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Agricultural land in Japan

Agricultural land in Japan was 12.6% in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is down 0.1 pts from 2023. That is the 184th highest of 224 countries in 2024.

202412.6% Estimated
Change on 2023-0.1 pts
Rank184th of 224Countries ranked
Series high19.41962
Series low12.62024

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Agricultural land in Japan, 1961 to 2024

121416182019611971198119912001201120241961: 19.4 %1962: 19.4 %1963: 19.1 %1964: 19.2 %1965: 19.1 %1966: 18.8 %1967: 18.7 %1968: 18.5 %1969: 18.1 %1970: 18.3 %1971: 17.8 %1972: 17.7 %1973: 17.5 %1974: 17.4 %1975: 17.3 %1976: 17.1 %1977: 17 %1978: 16.9 %1979: 16.9 %1980: 16.8 %1981: 16.7 %1982: 16.6 %1983: 16.6 %1984: 16.6 %1985: 16.5 %1986: 16.4 %1987: 16.3 %1988: 16.3 %1989: 16.1 %1990: 16 %1991: 15.9 %1992: 15.7 %1993: 15.6 %1994: 15.4 %1995: 15.3 %1996: 15.1 %1997: 14.9 %1998: 14.8 %1999: 14.6 %2000: 14.4 %2001: 14.3 %2002: 14.2 %2003: 14.1 %2004: 14 %2005: 13.9 %2006: 13.9 %2007: 13.8 %2008: 13.7 %2009: 13.7 %2010: 13.6 %2011: 13.5 %2012: 13.5 %2013: 13.4 %2014: 13.4 %2015: 13.3 %2016: 13.2 %2017: 13.1 %2018: 13 %2019: 12.9 %2020: 12.8 %2021: 12.8 %2022: 12.7 %2023: 12.6 %2024: 12.6 %121416182019611983200520241961: 19.4 %1962: 19.4 %1963: 19.1 %1964: 19.2 %1965: 19.1 %1966: 18.8 %1967: 18.7 %1968: 18.5 %1969: 18.1 %1970: 18.3 %1971: 17.8 %1972: 17.7 %1973: 17.5 %1974: 17.4 %1975: 17.3 %1976: 17.1 %1977: 17 %1978: 16.9 %1979: 16.9 %1980: 16.8 %1981: 16.7 %1982: 16.6 %1983: 16.6 %1984: 16.6 %1985: 16.5 %1986: 16.4 %1987: 16.3 %1988: 16.3 %1989: 16.1 %1990: 16 %1991: 15.9 %1992: 15.7 %1993: 15.6 %1994: 15.4 %1995: 15.3 %1996: 15.1 %1997: 14.9 %1998: 14.8 %1999: 14.6 %2000: 14.4 %2001: 14.3 %2002: 14.2 %2003: 14.1 %2004: 14 %2005: 13.9 %2006: 13.9 %2007: 13.8 %2008: 13.7 %2009: 13.7 %2010: 13.6 %2011: 13.5 %2012: 13.5 %2013: 13.4 %2014: 13.4 %2015: 13.3 %2016: 13.2 %2017: 13.1 %2018: 13 %2019: 12.9 %2020: 12.8 %2021: 12.8 %2022: 12.7 %2023: 12.6 %2024: 12.6 %
%. Source: FAOSTAT, Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-10-02.
All 64 values
Period%
202412.6 Estimated
202312.6 Estimated
202212.7 Estimated
202112.8 Estimated
202012.8 Estimated
201912.9 Estimated
201813 Estimated
201713.1 Estimated
201613.2 Estimated
201513.3 Estimated
201413.4 Estimated
201313.4 Estimated
201213.5 Estimated
201113.5 Estimated
201013.6 Estimated
200913.7 Estimated
200813.7 Estimated
200713.8 Estimated
200613.9 Estimated
200513.9 Estimated
200414 Estimated
200314.1 Estimated
200214.2 Estimated
200114.3 Estimated
200014.4 Estimated
199914.6 Estimated
199814.8 Estimated
199714.9 Estimated
199615.1 Estimated
199515.3 Estimated
199415.4 Estimated
199315.6 Estimated
199215.7 Estimated
199115.9 Estimated
199016 Estimated
198916.1 Estimated
198816.3 Estimated
198716.3 Estimated
198616.4 Estimated
198516.5 Estimated
198416.6 Estimated
198316.6 Estimated
198216.6 Estimated
198116.7 Estimated
198016.8 Estimated
197916.9 Estimated
197816.9 Estimated
197717 Estimated
197617.1 Estimated
197517.3 Estimated
197417.4 Estimated
197317.5 Estimated
197217.7 Estimated
197117.8 Estimated
197018.3 Estimated
196918.1 Estimated
196818.5 Estimated
196718.7 Estimated
196618.8 Estimated
196519.1 Estimated
196419.2 Estimated
196319.1 Estimated
196219.4 Estimated
196119.4 Estimated

