Australia vs Peru: Breakdown of habitable land area
Australia
1.20 million hectares
in 2019
Peru
1.25 million hectares
in 2019
Australia rank
24th
Peru rank
23rd
Breakdown of habitable land area over time
- Australia
- Peru
How they compare
Peru currently reports 1.25 million hectares against 1.20 million hectares in Australia, a difference of 43,740 hectares.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 5 shared years of data; in 2015 it was Peru ahead.
Australia ranks 24th and Peru ranks 23rd of 235 countries.
Peru has averaged higher in every one of the 1 decades both report.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher breakdown of habitable land area, Australia or Peru?
- Peru, at 1.25 million hectares against 1.20 million hectares in Australia as of 2019.
- What is the difference in breakdown of habitable land area between Australia and Peru?
- 43,740 hectares, with Peru ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Peru?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 2015 to 2019.
- How do Australia and Peru rank globally for breakdown of habitable land area?
- Australia ranks 24th and Peru ranks 23rd of 235 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) β with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Breakdown of habitable land area. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Habitable land is defined as ice- and barren-free land. Agricultural land is the sum of croplands and pasture for grazing.