Greece vs Turkey: Agricultural land use per person
Greece
0.4791 hectares per person
in 2025
Turkey
0.4602 hectares per person
in 2025
Greece rank
85th
Turkey rank
88th
Agricultural land use per person over time
- Greece
- Turkey
How they compare
Greece currently reports 0.4791 hectares per person against 0.4602 hectares per person in Turkey, a difference of 0.0189 hectares per person.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Greece ahead.
Greece ranks 85th and Turkey ranks 88th of 202 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, Greece averaged higher in 11 and Turkey in 29.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Greece | Turkey | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 2.65 hectares per person | 2.44 hectares per person | 0.2098 hectares per person | Greece |
| 1100s | 2.57 hectares per person | 2.41 hectares per person | 0.1617 hectares per person | Greece |
| 1200s | 2.49 hectares per person | 2.37 hectares per person | 0.1244 hectares per person | Greece |
| 1300s | 2.4 hectares per person | 2.32 hectares per person | 0.0836 hectares per person | Greece |
| 1400s | 2.3 hectares per person | 2.27 hectares per person | 0.0301 hectares per person | Greece |
| 1500s | 2.19 hectares per person | 2.21 hectares per person | 0.0216 hectares per person | Turkey |
| 1600s | 2.07 hectares per person | 2.14 hectares per person | 0.0766 hectares per person | Turkey |
| 1700s | 1.91 hectares per person | 2.06 hectares per person | 0.1454 hectares per person | Turkey |
| 1710s | 1.9 hectares per person | 2.05 hectares per person | 0.1529 hectares per person | Turkey |
| 1720s | 1.88 hectares per person | 2.04 hectares per person | 0.1603 hectares per person | Turkey |
| 1730s | 1.86 hectares per person | 2.03 hectares per person | 0.168 hectares per person | Turkey |
| 1740s | 1.84 hectares per person | 2.02 hectares per person | 0.1758 hectares per person | Turkey |
| 1750s | 1.82 hectares per person | 2.01 hectares per person | 0.1838 hectares per person | Turkey |
| 1760s | 1.8 hectares per person | 2 hectares per person | 0.192 hectares per person | Turkey |
| 1770s | 1.78 hectares per person | 1.99 hectares per person | 0.2005 hectares per person | Turkey |
| 1780s | 1.76 hectares per person | 1.97 hectares per person | 0.2091 hectares per person | Turkey |
| 1790s | 1.74 hectares per person | 1.96 hectares per person | 0.218 hectares per person | Turkey |
| 1800s | 1.72 hectares per person | 1.95 hectares per person | 0.2272 hectares per person | Turkey |
| 1810s | 1.7 hectares per person | 1.93 hectares per person | 0.2366 hectares per person | Turkey |
| 1820s | 1.67 hectares per person | 1.92 hectares per person | 0.2463 hectares per person | Turkey |
| 1830s | 1.65 hectares per person | 1.9 hectares per person | 0.2556 hectares per person | Turkey |
| 1840s | 1.62 hectares per person | 1.89 hectares per person | 0.2654 hectares per person | Turkey |
| 1850s | 1.6 hectares per person | 1.87 hectares per person | 0.2755 hectares per person | Turkey |
| 1860s | 1.57 hectares per person | 1.85 hectares per person | 0.2861 hectares per person | Turkey |
| 1870s | 1.54 hectares per person | 1.83 hectares per person | 0.297 hectares per person | Turkey |
| 1880s | 1.51 hectares per person | 1.81 hectares per person | 0.3088 hectares per person | Turkey |
| 1890s | 1.47 hectares per person | 1.79 hectares per person | 0.3209 hectares per person | Turkey |
| 1900s | 1.43 hectares per person | 1.77 hectares per person | 0.3335 hectares per person | Turkey |
| 1910s | 1.39 hectares per person | 1.74 hectares per person | 0.3463 hectares per person | Turkey |
| 1920s | 1.35 hectares per person | 1.71 hectares per person | 0.3574 hectares per person | Turkey |
| 1930s | 1.3 hectares per person | 1.67 hectares per person | 0.3674 hectares per person | Turkey |
| 1940s | 1.25 hectares per person | 1.61 hectares per person | 0.3627 hectares per person | Turkey |
| 1950s | 1.15 hectares per person | 1.49 hectares per person | 0.3436 hectares per person | Turkey |
| 1960s | 1.07 hectares per person | 1.22 hectares per person | 0.1538 hectares per person | Turkey |
| 1970s | 1.01 hectares per person | 0.9855 hectares per person | 0.026 hectares per person | Greece |
| 1980s | 0.9294 hectares per person | 0.7896 hectares per person | 0.1399 hectares per person | Greece |
| 1990s | 0.8575 hectares per person | 0.6831 hectares per person | 0.1744 hectares per person | Greece |
| 2000s | 0.7215 hectares per person | 0.5975 hectares per person | 0.124 hectares per person | Greece |
| 2010s | 0.5732 hectares per person | 0.5025 hectares per person | 0.0707 hectares per person | Greece |
| 2020s | 0.4908 hectares per person | 0.4642 hectares per person | 0.0266 hectares per person | Greece |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher agricultural land use per person, Greece or Turkey?
- Greece, at 0.4791 hectares per person against 0.4602 hectares per person in Turkey as of 2025.
- What is the difference in agricultural land use per person between Greece and Turkey?
- 0.0189 hectares per person, with Greece ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Greece and Turkey?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Greece and Turkey rank globally for agricultural land use per person?
- Greece ranks 85th and Turkey ranks 88th of 202 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- HYDE (2025) β with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Agricultural land use per person. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Total agricultural land per person for each separate country over time.