Greenland vs Sweden: Land area in hectares

Greenland
41.05 million hectares
in 2023
Sweden
40.73 million hectares
in 2023
Greenland rank
58th
Sweden rank
59th

Land area in hectares over time

  • Greenland
  • Sweden
010.0M20.0M30.0M40.0M196119922023

How they compare

Greenland currently reports 41.05 million hectares against 40.73 million hectares in Sweden, a difference of 318,000 hectares.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Sweden ahead.

Greenland ranks 58th and Sweden ranks 59th of 233 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Land area in hectares
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
239 places, 13,636 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

Total land area, measured in hectares. 100 hectares is one square kilometer. Land area is a country's total area, excluding area under inland water bodies, national claims to continental shelf, and exclusive economic zones. In most cases the definition of inland water bodies includes major rivers and lakes.