Arable land pin in Japan

Japan: Arable land pin was 0.9926 in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
0.9926
Change on year
up 1.7%
World rank
22nd
of 163 countries
All-time high
1
in 1961
All-time low
0.781
in 1977
Years of data
63
1961–2023

Arable land pin in Japan, 1961–2023

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Source: Our World in Data.

Analysis

Japan recorded 0.9926 for arable land pin in 2023.

The figure is up 1.7% on the previous year and up 3.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, arable land pin in Japan peaked at 1 in 1961 and was at its lowest, 0.781, in 1977.

That places Japan 22nd out of 163 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.

Arable land pin in Japan, year by year

Annual values for Arable land pin in Japan, 1961 to 2023.
Year Value Change
1961 1 —
1962 0.9642 -3.6%
1963 0.9468 -1.8%
1964 0.9377 -1.0%
1965 0.9255 -1.3%
1966 0.9004 -2.7%
1967 0.8349 -7.3%
1968 0.7959 -4.7%
1969 0.8161 +2.5%
1970 0.8585 +5.2%
1971 0.9026 +5.1%
1972 0.8311 -7.9%
1973 0.8323 +0.1%
1974 0.8416 +1.1%
1975 0.803 -4.6%
1976 0.8406 +4.7%
1977 0.781 -7.1%
1978 0.8097 +3.7%
1979 0.8042 -0.7%
1980 0.882 +9.7%
1981 0.8767 -0.6%
1982 0.8449 -3.6%
1983 0.8563 +1.3%
1984 0.8327 -2.8%
1985 0.8248 -1.0%
1986 0.819 -0.7%
1987 0.8373 +2.2%
1988 0.8856 +5.8%
1989 0.8759 -1.1%
1990 0.8811 +0.6%
1991 0.8804 -0.1%
1992 0.8362 -5.0%
1993 0.9484 +13.4%
1994 0.8318 -12.3%
1995 0.8568 +3.0%
1996 0.8763 +2.3%
1997 0.8607 -1.8%
1998 0.9272 +7.7%
1999 0.896 -3.4%
2000 0.8949 -0.1%
2001 0.8968 +0.2%
2002 0.9037 +0.8%
2003 0.9492 +5.0%
2004 0.9284 -2.2%
2005 0.9034 -2.7%
2006 0.9459 +4.7%
2007 0.9159 -3.2%
2008 0.905 -1.2%
2009 0.941 +4.0%
2010 0.9757 +3.7%
2011 0.97 -0.6%
2012 0.9581 -1.2%
2013 0.9596 +0.2%
2014 0.9483 -1.2%
2015 0.9641 +1.7%
2016 0.9741 +1.0%
2017 0.9653 -0.9%
2018 0.9764 +1.2%
2019 0.9649 -1.2%
2020 0.9793 +1.5%
2021 0.9752 -0.4%
2022 0.9761 +0.1%
2023 0.9926 +1.7%

Japan compared with similar countries

  • Japan's 0.9926 is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.5062, 2.0× the median. (53 countries reporting)
  • Japan's 0.9926 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.4156, 2.4× the median. (28 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 0.9024 0.7959 1 9
1970s 0.8304 0.781 0.9026 10
1980s 0.8535 0.819 0.8856 10
1990s 0.8795 0.8318 0.9484 10
2000s 0.9184 0.8949 0.9492 10
2010s 0.9656 0.9483 0.9764 10
2020s 0.9808 0.9752 0.9926 4

Countries ranked near Japan

  1. 19 Antigua and Barbuda 1.08 compare
  2. 20 Puerto Rico 1.05 compare
  3. 21 Equatorial Guinea 1.04 compare
  4. 23 Cape Verde 0.9671 compare
  5. 24 El Salvador 0.921 compare
  6. 25 Sierra Leone 0.8698 compare

See the full ranking of 163 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is arable land pin in Japan?
Arable land pin in Japan was 0.9926 in 2023, according to Our World in Data.
What is the highest arable land pin recorded in Japan?
The highest recorded value was 1 in 1961.
What is the lowest arable land pin recorded in Japan?
The lowest recorded value was 0.781 in 1977.
How does Japan rank for arable land pin?
Japan ranks 22nd out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
Is arable land pin rising or falling in Japan?
Over the last ten years it is up 3.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Japan data come from?
The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Arable land pin. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Arable land pin
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
163 places, 10,097 data points, 1961–2023
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