Cropland — Area per capita in Japan
Japan: Cropland — Area per capita was 0.03 ha/cap in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cropland — Area per capita in Japan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha/cap.
Analysis
Japan recorded 0.03 ha/cap for cropland — area per capita in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 25.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cropland — area per capita in Japan peaked at 0.06 ha/cap in 1961 and was at its lowest, 0.03 ha/cap, in 2017.
That places Japan 199th out of 232 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0589 ha/cap | 0.05 ha/cap | 0.06 ha/cap | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.05 ha/cap | 0.05 ha/cap | 0.05 ha/cap | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.044 ha/cap | 0.04 ha/cap | 0.05 ha/cap | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.04 ha/cap | 0.04 ha/cap | 0.04 ha/cap | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.04 ha/cap | 0.04 ha/cap | 0.04 ha/cap | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.037 ha/cap | 0.03 ha/cap | 0.04 ha/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.03 ha/cap | 0.03 ha/cap | 0.03 ha/cap | 5 |
Countries ranked near Japan
- 199 Bahamas 0.03 ha/cap compare
- 199 Barbados 0.03 ha/cap compare
- 199 Brunei Darussalam 0.03 ha/cap compare
- 199 China, Taiwan Province of 0.03 ha/cap compare
- 199 Montenegro 0.03 ha/cap compare
- 199 Naoero 0.03 ha/cap compare
- 199 Netherlands Antilles (former) 0.03 ha/cap compare
- 199 New Caledonia 0.03 ha/cap compare
- 199 Republic of Korea 0.03 ha/cap compare
More environment data for Japan
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 66.55 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 2,843 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 1,340 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 0.85 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 6.77 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 310 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 5.43 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 249 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 87.8 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 4,023 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cropland — area per capita in Japan?
- Cropland — area per capita in Japan was 0.03 ha/cap in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cropland — area per capita recorded in Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 0.06 ha/cap in 1961.
- What is the lowest cropland — area per capita recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.03 ha/cap in 2017.
- How does Japan rank for cropland — area per capita?
- Japan ranks 199th out of 232 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cropland — area per capita rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Japan data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cropland — Area per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 64 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
About this data
The FAOSTAT Land Use domain contains data on twenty-one land use categories and twenty-three categories of irrigation and agricultural practices. Data are available yearly and by country, regional and global levels. The domain includes Land Use Indicators providing information on the percentage share of agricultural and forest land, and their sub-components, including irrigated areas and areas under organic agriculture, within a country land use matrix. Data are available at country, regional and global level, for the following elements: (in percentage) i) Share in Land area; ii) Share in Agricultural land, iii) Share in Cropland; and iv) Share in Forest land; (in ha/pc) v) Area per capita.