Greenland vs Zimbabwe: Land area in hectares

Greenland
41.05 million hectares
in 2023
Zimbabwe
38.69 million hectares
in 2023
Greenland rank
58th
Zimbabwe rank
61st

Land area in hectares over time

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

How they compare

Greenland currently reports 41.05 million hectares against 38.69 million hectares in Zimbabwe, a difference of 2.36 million hectares.

That makes Greenland's figure about 1.1 times Zimbabwe's.

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

Greenland ranks 58th and Zimbabwe ranks 61st 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.