Japan - Land area (sq. km)

The value for Land area (sq. km) in Japan was 364,500 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 366,700 in 1971 and a minimum value of 364,500 in 1996.

Definition: 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.

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

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Year Value
1961 366,700
1962 366,700
1963 366,700
1964 366,700
1965 366,700
1966 366,700
1967 366,700
1968 366,700
1969 366,700
1970 366,700
1971 366,700
1972 366,600
1973 366,600
1974 366,600
1975 366,500
1976 366,500
1977 366,400
1978 366,400
1979 366,400
1980 366,300
1981 366,400
1982 366,200
1983 366,200
1984 364,700
1985 364,600
1986 364,700
1987 364,600
1988 364,600
1989 364,600
1990 364,600
1991 364,600
1992 364,600
1993 364,600
1994 364,600
1995 364,600
1996 364,500
1997 364,500
1998 364,500
1999 364,500
2000 364,500
2001 364,500
2002 364,500
2003 364,500
2004 364,500
2005 364,500
2006 364,500
2007 364,500
2008 364,500
2009 364,500
2010 364,500
2011 364,500
2012 364,500
2013 364,500
2014 364,500
2015 364,500
2016 364,500
2017 364,500
2018 364,500
2019 364,500
2020 364,500
2021 364,500

Development Relevance: Land area is particularly important for understanding an economy's agricultural capacity and the environmental effects of human activity. Innovations in satellite mapping and computer databases have resulted in more precise measurements of land and water areas. Population, land area, income, and output are basic measures of the size of an economy. They also provide a broad indication of actual and potential resources. Land area is therefore used as one of the major indicator to normalize other indicators.

Limitations and Exceptions: The data are collected by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations through annual questionnaires. The FAO tries to impose standard definitions and reporting methods, but complete consistency across countries and over time is not possible. The data collected from official national sources through the questionnaire are supplemented with information from official secondary data sources. The secondary sources cover official country data from websites of national ministries, national publications and related country data reported by various international organizations.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Total land area does not include inland water bodies such as major rivers and lakes. Variations from year to year may be due to updated or revised data rather than to change in area.

Aggregation method: Sum

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use