Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested in Japan
Japan: Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested was 3,385 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested in Japan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested in Japan is 3,385 ha, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.1% on the previous year and down 60.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested in Japan peaked at 87,600 ha in 1966 and was at its lowest, 3,385 ha, in 2024.
Japan ranks 45th of 139 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested in Japan, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 57,300 ha | — |
| 1962 | 63,900 ha | +11.5% |
| 1963 | 73,100 ha | +14.4% |
| 1964 | 82,700 ha | +13.1% |
| 1965 | 86,500 ha | +4.6% |
| 1966 | 87,600 ha | +1.3% |
| 1967 | 86,800 ha | -0.9% |
| 1968 | 82,600 ha | -4.8% |
| 1969 | 76,300 ha | -7.6% |
| 1970 | 71,000 ha | -6.9% |
| 1971 | 66,100 ha | -6.9% |
| 1972 | 62,500 ha | -5.4% |
| 1973 | 59,400 ha | -5.0% |
| 1974 | 55,900 ha | -5.9% |
| 1975 | 58,800 ha | +5.2% |
| 1976 | 63,400 ha | +7.8% |
| 1977 | 64,500 ha | +1.7% |
| 1978 | 63,600 ha | -1.4% |
| 1979 | 62,300 ha | -2.0% |
| 1980 | 60,800 ha | -2.4% |
| 1981 | 59,000 ha | -3.0% |
| 1982 | 53,900 ha | -8.6% |
| 1983 | 53,622 ha | -0.5% |
| 1984 | 53,400 ha | -0.4% |
| 1985 | 47,800 ha | -10.5% |
| 1986 | 47,400 ha | -0.8% |
| 1987 | 42,300 ha | -10.8% |
| 1988 | 40,000 ha | -5.4% |
| 1989 | 30,550 ha | -23.6% |
| 1990 | 30,000 ha | -1.8% |
| 1991 | 28,924 ha | -3.6% |
| 1992 | 27,464 ha | -5.0% |
| 1993 | 27,349 ha | -0.4% |
| 1994 | 26,662 ha | -2.5% |
| 1995 | 26,358 ha | -1.1% |
| 1996 | 26,100 ha | -1.0% |
| 1997 | 25,662 ha | -1.7% |
| 1998 | 25,300 ha | -1.4% |
| 1999 | 24,757 ha | -2.1% |
| 2000 | 23,991 ha | -3.1% |
| 2001 | 23,400 ha | -2.5% |
| 2002 | 23,000 ha | -1.7% |
| 2003 | 22,507 ha | -2.1% |
| 2004 | 21,538 ha | -4.3% |
| 2005 | 19,100 ha | -11.3% |
| 2006 | 18,500 ha | -3.1% |
| 2007 | 17,700 ha | -4.3% |
| 2008 | 16,800 ha | -5.1% |
| 2009 | 15,800 ha | -6.0% |
| 2010 | 15,000 ha | -5.1% |
| 2011 | 13,000 ha | -13.3% |
| 2012 | 9,000 ha | -30.8% |
| 2013 | 8,800 ha | -2.2% |
| 2014 | 8,600 ha | -2.3% |
| 2015 | 8,300 ha | -3.5% |
| 2016 | 8,000 ha | -3.6% |
| 2017 | 7,600 ha | -5.0% |
| 2018 | 7,065 ha | -7.0% |
| 2019 | 6,484 ha | -8.2% |
| 2020 | 6,079 ha | -6.2% |
| 2021 | 5,661 ha | -6.9% |
| 2022 | 3,602 ha | -36.4% |
| 2023 | 3,494 ha | -3.0% |
| 2024 | 3,385 ha | -3.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 77,422 ha | 57,300 ha | 87,600 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 62,750 ha | 55,900 ha | 71,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 48,877 ha | 30,550 ha | 60,800 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 26,858 ha | 24,757 ha | 30,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 20,234 ha | 15,800 ha | 23,991 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,185 ha | 6,484 ha | 15,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,444 ha | 3,385 ha | 6,079 ha | 5 |
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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 unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested in Japan?
- Unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested in Japan was 3,385 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested recorded in Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 87,600 ha in 1966.
- What is the lowest unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,385 ha in 2024.
- How does Japan rank for unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested?
- Japan ranks 45th out of 139 countries with data for 2024.
- Is unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 60.6%. 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 Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested. 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.