Japan's agriculture share fell from 1.6 % in 1995 to 1.0 % in 2024.
Japan · Agriculture & natural resources
Land, production, employment and resource rents.
20 indicators · 19 with data
Employment in agriculture (% of total employment)
% of employment
144th of 182 · 21st in East Asia & Pacific
Japan's employment in agriculture (% of total employment) fell from 5.9 % in 1996 to 2.8 % in 2025.
Japan's resource rents rose from 0.0 % in 1992 to 0.0 % in 2021.
Japan's agricultural land (% of land area) fell from 15.4 % in 1994 to 12.6 % in 2023.
Japan's arable land (% of land area) fell from 12.8 % in 1994 to 11.1 % in 2023.
Japan's arable land (hectares per person) fell from 0 ha in 1994 to 0 ha in 2023.
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- Cereal yielddown −1.2 %24th of 179
- Food production indexdown −0.1 pts142nd of 195
- Crop production indexdown −1.2 pts152nd of 195
- Livestock production indexup +0.8 pts107th of 194
- Oil productiondown −20.3 %78th of 204*
- Gas productionup +3.0 %55th of 204*
- Coal productiondown −18.2 %30th of 34
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- Fertilizer consumptionup +0.5 %34th of 191
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- Oil rents (% of GDP)up +0.0 pts105th of 190
- Mineral rents (% of GDP)down −0.1 pts84th of 197
- Forest rents (% of GDP)up +0.0 pts135th of 197
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- Agricultural raw materials exports (% of merchandise exports)down −0.1 pts19th of 24
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- Prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurityup +0.3 pts17th of 134
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