Agricultural land — Share in Land area in Greenland
Greenland: Agricultural land — Share in Land area was 0.59 % in 2024. ▼ Falling
Agricultural land — Share in Land area in Greenland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for agricultural land — share in land area in Greenland is 0.59 %, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, agricultural land — share in land area in Greenland peaked at 0.7 % in 1993 and was at its lowest, 0.58 %, in 1997.
Greenland ranks 214th of 216 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.69 % | 0.69 % | 0.69 % | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.69 % | 0.69 % | 0.69 % | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.69 % | 0.69 % | 0.69 % | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.661 % | 0.58 % | 0.7 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.588 % | 0.58 % | 0.59 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.59 % | 0.59 % | 0.59 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.59 % | 0.59 % | 0.59 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Greenland
- 211 Bahamas, The 1.3 % compare
- 212 Turks and Caicos Islands 1.05 % compare
- 213 Singapore 0.91 % compare
- 215 French Guiana 0.48 % compare
- 216 Suriname 0.47 % compare
More environment data for Greenland
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.605 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.17 °C (2025)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Import quantity 17 t (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Agricultural Use 1 t (2024)
- Primary wood and paper products (export/import) — Import value 11,211 1000 USD (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity 1 t (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per capita 0.3 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per capita 0.39 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Agricultural Use 22 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is agricultural land — share in land area in Greenland?
- Agricultural land — share in land area in Greenland was 0.59 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest agricultural land — share in land area recorded in Greenland?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7 % in 1993.
- What is the lowest agricultural land — share in land area recorded in Greenland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.58 % in 1997.
- How does Greenland rank for agricultural land — share in land area?
- Greenland ranks 214th out of 216 countries with data for 2024.
- Is agricultural land — share in land area rising or falling in Greenland?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Greenland data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Agricultural land — Share in Land area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.