In 2015, the number of commercial farmers in Japan amounted to around 2.1 million, continuing the steady downward trend since 1995. Among the active commercial farmers in 2015, the majority, over 63 percent, were elderly farmers aged 65 years or older.
Total number of commercial farmers in Japan from 1990 to 2015
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The source uses the term commercial farming referring to households managing cultivated land of 0.3 hectares and over, or with annual sales of agricultural products amounting to 500,000 yen or more.
Values have been rounded.
Data prior to 1995 comes from previous reporting.
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Statistics Bureau of Japan. (September 27, 2023). Total number of commercial farmers in Japan from 1990 to 2015 (in millions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 16, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/646594/japan-number-commercial-farmers/
Statistics Bureau of Japan. "Total number of commercial farmers in Japan from 1990 to 2015 (in millions)." Chart. September 27, 2023. Statista. Accessed July 16, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/646594/japan-number-commercial-farmers/
Statistics Bureau of Japan. (2023). Total number of commercial farmers in Japan from 1990 to 2015 (in millions). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 16, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/646594/japan-number-commercial-farmers/
Statistics Bureau of Japan. "Total Number of Commercial Farmers in Japan from 1990 to 2015 (in Millions)." Statista, Statista Inc., 27 Sep 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/646594/japan-number-commercial-farmers/
Statistics Bureau of Japan, Total number of commercial farmers in Japan from 1990 to 2015 (in millions) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/646594/japan-number-commercial-farmers/ (last visited July 16, 2024)
Total number of commercial farmers in Japan from 1990 to 2015 (in millions) [Graph], Statistics Bureau of Japan, September 27, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/646594/japan-number-commercial-farmers/