Japan compared with nearby places

United Arab Emirates: 5.6 %Afghanistan: 58.4 %Antigua and Barbuda: 21.1 %Albania: 41.1 %Armenia: 59.4 %Angola: 36.3 %Argentina: 45.8 %Austria: 31.1 %Australia: 47.3 %Azerbaijan: 57.8 %Bosnia and Herzegovina: 22.4 %Bangladesh: 72.2 %Belgium: 44.4 %Burkina Faso: 62.6 %Bulgaria: 46.2 %Burundi: 74.2 %Benin: 43.1 %Brunei: 2.9 %Bolivia: 36.1 %Brazil: 28.4 %Bahamas: 1.3 %Bhutan: 13.8 %Botswana: 45.6 %Belarus: 39.1 %Belize: 8.2 %Canada: 6.5 %Democratic Republic of the Congo: 16.2 %Central African Republic: 9.3 %Republic of the Congo: 31.2 %Switzerland: 37.7 %Côte d’Ivoire: 83.9 %Chile: 14.4 %Cameroon: 21.1 %China: 41.7 %Colombia: 36.5 %Costa Rica: 31.4 %Cuba: 61.7 %Cape Verde: 24.8 %Cyprus: 13.6 %Czechia: 45.8 %Germany: 47.4 %Djibouti: 73.5 %Denmark: 65.1 %Dominican Republic: 51.5 %Algeria: 17.4 %Ecuador: 20.3 %Estonia: 23 %Egypt: 4.3 %Western Sahara: 18.8 %Eritrea: 62.8 %Spain: 49.3 %Ethiopia: 34.3 %Finland: 7.4 %Fiji: 17 %Falkland Islands: 93.2 %Faroe Islands: 70.1 %France: 52.8 %Gabon: 6.9 %United Kingdom: 69.2 %Georgia: 33.7 %Ghana: 55.4 %Greenland: 0.6 %Gambia: 76.1 %Guinea: 73.2 %Equatorial Guinea: 3.4 %Greece: 38.9 %Guatemala: 46 %Guinea-Bissau: 31.4 %Guyana: 3.4 %Hong Kong: 3.8 %Honduras: 28.5 %Croatia: 26.2 %Haiti: 65.1 %Hungary: 55.5 %Indonesia: 28.9 %Ireland: 65.2 %Israel: 23.8 %Isle of Man: 68.3 %India: 59.9 %Iraq: 21.7 %Iran: 29 %Iceland: 16.3 %Italy: 43.6 %Jamaica: 39.1 %Jordan: 11.6 %Japan: 12.6 %Kenya: 50 %Kyrgyzstan: 54 %Cambodia: 34.7 %Kiribati: 41.9 %North Korea: 21.6 %South Korea: 16 %Kuwait: 8.4 %Cayman Islands: 11.3 %Kazakhstan: 79.2 %Laos: 9.5 %Lebanon: 63.7 %Sri Lanka: 48.8 %Liberia: 20.1 %Lesotho: 92.9 %Lithuania: 45.7 %Luxembourg: 51.7 %Latvia: 31.7 %Libya: 8.7 %Morocco: 67.2 %Moldova: 73.2 %Montenegro: 18.5 %Madagascar: 70.4 %North Macedonia: 49.2 %Mali: 34.2 %Myanmar: 19.9 %Mongolia: 68.8 %Mauritania: 38.5 %Mauritius: 40.9 %Malawi: 65 %Mexico: 50.6 %Malaysia: 24.8 %Mozambique: 56.1 %Namibia: 47.1 %New Caledonia: 9.8 %Niger: 36.8 %Nigeria: 77.1 %Netherlands: 53.4 %Norway: 2.7 %Nepal: 26.1 %New Zealand: 36.8 %Oman: 4.8 %Panama: 23.1 %Peru: 19 %French Polynesia: 8.1 %Papua New Guinea: 3.1 %Philippines: 42.8 %Pakistan: 47.2 %Poland: 46.2 %Puerto Rico: 18.5 %Palestine: 64.9 %Portugal: 41.3 %Palau: 9.4 %Paraguay: 54.1 %Qatar: 6.4 %Romania: 55.2 %Serbia: 38.1 %Russia: 13.2 %Rwanda: 75.7 %Saudi Arabia: 81.7 %Solomon Islands: 4.1 %Sudan: 60.3 %Sweden: 7.3 %Singapore: 0.9 %Slovenia: 30.4 %Slovakia: 37.8 %Sierra Leone: 55.2 %Senegal: 49.4 %Somalia: 70.3 %Suriname: 0.5 %South Sudan: 44.7 %El Salvador: 57.3 %Syria: 74.1 %Eswatini: 69.6 %Chad: 40 %Togo: 69.1 %Thailand: 43.3 %Tajikistan: 28 %Timor-Leste: 23 %Turkmenistan: 84.3 %Tunisia: 62.1 %Türkiye: 50.2 %Trinidad and Tobago: 11.6 %Taiwan: 21.9 %Tanzania: 45.1 %Ukraine: 71.3 %Uganda: 80.3 %United States: 46.1 %Uruguay: 87.4 %Uzbekistan: 59 %Venezuela: 24.4 %Vietnam: 39.2 %Vanuatu: 13.3 %Samoa: 17.8 %Yemen: 44.4 %South Africa: 79.4 %Zambia: 32.1 %Zimbabwe: 48.1 %
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Agricultural land, 2024, %. Japan is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

