Contact Contacts
Agricultural land share — all countries

Agricultural land share — Japan

Agricultural land share in Japan in 2023 — 12.64%. Ranked 171 in the world out of 209. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 6.75 pp.

2023 12.64% −0.08 pp vs 2022
World rank 171of 209
Period maximum 19.42%1962
Period minimum 12.64%2023

Trend over time

1961–2023 · % of land area

Agricultural land share — Japan, 1961–2023121416182019611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 19.39%1963: 19.14%1965: 19.1%1967: 18.65%1969: 18.14%1971: 17.84%1973: 17.52%1975: 17.25%1977: 17.03%1979: 16.86%1981: 16.71%1983: 16.57%1985: 16.5%1987: 16.34%1989: 16.12%1991: 15.86%1993: 15.6%1995: 15.26%1997: 14.92%1999: 14.6%2001: 14.3%2003: 14.1%2005: 13.94%2007: 13.79%2009: 13.65%2011: 13.5%2013: 13.42%2015: 13.29%2017: 13.11%2019: 12.94%2021: 12.78%2023: 12.64%
Change over the period: −6.75 pp Annual average: -0.11 pp

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Japan

Japan 12.64%
World 36.93%
East Asia & Pacific 46.82%
Eastern Asia computed 55.22%
High-income countries computed 28.2%
Agricultural land share — Japan, by year Japan All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 12.64 −0.08 pp
2022 12.72 −0.07 pp
2021 12.78 −0.06 pp
2020 12.84 −0.09 pp
2019 12.94 −0.09 pp
2018 13.02 −0.09 pp
2017 13.11 −0.1 pp
2016 13.2 −0.09 pp
2015 13.29 −0.07 pp
2014 13.36 −0.06 pp
2013 13.42 −0.04 pp
2012 13.46 −0.04 pp
2011 13.5 −0.09 pp
2010 13.59 −0.06 pp
2009 13.65 −0.07 pp
2008 13.72 −0.08 pp
2007 13.79 −0.07 pp
2006 13.86 −0.07 pp
2005 13.94 −0.08 pp
2004 14.02 −0.08 pp
2003 14.1 −0.1 pp
2002 14.2 −0.1 pp
2001 14.3 −0.12 pp
2000 14.43 −0.17 pp
1999 14.6 −0.15 pp
1998 14.75 −0.17 pp
1997 14.92 −0.17 pp
1996 15.09 −0.17 pp
1995 15.26 −0.17 pp
1994 15.43 −0.17 pp
1993 15.6 −0.14 pp
1992 15.73 −0.13 pp
1991 15.86 −0.13 pp
1990 16 −0.13 pp
1989 16.12 −0.13 pp
1988 16.25 −0.09 pp
1987 16.34 −0.07 pp
1986 16.41 −0.09 pp
1985 16.5 −0.07 pp
1984 16.57 −0 pp
1983 16.57 −0.07 pp
1982 16.64 −0.06 pp
1981 16.71 −0.09 pp
1980 16.79 −0.06 pp
1979 16.86 −0.09 pp
1978 16.94 −0.09 pp
1977 17.03 −0.09 pp
1976 17.12 −0.14 pp
1975 17.25 −0.14 pp
1974 17.39 −0.12 pp
1973 17.52 −0.13 pp
1972 17.65 −0.19 pp
1971 17.84 −0.42 pp
1970 18.26 +0.12 pp
1969 18.14 −0.4 pp
1968 18.54 −0.11 pp
1967 18.65 −0.16 pp
1966 18.81 −0.29 pp
1965 19.1 −0.07 pp
1964 19.17 +0.03 pp
1963 19.14 −0.27 pp
1962 19.42 +0.03 pp
1961 19.39 —

Eastern Asia, 2023

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

MN Mongolia 68.96 CN China 55.43 KP North Korea 21.55 KR South Korea 16.07 JP Japan 12.64 HK Hong Kong 3.81
Full table for all countries

About the indicator

The share of agricultural land in total land area: arable land, land under permanent crops, and permanent meadows and pastures. High values often come not from crop-growing countries but from pastoral ones — vast semi-desert rangelands formally count as agricultural land.

Important: The aggregate for country groups is weighted by land area.

Source: FAOSTAT (FAO), license CC BY 4.0.

Other indicators for Japan

Agriculture Agricultural land

How much land is taken up by arable land, permanent crops and pasture.

Japan by year Agriculture Arable land share

The part of the territory under annual crops, temporary meadows and fallow.

Japan by year Environment Land area

The area of a country excluding inland water bodies — the denominator for every land share.

Japan by year Agriculture Irrigated land

The share of agricultural land equipped for irrigation.

Japan by year
All indicators for Japan