Unmanufactured tobacco — Production in Japan
Japan: Unmanufactured tobacco — Production was 8,336 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Unmanufactured tobacco — Production in Japan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for unmanufactured tobacco — production in Japan is 8,336 t, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 4.4% on the previous year and down 58.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, unmanufactured tobacco — production in Japan peaked at 212,600 t in 1964 and was at its lowest, 8,336 t, in 2024.
Japan ranks 40th 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 — Production in Japan, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 126,900 t | — |
| 1962 | 139,700 t | +10.1% |
| 1963 | 158,000 t | +13.1% |
| 1964 | 212,600 t | +34.6% |
| 1965 | 193,000 t | -9.2% |
| 1966 | 198,100 t | +2.6% |
| 1967 | 209,400 t | +5.7% |
| 1968 | 193,900 t | -7.4% |
| 1969 | 174,000 t | -10.3% |
| 1970 | 150,900 t | -13.3% |
| 1971 | 149,600 t | -0.9% |
| 1972 | 145,200 t | -2.9% |
| 1973 | 157,200 t | +8.3% |
| 1974 | 151,300 t | -3.8% |
| 1975 | 165,700 t | +9.5% |
| 1976 | 176,200 t | +6.3% |
| 1977 | 173,200 t | -1.7% |
| 1978 | 172,000 t | -0.7% |
| 1979 | 153,300 t | -10.9% |
| 1980 | 141,400 t | -7.8% |
| 1981 | 137,700 t | -2.6% |
| 1982 | 139,400 t | +1.2% |
| 1983 | 136,700 t | -1.9% |
| 1984 | 135,500 t | -0.9% |
| 1985 | 116,200 t | -14.2% |
| 1986 | 116,800 t | +0.5% |
| 1987 | 104,400 t | -10.6% |
| 1988 | 85,800 t | -17.8% |
| 1989 | 74,400 t | -13.3% |
| 1990 | 80,500 t | +8.2% |
| 1991 | 69,897 t | -13.2% |
| 1992 | 71,380 t | +2.1% |
| 1993 | 60,690 t | -15.0% |
| 1994 | 71,931 t | +18.5% |
| 1995 | 70,391 t | -2.1% |
| 1996 | 66,000 t | -6.2% |
| 1997 | 68,504 t | +3.8% |
| 1998 | 64,000 t | -6.6% |
| 1999 | 64,727 t | +1.1% |
| 2000 | 60,803 t | -6.1% |
| 2001 | 60,600 t | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 58,200 t | -4.0% |
| 2003 | 50,662 t | -13.0% |
| 2004 | 52,659 t | +3.9% |
| 2005 | 46,800 t | -11.1% |
| 2006 | 37,700 t | -19.4% |
| 2007 | 37,800 t | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 38,500 t | +1.9% |
| 2009 | 36,600 t | -4.9% |
| 2010 | 29,300 t | -19.9% |
| 2011 | 23,600 t | -19.5% |
| 2012 | 19,700 t | -16.5% |
| 2013 | 19,800 t | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 20,000 t | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 18,700 t | -6.5% |
| 2016 | 17,900 t | -4.3% |
| 2017 | 19,000 t | +6.1% |
| 2018 | 16,998 t | -10.5% |
| 2019 | 16,798 t | -1.2% |
| 2020 | 13,748 t | -18.2% |
| 2021 | 14,237 t | +3.6% |
| 2022 | 8,782 t | -38.3% |
| 2023 | 8,722 t | -0.7% |
| 2024 | 8,336 t | -4.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 178,400 t | 126,900 t | 212,600 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 159,460 t | 145,200 t | 176,200 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 118,830 t | 74,400 t | 141,400 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 68,802 t | 60,690 t | 80,500 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 48,032 t | 36,600 t | 60,803 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 20,180 t | 16,798 t | 29,300 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 10,765 t | 8,336 t | 14,237 t | 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 unmanufactured tobacco — production in Japan?
- Unmanufactured tobacco — production in Japan was 8,336 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest unmanufactured tobacco — production recorded in Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 212,600 t in 1964.
- What is the lowest unmanufactured tobacco — production recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,336 t in 2024.
- How does Japan rank for unmanufactured tobacco — production?
- Japan ranks 40th out of 139 countries with data for 2024.
- Is unmanufactured tobacco — production rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 58.3%. 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 Unmanufactured tobacco — Production. 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.