Nicaragua vs Venezuela: Breakdown of habitable land area

Nicaragua

954,230 hectares

in 2019

Venezuela

1.02 million hectares

in 2019

Nicaragua rank

34th

Venezuela rank

31st

Breakdown of habitable land area over time

Venezuela currently reports 1.02 million hectares against 954,230 hectares in Nicaragua, a difference of 61,880 hectares.

That makes Venezuela's figure about 1.1 times Nicaragua's.

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

Nicaragua ranks 34th and Venezuela ranks 31st 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.