Sugar cane — Yield in Japan
Japan: Sugar cane — Yield was 51,833 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sugar cane — Yield in Japan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sugar cane — yield in Japan stood at 51,833 kg/ha.
The figure is down 0.5% on the previous year and up 2.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar cane — yield in Japan peaked at 79,881 kg/ha in 1989 and was at its lowest, 44,248 kg/ha, in 2011.
Japan ranks 59th of 103 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sugar cane — Yield in Japan, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 68,592 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 74,558 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 1963 | 53,680 kg/ha | -28.0% |
| 1964 | 78,298 kg/ha | +45.9% |
| 1965 | 61,652 kg/ha | -21.3% |
| 1966 | 60,645 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1967 | 69,196 kg/ha | +14.1% |
| 1968 | 66,126 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1969 | 63,466 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1970 | 66,575 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1971 | 55,897 kg/ha | -16.0% |
| 1972 | 60,899 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 1973 | 68,644 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 1974 | 60,767 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 1975 | 64,477 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1976 | 62,100 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1977 | 71,411 kg/ha | +15.0% |
| 1978 | 74,604 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1979 | 65,653 kg/ha | -12.0% |
| 1980 | 61,982 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1981 | 63,914 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1982 | 66,549 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1983 | 71,761 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1984 | 72,735 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1985 | 73,894 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1986 | 64,368 kg/ha | -12.9% |
| 1987 | 68,023 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1988 | 66,598 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1989 | 79,881 kg/ha | +19.9% |
| 1990 | 60,457 kg/ha | -24.3% |
| 1991 | 62,924 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1992 | 64,224 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1993 | 63,320 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1994 | 64,597 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1995 | 67,303 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1996 | 67,899 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1997 | 63,867 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1998 | 74,286 kg/ha | +16.3% |
| 1999 | 68,904 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 2000 | 60,390 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 2001 | 65,746 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 2002 | 55,798 kg/ha | -15.1% |
| 2003 | 57,875 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2004 | 51,164 kg/ha | -11.6% |
| 2005 | 56,995 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 2006 | 60,369 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2007 | 67,873 kg/ha | +12.4% |
| 2008 | 71,982 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 2009 | 65,870 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 2010 | 63,319 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2011 | 44,248 kg/ha | -30.1% |
| 2012 | 48,174 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 2013 | 54,384 kg/ha | +12.9% |
| 2014 | 50,611 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 2015 | 53,846 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 2016 | 68,734 kg/ha | +27.6% |
| 2017 | 54,726 kg/ha | -20.4% |
| 2018 | 52,920 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2019 | 53,122 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 59,378 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 2021 | 58,326 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2022 | 54,828 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 2023 | 52,070 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2024 | 51,833 kg/ha | -0.5% |
Japan compared with similar countries
- Japan's 51,833 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 55,556 kg/ha, 93% of the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Japan's 51,833 kg/ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 49,001 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (14 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 66,246 kg/ha | 53,680 kg/ha | 78,298 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 65,103 kg/ha | 55,897 kg/ha | 74,604 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 68,970 kg/ha | 61,982 kg/ha | 79,881 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 65,778 kg/ha | 60,457 kg/ha | 74,286 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 61,406 kg/ha | 51,164 kg/ha | 71,982 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 54,408 kg/ha | 44,248 kg/ha | 68,734 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 55,287 kg/ha | 51,833 kg/ha | 59,378 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Japan
- 56 Trinidad and Tobago 54,000 kg/ha compare
- 57 Guinea 53,832 kg/ha compare
- 58 Guyana 52,288 kg/ha compare
- 60 Nepal 49,792 kg/ha compare
- 61 Martinique 47,172 kg/ha compare
- 62 Philippines 46,169 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 cane — yield in Japan?
- Sugar cane — yield in Japan was 51,833 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar cane — yield recorded in Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 79,881 kg/ha in 1989.
- What is the lowest sugar cane — yield recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 44,248 kg/ha in 2011.
- How does Japan rank for sugar cane — yield?
- Japan ranks 59th out of 103 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar cane — yield rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.4%. 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 Sugar cane — 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.