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Japan (JPN)

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IndicatorValueRankYear
Prevalence of undernourishment2023
Cereal yield6,245232024
Agricultural land12.641722023
Food production index100.271422022
Employment in agriculture2.81392025

What each indicator means

Cereal yield
Cereal harvested per hectare of land — a measure of how productive the land is.
Agricultural land
Share of land area used as cropland, permanent crops or pasture.
Food production index
Output of edible crops and livestock, indexed to a base period of 100.
Employment in agriculture
Share of employment in agriculture, forestry and fishing. It tends to fall as incomes rise.

Where this country stands

For each indicator below, the country's figure is placed against all 210 countries and areas covered by the same source. The median is the middle value once every country is ordered by that indicator.

IndicatorValueRankMedianRanked 1stRanked last
Cereal yield6,245 kg/ha23 / 1813,310 kg/haOman 29,147Cape Verde 40.3
Agricultural land12.64 %172 / 21037.96 %Côte d’Ivoire 86.48Suriname 0.45
Food production index100.27 index142 / 195106.08 indexSenegal 177.49Gambia 71.08
Employment in agriculture2.81 %39 / 18714.39 %Singapore 0.1Burundi 85.34

Countries ranked next to it: France, Serbia, Russia, Jordan, Costa Rica, Belgium, Portugal, Estonia