Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Japan
Japan: Vegetables Primary — Area harvested was 361,476 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Japan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for vegetables primary — area harvested in Japan is 361,476 ha, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 3.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — area harvested in Japan peaked at 570,540 ha in 1966 and was at its lowest, 361,476 ha, in 2024.
That places Japan 21st out of 207 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 550,793 ha | 516,190 ha | 570,540 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 505,350 ha | 489,090 ha | 539,070 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 500,311 ha | 490,210 ha | 507,750 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 451,882 ha | 425,361 ha | 482,200 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 394,655 ha | 380,610 ha | 416,020 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 376,075 ha | 373,241 ha | 386,004 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 365,094 ha | 361,476 ha | 370,070 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Japan
More agriculture & rural data for Japan
- Agriculture share gdp 0.9583 (2024)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 0.9583 (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.6% (2025)
- Rural population 7.7% (2025)
- Rural population growth -1.9% (2025)
- Rural population 9.50 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.0% (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 40.15 billion current US$ (2024)
- Bananas — Production 17.99 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is vegetables primary — area harvested in Japan?
- Vegetables primary — area harvested in Japan was 361,476 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 570,540 ha in 1966.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 361,476 ha in 2024.
- How does Japan rank for vegetables primary — area harvested?
- Japan ranks 21st out of 207 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — area harvested rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.6%. 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 Vegetables Primary — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 64 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
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.