# Potato production in Japan

Potato production in Japan was 2,236,459 tonnes in 2024 (estimated). Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

- Indicator id: `potato_production`
- Place id: `jp`
- Unit: tonnes
- Definition: Quantity of potatoes produced in the calendar year, in tonnes, as published in FAOSTAT's crops and livestock products domain. Countries report to FAO through its annual production questionnaire; FAO fills gaps with official publications and its own estimates.
- Note: FAO fills gaps in national reporting with its own estimates and imputations, which are marked as estimated, and revises past years when countries send new figures.
- Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Potatoes, production, t (item 116, element 5510) (https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip)
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- Citation: FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Potatoes, production, t (item 116, element 5510). Accessed on 2026-10-12. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip Licence: CC-BY-4.0. FAO does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.
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| Period | tonnes |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 2,236,459 (estimated) |
| 2023 | 2,364,000 |
| 2022 | 2,283,000 |
| 2021 | 2,175,000 |
| 2020 | 2,205,000 |
| 2019 | 2,399,000 |
| 2018 | 2,260,000 |
| 2017 | 2,395,000 |
| 2016 | 2,199,000 |
| 2015 | 2,354,000 |
| 2014 | 2,456,000 |
| 2013 | 2,408,000 |
| 2012 | 2,500,000 |
| 2011 | 2,387,000 |
| 2010 | 2,290,000 |
| 2009 | 2,459,000 |
| 2008 | 2,743,000 |
| 2007 | 2,873,000 |
| 2006 | 2,635,000 |
| 2005 | 2,749,000 |
| 2004 | 2,884,000 |
| 2003 | 2,939,000 |
| 2002 | 3,074,000 |
| 2001 | 2,959,000 |
| 2000 | 2,898,000 |
| 1999 | 2,963,000 |
| 1998 | 3,073,000 |
| 1997 | 3,395,000 |
| 1996 | 3,087,000 |
| 1995 | 3,365,000 |
| 1994 | 3,377,000 |
| 1993 | 3,390,000 |
| 1992 | 3,494,000 |
| 1991 | 3,609,000 |
| 1990 | 3,552,000 |
| 1989 | 3,587,000 |
| 1988 | 3,763,000 |
| 1987 | 3,955,100 |
| 1986 | 4,073,000 |
| 1985 | 3,727,000 |
| 1984 | 3,707,400 |
| 1983 | 3,565,600 |
| 1982 | 3,774,800 |
| 1981 | 3,095,200 |
| 1980 | 3,420,700 |
| 1979 | 3,381,300 |
| 1978 | 3,316,200 |
| 1977 | 3,520,300 |
| 1976 | 3,741,800 |
| 1975 | 3,260,800 |
| 1974 | 2,941,500 |
| 1973 | 3,417,700 |
| 1972 | 3,536,900 |
| 1971 | 3,274,300 |
| 1970 | 3,616,500 |
| 1969 | 3,579,000 |
| 1968 | 4,058,900 |
| 1967 | 3,643,100 |
| 1966 | 3,385,800 |
| 1965 | 4,060,500 |
| 1964 | 3,922,800 |
| 1963 | 3,413,600 |
| 1962 | 3,684,097 |
| 1961 | 3,858,100 |