Which has higher agricultural land per capita, Japan or United States Virgin Islands?

United States Virgin Islands, at 0.0385 hectares per capita against 0.037 hectares per capita in Japan as of 2023.

What is the difference in agricultural land per capita between Japan and United States Virgin Islands?

0.0015 hectares per capita, with United States Virgin Islands ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and United States Virgin Islands?

63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Agricultural land per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Japan vs United States Virgin Islands: Agricultural land per capita

Japan

0.037 hectares per capita

in 2023

United States Virgin Islands

0.0385 hectares per capita

in 2023

Japan rank

204th

United States Virgin Islands rank

203rd

Agricultural land per capita over time

Japan
United States Virgin Islands

How they compare

United States Virgin Islands currently reports 0.0385 hectares per capita against 0.037 hectares per capita in Japan, a difference of 0.0015 hectares per capita.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was United States Virgin Islands ahead.

Japan ranks 204th and United States Virgin Islands ranks 203rd of 226 countries.

United States Virgin Islands has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Japan	United States Virgin Islands	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.0688 hectares per capita	0.3073 hectares per capita	0.2385 hectares per capita	United States Virgin Islands
1970s	0.0568 hectares per capita	0.1899 hectares per capita	0.1331 hectares per capita	United States Virgin Islands
1980s	0.0499 hectares per capita	0.1333 hectares per capita	0.0834 hectares per capita	United States Virgin Islands
1990s	0.0446 hectares per capita	0.0831 hectares per capita	0.0385 hectares per capita	United States Virgin Islands
2000s	0.0399 hectares per capita	0.0501 hectares per capita	0.0101 hectares per capita	United States Virgin Islands
2010s	0.038 hectares per capita	0.0387 hectares per capita	0.0007 hectares per capita	United States Virgin Islands
2020s	0.0371 hectares per capita	0.038 hectares per capita	0.001 hectares per capita	United States Virgin Islands

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher agricultural land per capita, Japan or United States Virgin Islands?: United States Virgin Islands, at 0.0385 hectares per capita against 0.037 hectares per capita in Japan as of 2023.
What is the difference in agricultural land per capita between Japan and United States Virgin Islands?: 0.0015 hectares per capita, with United States Virgin Islands ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and United States Virgin Islands?: 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Japan and United States Virgin Islands rank globally for agricultural land per capita?: Japan ranks 204th and United States Virgin Islands ranks 203rd of 226 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Agricultural land per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Agricultural land per capita
Unit: hectares per capita
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 226 places, 13,086 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Agricultural land is the sum of cropland and land used as pasture for grazing livestock.