Australia vs Turkey: Breakdown of habitable land area

Australia

1.20 million hectares

in 2019

Turkey

1.10 million hectares

in 2019

Australia rank

24th

Turkey rank

27th

Breakdown of habitable land area over time

Australia currently reports 1.20 million hectares against 1.10 million hectares in Turkey, a difference of 103,180 hectares.

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

The two have swapped places 1 time across 5 shared years of data; in 2015 it was Turkey ahead.

Australia ranks 24th and Turkey ranks 27th 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.