Toyama 76%, Ishikawa 51%. The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries announces food self-sufficiency rates by prefecture for the first time [25-year ago today]

 

The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries calculated and announced food self-sufficiency rates (calorie-based) by prefecture.

 

Five prefectures, Hokkaido (179%), Akita (168%), Yamagata (132%), Aomori (127%) and Iwate (111%), exceeded 100%, while three prefectures, Tokyo (1%), Osaka (2%) and Kanagawa (3%), fell below 10%.

 

As for the Hokuriku prefectures, Toyama was 76%, and Ishikawa was 51%. They exceeded the national average of 41%.

Q. How has the food self-sufficiency rate of the three Hokuriku prefectures been since then?

As of 2001, Toyama was 75%, Fukui was 66%, and Ishikawa was 49%; as of 2010, Toyama was 77%, Fukui was 67%, and Ishikawa was 50%; as of fiscal year 2020, Toyama was 75%, Fukui was 64%, and Ishikawa was 46%.

 

Meanwhile, Niigata has maintained a figure close to 100% during the same period. In the fiscal year 2020, it was 111%.

参考
北國新聞
富山新聞
令和３年度（概算値）、令和２年度（確定値）の都道府県別食料自給率 - 農林水産省