Yams — Yield in Japan
Japan: Yams — Yield was 25,231 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Yams — Yield in Japan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for yams — yield in Japan is 25,231 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.1% on the previous year and up 11.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — yield in Japan peaked at 25,780 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 15,800 kg/ha, in 1993.
Japan ranks 2nd of 61 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Yams — Yield in Japan, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 16,875 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 16,875 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 17,143 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1964 | 19,378 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 1965 | 18,947 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1966 | 18,375 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1967 | 17,778 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1968 | 17,000 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1969 | 16,727 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1970 | 16,333 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1971 | 17,339 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1972 | 18,255 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1973 | 17,871 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1974 | 17,974 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1975 | 18,484 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1976 | 17,591 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1977 | 18,846 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1978 | 19,530 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1979 | 19,817 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1980 | 16,944 kg/ha | -14.5% |
| 1981 | 17,425 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1982 | 18,016 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1983 | 17,117 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1984 | 19,729 kg/ha | +15.3% |
| 1985 | 19,976 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1986 | 18,045 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 1987 | 19,472 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1988 | 16,920 kg/ha | -13.1% |
| 1989 | 18,565 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 1990 | 21,081 kg/ha | +13.6% |
| 1991 | 19,220 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 1992 | 18,827 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1993 | 15,800 kg/ha | -16.1% |
| 1994 | 20,841 kg/ha | +31.9% |
| 1995 | 19,770 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1996 | 19,451 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1997 | 20,984 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1998 | 20,079 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1999 | 21,746 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 2000 | 22,658 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2001 | 20,798 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 2002 | 20,624 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2003 | 19,989 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2004 | 22,905 kg/ha | +14.6% |
| 2005 | 23,326 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2006 | 22,506 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2007 | 23,079 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2008 | 22,509 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2009 | 21,152 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 2010 | 22,696 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 2011 | 22,090 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2012 | 22,206 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 21,742 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2014 | 22,700 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2015 | 22,448 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2016 | 20,464 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 2017 | 22,280 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 2018 | 22,107 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 24,222 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 2020 | 24,603 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2021 | 25,748 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2022 | 23,710 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 2023 | 25,780 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 2024 | 25,231 kg/ha | -2.1% |
Japan compared with similar countries
- Japan's 25,231 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 6,526 kg/ha, 3.9× the median. (12 countries reporting)
- Japan's 25,231 kg/ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 8,468 kg/ha, 3.0× the median. (10 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 17,678 kg/ha | 16,727 kg/ha | 19,378 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 18,204 kg/ha | 16,333 kg/ha | 19,817 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 18,221 kg/ha | 16,920 kg/ha | 19,976 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 19,780 kg/ha | 15,800 kg/ha | 21,746 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 21,955 kg/ha | 19,989 kg/ha | 23,326 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 22,295 kg/ha | 20,464 kg/ha | 24,222 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 25,014 kg/ha | 23,710 kg/ha | 25,780 kg/ha | 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 yams — yield in Japan?
- Yams — yield in Japan was 25,231 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — yield recorded in Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 25,780 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest yams — yield recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 15,800 kg/ha in 1993.
- How does Japan rank for yams — yield?
- Japan ranks 2nd out of 61 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yams — yield rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.1%. 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 — Yield. 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.