Taro — Yield in Japan
Japan: Taro — Yield was 13,060 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Taro — Yield in Japan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for taro — yield in Japan is 13,060 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.2% on the previous year and up 1.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taro — yield in Japan peaked at 14,479 kg/ha in 1963 and was at its lowest, 11,023 kg/ha, in 1978.
That places Japan 13th out of 52 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Taro — Yield in Japan, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 12,220 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 12,531 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1963 | 14,479 kg/ha | +15.5% |
| 1964 | 12,481 kg/ha | -13.8% |
| 1965 | 12,288 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1966 | 13,281 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 1967 | 11,902 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 1968 | 14,246 kg/ha | +19.7% |
| 1969 | 14,046 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1970 | 13,900 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1971 | 13,809 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1972 | 14,040 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1973 | 11,584 kg/ha | -17.5% |
| 1974 | 13,704 kg/ha | +18.3% |
| 1975 | 11,865 kg/ha | -13.4% |
| 1976 | 13,682 kg/ha | +15.3% |
| 1977 | 14,059 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1978 | 11,023 kg/ha | -21.6% |
| 1979 | 14,275 kg/ha | +29.5% |
| 1980 | 14,464 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1981 | 13,442 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1982 | 13,797 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1983 | 13,606 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1984 | 12,179 kg/ha | -10.5% |
| 1985 | 13,161 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 1986 | 13,601 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1987 | 13,737 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1988 | 13,989 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1989 | 13,567 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1990 | 12,127 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 1991 | 13,698 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 1992 | 12,184 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 1993 | 12,462 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1994 | 12,886 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1995 | 11,353 kg/ha | -11.9% |
| 1996 | 11,541 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1997 | 12,617 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 1998 | 12,423 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1999 | 11,795 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 2000 | 12,261 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2001 | 12,236 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2002 | 12,216 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2003 | 12,768 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2004 | 11,696 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 2005 | 12,307 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 2006 | 12,132 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2007 | 12,284 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2008 | 12,836 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2009 | 12,936 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 12,145 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 2011 | 12,596 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2012 | 12,873 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2013 | 12,469 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2014 | 12,845 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2015 | 12,264 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2016 | 12,672 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2017 | 12,383 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2018 | 12,591 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2019 | 12,649 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 13,037 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2021 | 13,721 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 2022 | 13,733 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 13,226 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2024 | 13,060 kg/ha | -1.2% |
Japan compared with similar countries
- Japan's 13,060 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 7,169 kg/ha, 1.8× the median. (10 countries reporting)
- Japan's 13,060 kg/ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 7,794 kg/ha, 1.7× the median. (12 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Taro — Yield in Japan changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | +29.5% | 11,023 kg/ha | 14,275 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13,052 kg/ha | 11,902 kg/ha | 14,479 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 13,194 kg/ha | 11,023 kg/ha | 14,275 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 13,554 kg/ha | 12,179 kg/ha | 14,464 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 12,309 kg/ha | 11,353 kg/ha | 13,698 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 12,367 kg/ha | 11,696 kg/ha | 12,936 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 12,549 kg/ha | 12,145 kg/ha | 12,873 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 13,355 kg/ha | 13,037 kg/ha | 13,733 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Japan
- 10 China, Taiwan Province of 16,058 kg/ha compare
- 10 Democratic Republic of the Congo 3,691 kg/ha compare
- 11 Lebanon 14,667 kg/ha compare
- 11 Caribbean 10,587 kg/ha compare
- 12 Grenada 14,377 kg/ha compare
- 14 Saint Lucia 12,807 kg/ha compare
- 15 Benin 12,500 kg/ha compare
- 16 Trinidad and Tobago 12,336 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 taro — yield in Japan?
- Taro — yield in Japan was 13,060 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest taro — yield recorded in Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 14,479 kg/ha in 1963.
- What is the lowest taro — yield recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 11,023 kg/ha in 1978.
- How does Japan rank for taro — yield?
- Japan ranks 13th out of 52 countries with data for 2024.
- Is taro — yield rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.7%. 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 — 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.