What is the difference in agricultural land (sq. km), per capita between Greenland and Iceland?

0.0003 sq. km per person, with Greenland ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Greenland and Iceland?

63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

Statizoid (derived), published as Agricultural land (sq. km), per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Greenland vs Iceland: Agricultural land (sq. km), per capita

Greenland

0.0428 sq. km per person

in 2023

Iceland

0.0425 sq. km per person

in 2023

Greenland rank

9th

Iceland rank

10th

Agricultural land (sq. km), per capita over time

Greenland
Iceland

How they compare

Greenland currently reports 0.0428 sq. km per person against 0.0425 sq. km per person in Iceland, a difference of 0.0003 sq. km per person.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Iceland ahead.

Greenland ranks 9th and Iceland ranks 10th of 210 countries.

Iceland has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Greenland	Iceland	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.0605 sq. km per person	0.1106 sq. km per person	0.0501 sq. km per person	Iceland
1970s	0.0482 sq. km per person	0.0908 sq. km per person	0.0426 sq. km per person	Iceland
1980s	0.0446 sq. km per person	0.0792 sq. km per person	0.0346 sq. km per person	Iceland
1990s	0.0428 sq. km per person	0.0713 sq. km per person	0.0286 sq. km per person	Iceland
2000s	0.0426 sq. km per person	0.0632 sq. km per person	0.0206 sq. km per person	Iceland
2010s	0.0431 sq. km per person	0.0563 sq. km per person	0.0132 sq. km per person	Iceland
2020s	0.0429 sq. km per person	0.0482 sq. km per person	0.0053 sq. km per person	Iceland

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher agricultural land (sq. km), per capita, Greenland or Iceland?: Greenland, at 0.0428 sq. km per person against 0.0425 sq. km per person in Iceland as of 2023.
What is the difference in agricultural land (sq. km), per capita between Greenland and Iceland?: 0.0003 sq. km per person, with Greenland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Greenland and Iceland?: 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Greenland and Iceland rank globally for agricultural land (sq. km), per capita?: Greenland ranks 9th and Iceland ranks 10th of 210 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Statizoid (derived), published as Agricultural land (sq. km), per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Agricultural land (sq. km), per capita
Unit: sq. km per person
Source: Statizoid (derived)
Licence: Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage: 258 places, 16,016 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed: 03 October 2026

Agricultural land (sq. km) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.