Japan vs Norway: Land area in hectares

Japan
36.46 million hectares
in 2023
Norway
36.43 million hectares
in 2023
Japan rank
62nd
Norway rank
63rd

Land area in hectares over time

  • Japan
  • Norway
010.0M20.0M30.0M40.0M196119922023

How they compare

Japan currently reports 36.46 million hectares against 36.43 million hectares in Norway, a difference of 29,900 hectares.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Japan ahead.

Japan ranks 62nd and Norway ranks 63rd of 233 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Land area in hectares
Unit
hectares
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
239 places, 13,636 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

Total land area, measured in hectares. 100 hectares is one square kilometer. Land area is a country's total area, excluding area under inland water bodies, national claims to continental shelf, and exclusive economic zones. In most cases the definition of inland water bodies includes major rivers and lakes.