Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Japan
Japan: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested was 31,800 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Japan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Japan recorded 31,800 ha for sweet potatoes — area harvested in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.6% on the previous year and down 16.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested in Japan peaked at 336,200 ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 31,800 ha, in 2024.
Japan ranks 26th of 113 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Japan, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 336,200 ha | — |
| 1962 | 329,600 ha | -2.0% |
| 1963 | 317,700 ha | -3.6% |
| 1964 | 300,800 ha | -5.3% |
| 1965 | 261,000 ha | -13.2% |
| 1966 | 249,000 ha | -4.6% |
| 1967 | 218,700 ha | -12.2% |
| 1968 | 190,900 ha | -12.7% |
| 1969 | 158,000 ha | -17.2% |
| 1970 | 132,900 ha | -15.9% |
| 1971 | 110,500 ha | -16.9% |
| 1972 | 94,800 ha | -14.2% |
| 1973 | 76,300 ha | -19.5% |
| 1974 | 67,500 ha | -11.5% |
| 1975 | 68,700 ha | +1.8% |
| 1976 | 65,600 ha | -4.5% |
| 1977 | 64,400 ha | -1.8% |
| 1978 | 65,000 ha | +0.9% |
| 1979 | 63,900 ha | -1.7% |
| 1980 | 64,800 ha | +1.4% |
| 1981 | 65,000 ha | +0.3% |
| 1982 | 65,700 ha | +1.1% |
| 1983 | 64,800 ha | -1.4% |
| 1984 | 64,600 ha | -0.3% |
| 1985 | 66,000 ha | +2.2% |
| 1986 | 65,000 ha | -1.5% |
| 1987 | 64,000 ha | -1.5% |
| 1988 | 62,900 ha | -1.7% |
| 1989 | 61,900 ha | -1.6% |
| 1990 | 60,600 ha | -2.1% |
| 1991 | 58,600 ha | -3.3% |
| 1992 | 55,100 ha | -6.0% |
| 1993 | 53,000 ha | -3.8% |
| 1994 | 51,300 ha | -3.2% |
| 1995 | 49,000 ha | -4.5% |
| 1996 | 47,500 ha | -3.1% |
| 1997 | 46,500 ha | -2.1% |
| 1998 | 45,600 ha | -1.9% |
| 1999 | 44,500 ha | -2.4% |
| 2000 | 43,400 ha | -2.5% |
| 2001 | 42,300 ha | -2.5% |
| 2002 | 40,500 ha | -4.3% |
| 2003 | 39,700 ha | -2.0% |
| 2004 | 40,300 ha | +1.5% |
| 2005 | 40,800 ha | +1.2% |
| 2006 | 40,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 40,700 ha | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 40,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 40,500 ha | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 39,700 ha | -2.0% |
| 2011 | 38,900 ha | -2.0% |
| 2012 | 38,800 ha | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 38,600 ha | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 38,000 ha | -1.6% |
| 2015 | 36,600 ha | -3.7% |
| 2016 | 36,000 ha | -1.6% |
| 2017 | 35,600 ha | -1.1% |
| 2018 | 35,700 ha | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 34,300 ha | -3.9% |
| 2020 | 33,100 ha | -3.5% |
| 2021 | 32,400 ha | -2.1% |
| 2022 | 32,300 ha | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 32,000 ha | -0.9% |
| 2024 | 31,800 ha | -0.6% |
Japan compared with similar countries
- Japan's 31,800 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 239 ha, 133.1× the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Japan's 31,800 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 4,397 ha, 7.2× the median. (16 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 262,433 ha | 158,000 ha | 336,200 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 80,960 ha | 63,900 ha | 132,900 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 64,470 ha | 61,900 ha | 66,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 51,170 ha | 44,500 ha | 60,600 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 40,970 ha | 39,700 ha | 43,400 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 37,220 ha | 34,300 ha | 39,700 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 32,320 ha | 31,800 ha | 33,100 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 sweet potatoes — area harvested in Japan?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested in Japan was 31,800 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 336,200 ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 31,800 ha in 2024.
- How does Japan rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- Japan ranks 26th out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Japan data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sweet potatoes — 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.