A method for producing a furan compound comprising feeding, as a raw material, a furfural composition containing a furfural compound into a reactor and subjecting to a decarbonylation reaction in the presence of a catalyst to obtain the furan compound as a product, wherein the furfural dimer concentration in the furfural composition is 1,000 ppm by weight or less, and a peroxide value in the furfural composition is 0.01 mEq/kg or more and 0.90 mEq/kg or less, and wherein said catalyst is a solid catalyst comprising at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Ni, Ru, Ir, Pd, and Pt, wherein the furfural composition is prepared by distillation of a crude furfural, said distillation comprising: (a) contacting the crude furfural with an anion exchange resin and/or a basic compound; (b) distilling the crude furfural from (a) to remove compounds having a higher boiling point than furfural; (c) distilling the crude furfural from (b), from which a compound having a higher boiling point than furfural has been removed, to remove compounds having a lower boiling point than furfural by a distillation column and discharging the furfural composition from a sidestream portion of the distillation column, wherein the furfural compound is represented by the following general formula: wherein the substituents R 1, R 2, and R 3 are hydrogen atoms, wherein the furan compound is represented by the following general formula: wherein the substituents R 1, R 2, and R 3 are hydrogen atoms, wherein the 2-acetylfuran concentration in the furfural composition as a raw material is 120 ppm by weight or more and 1,000 ppm by weight or less, and wherein the peroxide value is determined by the potassium iodide addition redox titration method in a nitrogen atmosphere (iodometry), and wherein a potentiometric titrator (Titrando 808, manufactured by Metrohm Ltd.), a composite platinum electrode (manufactured by Metrohm, #6.0401.100, 3N KCl internal reference electrode electrolytic solution), and a titration agent (0.005N Na 2 SO 3 aqueous solution) are used. (a) contacting the crude furfural with an anion exchange resin and/or a basic compound; (b) distilling the crude furfural from (a) to remove compounds having a higher boiling point than furfural; (c) distilling the crude furfural from (b), from which a compound having a higher boiling point than furfural has been removed, to remove compounds having a lower boiling point than furfural by a distillation column and discharging the furfural composition from a sidestream portion of the distillation column, wherein the furfural compound is represented by the following general formula: wherein the substituents R 1, R 2, and R 3 are hydrogen atoms, wherein the furan compound is represented by the following general formula: wherein the substituents R 1, R 2, and R 3 are hydrogen atoms, wherein the 2-acetylfuran concentration in the furfural composition as a raw material is 120 ppm by weight or more and 1,000 ppm by weight or less, and wherein the peroxide value is determined by the potassium iodide addition redox titration method in a nitrogen atmosphere (iodometry), and wherein a potentiometric titrator (Titrando 808, manufactured by Metrohm Ltd.), a composite platinum electrode (manufactured by Metrohm, #6.0401.100, 3N KCl internal reference electrode electrolytic solution), and a titration agent (0.005N Na 2 SO 3 aqueous solution) are used.