Country area — Area in Northern Europe
Northern Europe: Country area — Area was 214,061 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Country area — Area in Northern Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for country area — area in Northern Europe is 214,061 1000 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, country area — area in Northern Europe peaked at 214,061 1000 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 163,272 1000 ha, in 1961.
That places Northern Europe 29th out of 36 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 163,272 1000 ha | 163,272 1000 ha | 163,272 1000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 163,272 1000 ha | 163,272 1000 ha | 163,272 1000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 163,272 1000 ha | 163,272 1000 ha | 163,272 1000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 177,282 1000 ha | 163,272 1000 ha | 180,785 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 180,796 1000 ha | 180,785 1000 ha | 180,814 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 203,299 1000 ha | 180,812 1000 ha | 212,974 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 214,055 1000 ha | 214,040 1000 ha | 214,061 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Northern Europe
- 26 Angola 124,670 1000 ha compare
- 27 Mali 124,124 1000 ha compare
- 28 Ethiopia PDR 122,190 1000 ha compare
- 29 Colombia 114,062 1000 ha compare
- 30 Ethiopia 112,982 1000 ha compare
- 31 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 109,858 1000 ha compare
- 32 Mauritania 103,070 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Northern Europe
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per value of agricultural 5.49 g/Int$ (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity 1.29 million t (2024)
- Agricultural land — Value of agricultural production (Int. $) per Area 1,582 USD_PPP/ha (2024)
- Cropland — Area 19,112 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Agricultural land 50.77 % (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per area of cropland 17.1 kg/ha (2024)
- Cropland — Area per capita 0.18 ha/cap (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Agricultural Use 326,844 t (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Agricultural Use 524,860 t (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per capita 3 kg/cap (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is country area — area in Northern Europe?
- Country area — area in Northern Europe was 214,061 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest country area — area recorded in Northern Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 214,061 1000 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest country area — area recorded in Northern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 163,272 1000 ha in 1961.
- How does Northern Europe rank for country area — area?
- Northern Europe ranks 29th out of 36 groups with data for 2024.
- Is country area — area rising or falling in Northern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Northern Europe data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Country area — 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.