Italy vs Spain: Breakdown of habitable land area

Italy
260,020 hectares
in 2019
Spain
216,820 hectares
in 2019
Italy rank
61st
Spain rank
63rd

Breakdown of habitable land area over time

  • Italy
  • Spain
0100.0k200.0k300.0k201520172019

How they compare

Italy currently reports 260,020 hectares against 216,820 hectares in Spain, a difference of 43,200 hectares.

That makes Italy's figure about 1.2 times Spain's.

Across all 5 years both countries report, Italy has been ahead every year.

Italy ranks 61st and Spain ranks 63rd of 235 countries.

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About this data

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

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