Breakdown of habitable land area in Greenland
Greenland: Breakdown of habitable land area was 1.54 million hectares in 2019. ▬ Flat
Breakdown of habitable land area in Greenland, 2015–2019
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in hectares.
Analysis
Greenland recorded 1.54 million hectares for breakdown of habitable land area in 2019. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.8% on the previous year and up 4.1% over five years.
That places Greenland 19th out of 235 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top 10%.
Breakdown of habitable land area in Greenland, year by year
| Year | hectares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1.48 million hectares | — |
| 2016 | 1.52 million hectares | +2.6% |
| 2017 | 1.52 million hectares | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 1.52 million hectares | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 1.54 million hectares | +0.8% |
Greenland compared with similar countries
- Greenland's 1.54 million hectares is above the median for high income countries, which is 21,280 hectares, 72.2× the median. (82 countries reporting)
- Greenland's 1.54 million hectares is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 110,340 hectares, 13.9× the median. (56 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near Greenland
More reference data data for Greenland
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture 0.2128 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0004 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0986 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture 0.1141 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0041 (2019)
- Official exchange rate, LCU per USD, period average 6.82 (2017)
- Annual precipitation, annual growth rate 7.26 % change on previous year (2025)
- Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture, per unit of GDP 0 metric tons per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture, per capita 0.0005 metric tons per person (2024)
- Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture 30 metric tons (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is breakdown of habitable land area in Greenland?
- Breakdown of habitable land area in Greenland was 1.54 million hectares in 2019, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest breakdown of habitable land area recorded in Greenland?
- The highest recorded value was 1.54 million hectares in 2019.
- What is the lowest breakdown of habitable land area recorded in Greenland?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.48 million hectares in 2015.
- How does Greenland rank for breakdown of habitable land area?
- Greenland ranks 19th out of 235 countries with data for 2019.
- Where does this Greenland data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Breakdown of habitable land area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.