Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Japan
Japan: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops 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 needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Japan, 1961–2023
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.
Analysis
Japan recorded 0.9926 for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops 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 needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops 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 needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Japan, year by year
| 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
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | 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
- 19 Antigua and Barbuda 1.08 compare
- 20 Puerto Rico 1.05 compare
- 21 Equatorial Guinea 1.04 compare
- 23 Cape Verde 0.9671 compare
- 24 El Salvador 0.921 compare
- 25 Sierra Leone 0.8698 compare
More reference data data for Japan
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 1.19 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.981 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 4.49 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.3629 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 4.49 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 3.98 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 4.16 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 5.57 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 23.74 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 1.98 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Japan?
- Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Japan was 0.9926 in 2023, according to 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.
- What is the highest arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops recorded in Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 1 in 1961.
- What is the lowest arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.781 in 1977.
- How does Japan rank for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
- Japan ranks 22nd out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops 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 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 part of Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Index of arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops (where values in 1961 are equal to 1.0).