What is the difference in protected areas between Greece and Italy?

18,711 Square kilometre, with Italy ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Greece and Italy?

13 years are reported by both, from 2011 to 2023.

Eurostat, published as Protected areas. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Greece

45,721 Square kilometre

in 2023

Italy

64,432 Square kilometre

in 2023

Greece rank

9th

Italy rank

6th

Italy currently reports 64,432 Square kilometre against 45,721 Square kilometre in Greece, a difference of 18,711 Square kilometre.

That makes Italy's figure about 1.4 times Greece's.

Across all 13 years both countries report, Italy has been ahead every year.

Greece ranks 9th and Italy ranks 6th of 27 countries.

Italy has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Decade	Greece	Italy	Difference	Ahead
2010s	45,743 Square kilometre	64,240 Square kilometre	18,497 Square kilometre	Italy
2020s	45,788 Square kilometre	64,414 Square kilometre	18,626 Square kilometre	Italy

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Which has higher protected areas, Greece or Italy?: Italy, at 64,432 Square kilometre against 45,721 Square kilometre in Greece as of 2023.
What is the difference in protected areas between Greece and Italy?: 18,711 Square kilometre, with Italy ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Greece and Italy?: 13 years are reported by both, from 2011 to 2023.
How do Greece and Italy rank globally for protected areas?: Greece ranks 9th and Italy ranks 6th of 27 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Eurostat, published as Protected areas. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.