25.5% |
| 2018 | 63,019 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 2019 | 70,300 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 2020 | 68,873 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2021 | 70,381 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2022 | 63,989 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 2023 | 66,465 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2024 | 71,268 kg/ha | +7.2% |
Japan compared with similar countries
- Japan's 71,268 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 66,315 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (29 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 28,904 kg/ha | 23,568 kg/ha | 38,434 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 46,032 kg/ha | 36,570 kg/ha | 56,774 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 52,487 kg/ha | 45,461 kg/ha | 58,938 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 53,594 kg/ha | 47,274 kg/ha | 59,316 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 60,778 kg/ha | 53,078 kg/ha | 68,471 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 61,304 kg/ha | 49,361 kg/ha | 70,300 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 68,195 kg/ha | 63,989 kg/ha | 71,268 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Japan
- 9 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 75,210 kg/ha compare
- 10 Sweden 74,534 kg/ha compare
- 11 Denmark 74,126 kg/ha compare
- 13 Kyrgyzstan 71,004 kg/ha compare
- 14 Belgium-Luxembourg 70,283 kg/ha compare
- 15 Lithuania 69,861 kg/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 sugar beet — yield in Japan?
- Sugar beet — yield in Japan was 71,268 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar beet — yield recorded in Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 71,268 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest sugar beet — yield recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 23,568 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Japan rank for sugar beet — yield?
- Japan ranks 12th out of 65 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar beet — yield rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.7%. 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 Sugar beet — 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.