Land area — Area in Europe
Europe: Land area — Area was 2.21 million 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Land area — Area in Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for land area — area in Europe is 2.21 million 1000 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, land area — area in Europe peaked at 2.67 million 1000 ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 2.21 million 1000 ha, in 2008.
Europe ranks 6th of 36 groups on this measure, in the top 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 | 2.67 million 1000 ha | 2.67 million 1000 ha | 2.67 million 1000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2.67 million 1000 ha | 2.67 million 1000 ha | 2.67 million 1000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2.67 million 1000 ha | 2.67 million 1000 ha | 2.67 million 1000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.30 million 1000 ha | 2.21 million 1000 ha | 2.67 million 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.21 million 1000 ha | 2.21 million 1000 ha | 2.21 million 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.21 million 1000 ha | 2.21 million 1000 ha | 2.21 million 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.21 million 1000 ha | 2.21 million 1000 ha | 2.21 million 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Europe
- 3 Russian Federation 1.64 million 1000 ha compare
- 4 China 942,470 1000 ha compare
- 5 China, mainland 938,821 1000 ha compare
- 6 Canada 878,870 1000 ha compare
- 7 Brazil 835,814 1000 ha compare
- 8 Australia and New Zealand 795,163 1000 ha compare
- 9 Australia 768,829 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Europe
- Arable land — Area 270,153 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 15,732 1000 ha (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 7.21 g/Int$ (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita 5.33 kg/cap (2024)
- Cropland — Area per capita 0.38 ha/cap (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per area of cropland 13.89 kg/ha (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 27,700 1000 ha (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Agricultural Use 3.97 million t (2024)
- Country area — Area 2.35 million 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 59.35 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is land area — area in Europe?
- Land area — area in Europe was 2.21 million 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest land area — area recorded in Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 2.67 million 1000 ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest land area — area recorded in Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.21 million 1000 ha in 2008.
- How does Europe rank for land area — area?
- Europe ranks 6th out of 36 groups with data for 2024.
- Is land area — area rising or falling in Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Europe data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Land 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.