Japan - Arable land

Arable land (hectares)

The value for Arable land (hectares) in Japan was 4,142,000 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 5,660,000 in 1961 and a minimum value of 4,142,000 in 2018.

Definition: Arable land (in hectares) includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

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Year Value
1961 5,660,000
1962 5,620,000
1963 5,570,000
1964 5,530,000
1965 5,478,000
1966 5,453,000
1967 5,377,000
1968 5,320,000
1969 5,162,000
1970 5,196,000
1971 5,125,000
1972 5,057,000
1973 5,015,000
1974 4,978,000
1975 4,945,000
1976 4,921,000
1977 4,911,000
1978 4,898,000
1979 4,882,000
1980 4,874,000
1981 4,861,000
1982 4,852,000
1983 4,843,000
1984 4,836,000
1985 4,830,000
1986 4,820,000
1987 4,814,000
1988 4,806,000
1989 4,792,000
1990 4,768,000
1991 4,740,000
1992 4,714,000
1993 4,685,000
1994 4,660,000
1995 4,630,000
1996 4,602,000
1997 4,569,000
1998 4,535,000
1999 4,503,000
2000 4,474,000
2001 4,444,000
2002 4,419,000
2003 4,397,000
2004 4,379,000
2005 4,360,000
2006 4,343,000
2007 4,326,000
2008 4,308,000
2009 4,294,000
2010 4,282,000
2011 4,254,000
2012 4,246,000
2013 4,238,000
2014 4,222,000
2015 4,205,000
2016 4,184,000
2017 4,161,000
2018 4,142,000

Arable land (hectares per person)

The value for Arable land (hectares per person) in Japan was 0.033 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.060 in 1961 and a minimum value of 0.033 in 2018.

Definition: Arable land (hectares per person) includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

See also:

Year Value
1961 0.060
1962 0.059
1963 0.058
1964 0.057
1965 0.056
1966 0.055
1967 0.054
1968 0.053
1969 0.050
1970 0.050
1971 0.048
1972 0.047
1973 0.046
1974 0.045
1975 0.044
1976 0.044
1977 0.043
1978 0.043
1979 0.042
1980 0.042
1981 0.041
1982 0.041
1983 0.041
1984 0.040
1985 0.040
1986 0.040
1987 0.039
1988 0.039
1989 0.039
1990 0.039
1991 0.038
1992 0.038
1993 0.038
1994 0.037
1995 0.037
1996 0.037
1997 0.036
1998 0.036
1999 0.036
2000 0.035
2001 0.035
2002 0.035
2003 0.034
2004 0.034
2005 0.034
2006 0.034
2007 0.034
2008 0.034
2009 0.034
2010 0.033
2011 0.033
2012 0.033
2013 0.033
2014 0.033
2015 0.033
2016 0.033
2017 0.033
2018 0.033

Arable land (% of land area)

Arable land (% of land area) in Japan was 11.36 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 57 years was 15.43 in 1961, while its lowest value was 11.36 in 2018.

Definition: Arable land includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

See also:

Year Value
1961 15.43
1962 15.33
1963 15.19
1964 15.08
1965 14.94
1966 14.87
1967 14.66
1968 14.51
1969 14.08
1970 14.17
1971 13.98
1972 13.79
1973 13.68
1974 13.58
1975 13.49
1976 13.43
1977 13.40
1978 13.37
1979 13.32
1980 13.31
1981 13.27
1982 13.25
1983 13.23
1984 13.26
1985 13.25
1986 13.22
1987 13.20
1988 13.18
1989 13.14
1990 13.08
1991 13.00
1992 12.93
1993 12.85
1994 12.78
1995 12.70
1996 12.63
1997 12.53
1998 12.44
1999 12.35
2000 12.27
2001 12.19
2002 12.12
2003 12.06
2004 12.01
2005 11.96
2006 11.91
2007 11.87
2008 11.82
2009 11.78
2010 11.75
2011 11.67
2012 11.65
2013 11.63
2014 11.58
2015 11.54
2016 11.48
2017 11.42
2018 11.36

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use