Australia vs Chile: Breakdown of habitable land area

Australia

1.20 million hectares

in 2019

Chile

1.26 million hectares

in 2019

Australia rank

24th

Chile rank

22nd

Breakdown of habitable land area over time

Chile currently reports 1.26 million hectares against 1.20 million hectares in Australia, a difference of 61,120 hectares.

That makes Chile's figure about 1.1 times Australia's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 5 shared years of data; in 2015 it was Chile ahead.

Australia ranks 24th and Chile ranks 22nd of 235 countries.

Indicator: Breakdown of habitable land area
Unit: hectares
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: 235 places, 1,175 data points, 2015–2019
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Habitable land is defined as ice- and barren-free land. Agricultural land is the sum of croplands and pasture for grazing.