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%.
Countries ranked near Greenland
More reference data data for Greenland
- Spring temperature anomalies -0.3783 °C (2026)
- Summer temperature anomalies 0.7088 °C (2026)
- Temperature anomalies by month 5.41 °C (2026)
- Winter temperature anomalies 4.1 °C (2025)
- Precipitation anomalies 46.03 millimeters (2025)
- Annual precipitation 482.24 millimeters (2025)
- Autumn temperature anomalies 1.8 °C (2025)
- Wealth share of the richest 1% 27.3% (2024)
- Share of men expected to survive to the age of 65 68.7% (2024)
- Share of adults who are overweight or obese 60.4% (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.