Cereal yield in Japan

Cereal farms in Japan harvested 6,248 kg per hectare in 2024.

Measure: Cereal yield Unit: Kilograms per hectare Data: 1961 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Japan, 2024 6,248 Kilograms per hectare
Change from 2023 +0.1% 2023: 6,244 kg per hectare
World, 2023 4,229 kg per hectare Official aggregate Not the same period as Japan (2024).
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2024 5,225 kg per hectare Middle value of 38 countries
Position in 2024 25th of 176 See the full ranking

Cereal yield in Japan over time

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Kilograms per hectare. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Cereal yield (kilograms per hectare), 2000 to 2024
Period JapanWorld
2024 6,248 kg per hectare –
2023 6,244 kg per hectare 4,229 kg per hectare
2022 6,320 kg per hectare 4,186 kg per hectare
2021 6,417 kg per hectare 4,176 kg per hectare
2020 6,230 kg per hectare 4,118 kg per hectare
2019 6,296 kg per hectare 4,122 kg per hectare
2018 6,132 kg per hectare 4,022 kg per hectare
2017 6,285 kg per hectare 4,067 kg per hectare
2016 6,253 kg per hectare 4,018 kg per hectare
2015 6,317 kg per hectare 3,932 kg per hectare
2014 6,325 kg per hectare 3,893 kg per hectare
2013 6,282 kg per hectare 3,830 kg per hectare
2012 6,249 kg per hectare 3,612 kg per hectare
2011 6,011 kg per hectare 3,656 kg per hectare
2010 5,854 kg per hectare 3,563 kg per hectare
2009 5,920 kg per hectare 3,558 kg per hectare
2008 6,262 kg per hectare 3,545 kg per hectare
2007 6,062 kg per hectare 3,371 kg per hectare
2006 5,852 kg per hectare 3,281 kg per hectare
2005 6,154 kg per hectare 3,276 kg per hectare
2004 5,942 kg per hectare 3,359 kg per hectare
2003 5,451 kg per hectare 3,119 kg per hectare
2002 6,086 kg per hectare 3,076 kg per hectare
2001 6,107 kg per hectare 3,133 kg per hectare
2000 6,257 kg per hectare 3,061 kg per hectare

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.1% from 6,244 kg per hectare in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 6,325 kg per hectare, the figure has changed by −1.2%.
  • Among the 176 countries with data for 2024, Japan has the 25th highest value.

Source and dates

Original producer
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
AG.YLD.CREL.KG · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1961 to 2024 for Japan
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)