Italy vs Syria: Agricultural land — Area

Italy
12,902 1000 ha
in 2024
Syria
13,613 1000 ha
in 2024
Italy rank
75th
Syria rank
72nd

Agricultural land — Area over time

  • Italy
  • Syria
05.0k10.0k15.0k20.0k196119922024

How they compare

Syria currently reports 13,613 1000 ha against 12,902 1000 ha in Italy, a difference of 711 1000 ha.

That makes Syria's figure about 1.1 times Italy's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Italy ahead.

Italy ranks 75th and Syria ranks 72nd of 255 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Italy averaged higher in 5 and Syria in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Italy Syria Difference Ahead
1960s 20,457 1000 ha 14,248 1000 ha 6,209 1000 ha Italy
1970s 17,806 1000 ha 14,040 1000 ha 3,766 1000 ha Italy
1980s 17,199 1000 ha 13,926 1000 ha 3,273 1000 ha Italy
1990s 15,779 1000 ha 13,695 1000 ha 2,084 1000 ha Italy
2000s 14,730 1000 ha 13,832 1000 ha 898.26 1000 ha Italy
2010s 13,251 1000 ha 13,917 1000 ha 665.21 1000 ha Syria
2020s 12,620 1000 ha 13,702 1000 ha 1,082 1000 ha Syria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher agricultural land — area, Italy or Syria?
Syria, at 13,613 1000 ha against 12,902 1000 ha in Italy as of 2024.
What is the difference in agricultural land — area between Italy and Syria?
711 1000 ha, with Syria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Syria?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Italy and Syria rank globally for agricultural land — area?
Italy ranks 75th and Syria ranks 72nd of 255 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Agricultural land — Area. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Italy vs Syria: Agricultural land — Area. Statizoid, drawing on Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved 21 September 2026, from https://environment.statizoid.com/compare/agricultural-land-area/italy/syrian-arab-republic/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://environment.statizoid.com/compare/agricultural-land-area/italy/syrian-arab-republic/">Italy vs Syria: Agricultural land — Area</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Agricultural land — Area
Unit
1000 ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
288 places, 16,964 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed

The FAOSTAT Land Use domain contains data on twenty-one land use categories and twenty-three categories of irrigation and agricultural practices. Data are available yearly and by country, regional and global levels. The domain includes Land Use Indicators providing information on the percentage share of agricultural and forest land, and their sub-components, including irrigated areas and areas under organic agriculture, within a country land use matrix. Data are available at country, regional and global level, for the following elements: (in percentage) i) Share in Land area; ii) Share in Agricultural land, iii) Share in Cropland; and iv) Share in Forest land; (in ha/pc) v) Area per capita.