Costa Rica vs Japan: Arable land (hectares), per capita

Costa Rica
0.0327 hectares per person
in 2023
Japan
0.0325 hectares per person
in 2023
Costa Rica rank
156th
Japan rank
157th

Arable land (hectares), per capita over time

  • Costa Rica
  • Japan
0.050.10.150.2196119922023

How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 0.0327 hectares per person against 0.0325 hectares per person in Japan, a difference of 0.0002 hectares per person.

Across all 63 years both countries report, Costa Rica has been ahead every year.

Costa Rica ranks 156th and Japan ranks 157th of 206 countries.

Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica Japan Difference Ahead
1960s 0.1811 hectares per person 0.0558 hectares per person 0.1252 hectares per person Costa Rica
1970s 0.1376 hectares per person 0.0453 hectares per person 0.0923 hectares per person Costa Rica
1980s 0.1044 hectares per person 0.0402 hectares per person 0.0642 hectares per person Costa Rica
1990s 0.0665 hectares per person 0.0371 hectares per person 0.0294 hectares per person Costa Rica
2000s 0.0493 hectares per person 0.0343 hectares per person 0.015 hectares per person Costa Rica
2010s 0.0451 hectares per person 0.033 hectares per person 0.012 hectares per person Costa Rica
2020s 0.033 hectares per person 0.0325 hectares per person 0.0005 hectares per person Costa Rica

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher arable land (hectares), per capita, Costa Rica or Japan?
Costa Rica, at 0.0327 hectares per person against 0.0325 hectares per person in Japan as of 2023.
What is the difference in arable land (hectares), per capita between Costa Rica and Japan?
0.0002 hectares per person, with Costa Rica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Japan?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Costa Rica and Japan rank globally for arable land (hectares), per capita?
Costa Rica ranks 156th and Japan ranks 157th of 206 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Arable land (hectares), per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Costa Rica vs Japan: Arable land (hectares), per capita. Statizoid, drawing on Statizoid (derived). Retrieved 06 October 2026, from https://agriculture.statizoid.com/compare/arable-land-hectares-per-capita/costa-rica/japan/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page; please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://agriculture.statizoid.com/compare/arable-land-hectares-per-capita/costa-rica/japan/">Costa Rica vs Japan: Arable land (hectares), per capita</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Arable land (hectares), per capita
Unit
hectares per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
206 places, 11,842 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

Arable land (hectares) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.