Yams — Area harvested in Japan
Japan: Yams — Area harvested was 6,566 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Yams — Area harvested in Japan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, yams — area harvested in Japan stood at 6,566 ha.
That represents a change of up 3.4% on the previous year and down 9.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — area harvested in Japan peaked at 9,620 ha in 1991 and was at its lowest, 3,200 ha, in 1961.
That places Japan 21st out of 60 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,044 ha | 3,200 ha | 5,500 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,171 ha | 6,000 ha | 8,730 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 8,214 ha | 7,690 ha | 8,920 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 8,929 ha | 8,680 ha | 9,620 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,546 ha | 7,900 ha | 8,880 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,303 ha | 7,120 ha | 7,640 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,673 ha | 6,350 ha | 6,930 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 yams — area harvested in Japan?
- Yams — area harvested in Japan was 6,566 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — area harvested recorded in Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 9,620 ha in 1991.
- What is the lowest yams — area harvested recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,200 ha in 1961.
- How does Japan rank for yams — area harvested?
- Japan ranks 21st out of 60 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yams — area harvested rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Japan data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Yams — 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.