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

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.

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.