Guyana vs Sri Lanka: Breakdown of habitable land area

Guyana

96,040 hectares

in 2019

Sri Lanka

96,890 hectares

in 2019

Guyana rank

92nd

Sri Lanka rank

91st

Breakdown of habitable land area over time

Sri Lanka currently reports 96,890 hectares against 96,040 hectares in Guyana, a difference of 850 hectares.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 5 shared years of data; in 2015 it was Guyana ahead.

Guyana ranks 92nd and Sri Lanka ranks 91st 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.