Sri Lanka vs Syria: Breakdown of habitable land area
Sri Lanka
96,890 hectares
in 2019
Syria
104,370 hectares
in 2019
Sri Lanka rank
91st
Syria rank
90th
Breakdown of habitable land area over time
- Sri Lanka
- Syria
How they compare
Syria currently reports 104,370 hectares against 96,890 hectares in Sri Lanka, a difference of 7,480 hectares.
That makes Syria's figure about 1.1 times Sri Lanka's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 5 shared years of data; in 2015 it was Sri Lanka ahead.
Sri Lanka ranks 91st and Syria ranks 90th of 235 countries.
Syria has averaged higher in every one of the 1 decades both report.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher breakdown of habitable land area, Sri Lanka or Syria?
- Syria, at 104,370 hectares against 96,890 hectares in Sri Lanka as of 2019.
- What is the difference in breakdown of habitable land area between Sri Lanka and Syria?
- 7,480 hectares, with Syria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Sri Lanka and Syria?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 2015 to 2019.
- How do Sri Lanka and Syria rank globally for breakdown of habitable land area?
- Sri Lanka ranks 91st and Syria ranks 90th 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.