What is the difference in agricultural land use per person between Egypt and Japan?

0.0017 hectares per person, with Egypt ahead.

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

108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.

Where does this data come from?

HYDE (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Agricultural land use per person. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Egypt vs Japan: Agricultural land use per person

Egypt

0.0388 hectares per person

in 2025

Japan

0.0371 hectares per person

in 2025

Egypt rank

180th

Japan rank

183rd

Agricultural land use per person over time

Egypt
Japan

How they compare

Egypt currently reports 0.0388 hectares per person against 0.0371 hectares per person in Japan, a difference of 0.0017 hectares per person.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Japan ahead.

Egypt ranks 180th and Japan ranks 183rd of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Egypt averaged higher in 13 and Japan in 27.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Egypt	Japan	Difference	Ahead
1000s	0.0953 hectares per person	0.1839 hectares per person	0.0886 hectares per person	Japan
1100s	0.0953 hectares per person	0.1815 hectares per person	0.0862 hectares per person	Japan
1200s	0.0953 hectares per person	0.1465 hectares per person	0.0512 hectares per person	Japan
1300s	0.0953 hectares per person	0.1413 hectares per person	0.046 hectares per person	Japan
1400s	0.0953 hectares per person	0.1336 hectares per person	0.0383 hectares per person	Japan
1500s	0.0953 hectares per person	0.1274 hectares per person	0.0321 hectares per person	Japan
1600s	0.0953 hectares per person	0.1205 hectares per person	0.0252 hectares per person	Japan
1700s	0.0953 hectares per person	0.1126 hectares per person	0.0173 hectares per person	Japan
1710s	0.0953 hectares per person	0.1115 hectares per person	0.0162 hectares per person	Japan
1720s	0.0953 hectares per person	0.1131 hectares per person	0.0178 hectares per person	Japan
1730s	0.0953 hectares per person	0.1121 hectares per person	0.0168 hectares per person	Japan
1740s	0.0953 hectares per person	0.111 hectares per person	0.0157 hectares per person	Japan
1750s	0.0953 hectares per person	0.1081 hectares per person	0.0128 hectares per person	Japan
1760s	0.0953 hectares per person	0.107 hectares per person	0.0117 hectares per person	Japan
1770s	0.0953 hectares per person	0.1059 hectares per person	0.0105 hectares per person	Japan
1780s	0.0953 hectares per person	0.103 hectares per person	0.0076 hectares per person	Japan
1790s	0.0953 hectares per person	0.1018 hectares per person	0.0065 hectares per person	Japan
1800s	0.0953 hectares per person	0.1006 hectares per person	0.0053 hectares per person	Japan
1810s	0.0953 hectares per person	0.0993 hectares per person	0.004 hectares per person	Japan
1820s	0.0953 hectares per person	0.0981 hectares per person	0.0028 hectares per person	Japan
1830s	0.0953 hectares per person	0.0991 hectares per person	0.0038 hectares per person	Japan
1840s	0.0953 hectares per person	0.0978 hectares per person	0.0025 hectares per person	Japan
1850s	0.0953 hectares per person	0.0965 hectares per person	0.0012 hectares per person	Japan
1860s	0.0892 hectares per person	0.0937 hectares per person	0.0045 hectares per person	Japan
1870s	0.0892 hectares per person	0.0923 hectares per person	0.0031 hectares per person	Japan
1880s	0.0892 hectares per person	0.0909 hectares per person	0.0017 hectares per person	Japan
1890s	0.0884 hectares per person	0.0879 hectares per person	0.0005 hectares per person	Egypt
1900s	0.0884 hectares per person	0.0864 hectares per person	0.002 hectares per person	Egypt
1910s	0.089 hectares per person	0.0849 hectares per person	0.0041 hectares per person	Egypt
1920s	0.0965 hectares per person	0.0832 hectares per person	0.0133 hectares per person	Egypt
1930s	0.0975 hectares per person	0.0815 hectares per person	0.016 hectares per person	Egypt
1940s	0.094 hectares per person	0.0817 hectares per person	0.0123 hectares per person	Egypt
1950s	0.0938 hectares per person	0.0769 hectares per person	0.0169 hectares per person	Egypt
1960s	0.0868 hectares per person	0.071 hectares per person	0.0158 hectares per person	Egypt
1970s	0.0711 hectares per person	0.058 hectares per person	0.0131 hectares per person	Egypt
1980s	0.0505 hectares per person	0.0506 hectares per person	0.0001 hectares per person	Japan
1990s	0.0487 hectares per person	0.045 hectares per person	0.0037 hectares per person	Egypt
2000s	0.0457 hectares per person	0.0404 hectares per person	0.0053 hectares per person	Egypt
2010s	0.0408 hectares per person	0.0385 hectares per person	0.0022 hectares per person	Egypt
2020s	0.0388 hectares per person	0.0373 hectares per person	0.0014 hectares per person	Egypt

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher agricultural land use per person, Egypt or Japan?: Egypt, at 0.0388 hectares per person against 0.0371 hectares per person in Japan as of 2025.
What is the difference in agricultural land use per person between Egypt and Japan?: 0.0017 hectares per person, with Egypt ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Japan?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Egypt and Japan rank globally for agricultural land use per person?: Egypt ranks 180th and Japan ranks 183rd of 202 countries.
Where does this data come from?: HYDE (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Agricultural land use per person. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Agricultural land use per person
Unit: hectares per person
Source: HYDE (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 202 places, 21,784 data points, 1000–2025
Last refreshed: 09 October 2026

Total agricultural land per person for each separate country over time.