What is the difference in land use over the long-term between Austria and Czechia?

140,780 hectares, with Austria ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Austria and Czechia?

108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.

Where does this data come from?

HYDE (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Land use over the long-term. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Austria vs Czechia: Land use over the long-term

Austria

1.16 million hectares

in 2025

Czechia

1.02 million hectares

in 2025

Austria rank

103rd

Czechia rank

106th

Land use over the long-term over time

Austria
Czechia

How they compare

Austria currently reports 1.16 million hectares against 1.02 million hectares in Czechia, a difference of 140,780 hectares.

That makes Austria's figure about 1.1 times Czechia's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Czechia ahead.

Austria ranks 103rd and Czechia ranks 106th of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Austria averaged higher in 12 and Czechia in 28.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Austria	Czechia	Difference	Ahead
1000s	1.77 million hectares	2.28 million hectares	507,010 hectares	Czechia
1100s	2.90 million hectares	3.48 million hectares	580,740 hectares	Czechia
1200s	3.19 million hectares	3.68 million hectares	485,310 hectares	Czechia
1300s	3.76 million hectares	4.07 million hectares	301,190 hectares	Czechia
1400s	2.71 million hectares	3.91 million hectares	1.19 million hectares	Czechia
1500s	3.14 million hectares	3.39 million hectares	250,960 hectares	Czechia
1600s	2.68 million hectares	4.14 million hectares	1.46 million hectares	Czechia
1700s	2.63 million hectares	4.02 million hectares	1.39 million hectares	Czechia
1710s	2.56 million hectares	3.82 million hectares	1.26 million hectares	Czechia
1720s	2.46 million hectares	3.59 million hectares	1.13 million hectares	Czechia
1730s	2.35 million hectares	3.35 million hectares	1.00 million hectares	Czechia
1740s	2.21 million hectares	3.10 million hectares	885,010 hectares	Czechia
1750s	2.06 million hectares	2.83 million hectares	769,730 hectares	Czechia
1760s	2.04 million hectares	2.77 million hectares	728,090 hectares	Czechia
1770s	2.01 million hectares	2.70 million hectares	692,760 hectares	Czechia
1780s	1.98 million hectares	2.64 million hectares	657,640 hectares	Czechia
1790s	1.93 million hectares	2.56 million hectares	632,930 hectares	Czechia
1800s	1.84 million hectares	2.48 million hectares	642,500 hectares	Czechia
1810s	1.76 million hectares	2.40 million hectares	636,870 hectares	Czechia
1820s	1.77 million hectares	2.32 million hectares	544,660 hectares	Czechia
1830s	1.86 million hectares	2.56 million hectares	699,590 hectares	Czechia
1840s	1.87 million hectares	2.75 million hectares	880,000 hectares	Czechia
1850s	1.91 million hectares	2.70 million hectares	791,540 hectares	Czechia
1860s	1.96 million hectares	2.70 million hectares	733,400 hectares	Czechia
1870s	2.03 million hectares	2.69 million hectares	654,500 hectares	Czechia
1880s	2.12 million hectares	2.64 million hectares	524,710 hectares	Czechia
1890s	2.19 million hectares	2.54 million hectares	350,040 hectares	Czechia
1900s	2.30 million hectares	2.47 million hectares	174,620 hectares	Czechia
1910s	2.40 million hectares	2.40 million hectares	6,760 hectares	Austria
1920s	2.18 million hectares	2.18 million hectares	1,490 hectares	Austria
1930s	2.12 million hectares	2.03 million hectares	94,270 hectares	Austria
1940s	1.98 million hectares	1.55 million hectares	432,470 hectares	Austria
1950s	1.85 million hectares	1.10 million hectares	747,228 hectares	Austria
1960s	1.74 million hectares	945,738 hectares	797,002 hectares	Austria
1970s	1.59 million hectares	914,108 hectares	673,752 hectares	Austria
1980s	1.51 million hectares	871,689 hectares	640,151 hectares	Austria
1990s	1.50 million hectares	910,138 hectares	586,162 hectares	Austria
2000s	1.42 million hectares	903,149 hectares	512,981 hectares	Austria
2010s	1.29 million hectares	978,887 hectares	314,473 hectares	Austria
2020s	1.19 million hectares	1.01 million hectares	185,018 hectares	Austria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher land use over the long-term, Austria or Czechia?: Austria, at 1.16 million hectares against 1.02 million hectares in Czechia as of 2025.
What is the difference in land use over the long-term between Austria and Czechia?: 140,780 hectares, with Austria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Austria and Czechia?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Austria and Czechia rank globally for land use over the long-term?: Austria ranks 103rd and Czechia ranks 106th of 202 countries.
Where does this data come from?: HYDE (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Land use over the long-term. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator: Land use over the long-term
Unit: hectares
Source: HYDE (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 202 places, 21,816 data points, 1000–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Total grazingland area for each separate country over time.