Japan - Land under cereal production

Land under cereal production (hectares)

The value for Land under cereal production (hectares) in Japan was 1,807,263 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 4,868,480 in 1961 and a minimum value of 1,803,081 in 2017.

Definition: Land under cereal production refers to harvested area, although some countries report only sown or cultivated area. Cereals include wheat, rice, maize, barley, oats, rye, millet, sorghum, buckwheat, and mixed grains. 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 and those used for grazing are excluded.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

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Year Value
1961 4,868,480
1962 4,755,130
1963 4,609,500
1964 4,418,130
1965 4,303,013
1966 4,194,810
1967 4,092,940
1968 4,017,000
1969 3,925,820
1970 3,445,920
1971 3,092,500
1972 2,935,910
1973 2,833,610
1974 2,932,850
1975 2,970,510
1976 2,977,950
1977 2,949,640
1978 2,795,168
1979 2,793,552
1980 2,723,782
1981 2,654,960
1982 2,637,374
1983 2,652,555
1984 2,687,684
1985 2,711,736
1986 2,679,339
1987 2,555,938
1988 2,535,438
1989 2,523,524
1990 2,471,494
1991 2,413,369
1992 2,430,921
1993 2,424,140
1994 2,448,141
1995 2,352,386
1996 2,220,809
1997 2,197,439
1998 2,054,154
1999 2,047,487
2000 2,045,200
2001 2,006,684
2002 2,002,225
2003 1,985,726
2004 2,018,378
2005 2,020,451
2006 2,006,323
2007 1,983,627
2008 1,940,319
2009 1,936,221
2010 1,941,822
2011 1,904,505
2012 1,912,101
2013 1,930,515
2014 1,908,211
2015 1,839,096
2016 1,815,858
2017 1,803,081
2018 1,807,263

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Agricultural production