How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Puerto Rico?

63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Japan vs Puerto Rico: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops

Japan

0.9926

in 2023

Puerto Rico

1.05

in 2023

Japan rank

22nd

Puerto Rico rank

20th

Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops over time

Japan
Puerto Rico

How they compare

Puerto Rico currently reports 1.05 against 0.9926 in Japan, a difference of 0.0574.

That makes Puerto Rico's figure about 1.1 times Japan's.

The two have swapped places 14 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Puerto Rico ahead.

Japan ranks 22nd and Puerto Rico ranks 20th of 163 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 2 and Puerto Rico in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Japan	Puerto Rico	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.9024	0.9897	0.0873	Puerto Rico
1970s	0.8304	0.9611	0.1306	Puerto Rico
1980s	0.8535	0.8501	0.0035	Japan
1990s	0.8795	0.8745	0.005	Japan
2000s	0.9184	1.16	0.2451	Puerto Rico
2010s	0.9656	1.19	0.227	Puerto Rico
2020s	0.9808	1.05	0.0683	Puerto Rico

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops, Japan or Puerto Rico?: Puerto Rico, at 1.05 against 0.9926 in Japan as of 2023.
What is the difference in arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops between Japan and Puerto Rico?: 0.0574, with Puerto Rico ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Puerto Rico?: 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Japan and Puerto Rico rank globally for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?: Japan ranks 22nd and Puerto Rico ranks 20th of 163 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 163 places, 10,097 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

Index of arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops (where values in 1961 are equal to 1.0).