Taro — Area harvested in Japan
Japan: Taro — Area harvested was 9,070 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Taro — Area harvested in Japan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for taro — area harvested in Japan is 9,070 ha, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 5.3% on the previous year and down 29.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taro — area harvested in Japan peaked at 40,500 ha in 1962 and was at its lowest, 9,070 ha, in 2024.
That places Japan 16th out of 52 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Taro — Area harvested in Japan, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 39,600 ha | — |
| 1962 | 40,500 ha | +2.3% |
| 1963 | 40,100 ha | -1.0% |
| 1964 | 39,500 ha | -1.5% |
| 1965 | 38,900 ha | -1.5% |
| 1966 | 39,200 ha | +0.8% |
| 1967 | 38,600 ha | -1.5% |
| 1968 | 37,000 ha | -4.1% |
| 1969 | 37,300 ha | +0.8% |
| 1970 | 39,000 ha | +4.6% |
| 1971 | 40,400 ha | +3.6% |
| 1972 | 37,000 ha | -8.4% |
| 1973 | 33,200 ha | -10.3% |
| 1974 | 31,400 ha | -5.4% |
| 1975 | 31,200 ha | -0.6% |
| 1976 | 31,100 ha | -0.3% |
| 1977 | 30,600 ha | -1.6% |
| 1978 | 30,900 ha | +1.0% |
| 1979 | 31,300 ha | +1.3% |
| 1980 | 31,700 ha | +1.3% |
| 1981 | 28,700 ha | -9.5% |
| 1982 | 29,000 ha | +1.0% |
| 1983 | 28,900 ha | -0.3% |
| 1984 | 28,500 ha | -1.4% |
| 1985 | 28,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 28,300 ha | -0.7% |
| 1987 | 28,500 ha | +0.7% |
| 1988 | 28,400 ha | -0.4% |
| 1989 | 26,800 ha | -5.6% |
| 1990 | 26,000 ha | -3.0% |
| 1991 | 25,800 ha | -0.8% |
| 1992 | 25,000 ha | -3.1% |
| 1993 | 24,000 ha | -4.0% |
| 1994 | 18,500 ha | -22.9% |
| 1995 | 22,400 ha | +21.1% |
| 1996 | 22,000 ha | -1.8% |
| 1997 | 21,400 ha | -2.7% |
| 1998 | 20,800 ha | -2.8% |
| 1999 | 21,000 ha | +1.0% |
| 2000 | 18,800 ha | -10.5% |
| 2001 | 17,800 ha | -5.3% |
| 2002 | 17,100 ha | -3.9% |
| 2003 | 16,400 ha | -4.1% |
| 2004 | 15,800 ha | -3.7% |
| 2005 | 15,000 ha | -5.1% |
| 2006 | 14,400 ha | -4.0% |
| 2007 | 14,100 ha | -2.1% |
| 2008 | 14,000 ha | -0.7% |
| 2009 | 14,100 ha | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 13,800 ha | -2.1% |
| 2011 | 13,600 ha | -1.4% |
| 2012 | 13,400 ha | -1.5% |
| 2013 | 13,000 ha | -3.0% |
| 2014 | 12,900 ha | -0.8% |
| 2015 | 12,500 ha | -3.1% |
| 2016 | 12,200 ha | -2.4% |
| 2017 | 12,000 ha | -1.6% |
| 2018 | 11,500 ha | -4.2% |
| 2019 | 11,100 ha | -3.5% |
| 2020 | 10,700 ha | -3.6% |
| 2021 | 10,400 ha | -2.8% |
| 2022 | 10,100 ha | -2.9% |
| 2023 | 9,580 ha | -5.1% |
| 2024 | 9,070 ha | -5.3% |
Japan compared with similar countries
- Japan's 9,070 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 126 ha, 72.0× the median. (10 countries reporting)
- Japan's 9,070 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 3,384 ha, 2.7× the median. (12 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 38,967 ha | 37,000 ha | 40,500 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 33,610 ha | 30,600 ha | 40,400 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 28,730 ha | 26,800 ha | 31,700 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 22,690 ha | 18,500 ha | 26,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 15,750 ha | 14,000 ha | 18,800 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 12,600 ha | 11,100 ha | 13,800 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,970 ha | 9,070 ha | 10,700 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 taro — area harvested in Japan?
- Taro — area harvested in Japan was 9,070 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest taro — area harvested recorded in Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 40,500 ha in 1962.
- What is the lowest taro — area harvested recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,070 ha in 2024.
- How does Japan rank for taro — area harvested?
- Japan ranks 16th out of 52 countries with data for 2024.
- Is taro — area harvested rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 29.7%. 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 Taro — 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.