Which has higher cropland area, Japan or Paraguay?

Paraguay, at 4.64 million against 4.30 million in Japan as of 2023.

How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Paraguay?

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

Our World in Data, published as Cropland area. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Japan

4.30 million

in 2023

Paraguay

4.64 million

in 2023

Japan rank

60th

Paraguay rank

58th

Paraguay currently reports 4.64 million against 4.30 million in Japan, a difference of 346,490.

That makes Paraguay's figure about 1.1 times Japan's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Japan ahead.

Japan ranks 60th and Paraguay ranks 58th of 219 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 6 and Paraguay in 1.

Decade	Japan	Paraguay	Difference	Ahead
1960s	5.96 million	879,111	5.08 million	Japan
1970s	5.61 million	1.16 million	4.45 million	Japan
1980s	5.38 million	1.98 million	3.40 million	Japan
1990s	5.06 million	2.59 million	2.47 million	Japan
2000s	4.71 million	3.49 million	1.22 million	Japan
2010s	4.50 million	4.14 million	360,717	Japan
2020s	4.34 million	4.57 million	236,038	Paraguay

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Which has higher cropland area, Japan or Paraguay?: Paraguay, at 4.64 million against 4.30 million in Japan as of 2023.
What is the difference in cropland area between Japan and Paraguay?: 346,490, with Paraguay ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Paraguay?: 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Japan and Paraguay rank globally for cropland area?: Japan ranks 60th and Paraguay ranks 58th of 219 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Our World in Data, published as Cropland area. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.