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Definition

Agricultural land as a share of land area: cropland (arable land and permanent crops) plus permanent meadows and pastures. Land area excludes inland waters. FAOSTAT land use domain, element "Share in Land area".

Many countries report land use rarely, so FAO often carries the last figure forward and recent years can repeat earlier ones. This is the FAO series the World Bank republishes as AG.LND.AGRI.ZS. FAO fills gaps in national reporting with its own estimates and imputations, which are marked as estimated, and revises past years when countries send new figures.

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FAO. 2026. FAOSTAT: Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209). Accessed on 2026-10-12. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip Licence: CC-BY-4.0. FAO does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. (2026). Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209) (Agricultural land, Japan, 1961 to 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip

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Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209), Agricultural land, Japan, 1961 to 2024. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2 Oct. 2026, https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/agricultural-land-share/japan. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 2026. Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209). Agricultural land, Japan, 1961 to 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/agricultural-land-share/japan.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209), Agricultural land, Japan, 1961 to 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/agricultural-land-share/japan (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  title = {{Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, \% (item 6610, element 7209): Agricultural land, Japan, 1961 to 2024}},
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}
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What is the agricultural land in Japan?

Agricultural land in Japan was 12.6% in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is down 0.1 pts from 2023. That is the 184th highest of 224 countries in 2024.

Where does this figure come from?

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest agricultural land in Japan?

19.4% in 1962, the highest value since 1961 in this series.

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