Main farm land use by NUTS 2 region by country

Countries reporting
30
Highest
190.74 million
European Union (EU6-1958, EU9-1973, EU10-1981, EU12-1986, EU15-1995, EU25-2004, EU27-2007, EU28-2013, EU27-2020)
Lowest
9,490
Malta
Median
4.91 million
Years covered
19
2005–2023
Data points
1,741

What the numbers show

Main farm land use by NUTS 2 region is currently reported for 30 countries. The highest value is 190.74 million in European Union (EU6-1958, EU9-1973, EU10-1981, EU12-1986, EU15-1995, EU25-2004, EU27-2007, EU28-2013, EU27-2020); the lowest is 9,490 in Malta.

The median across all reporting countries is 4.91 million, and the mean is 13.45 million.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 20,099.

Over the past decade 14 countries rose and 16 fell. The largest increase was in Norway (up 22.3%), and the largest decrease in Greece (down 25.6%).

Main farm land use by NUTS 2 region: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 European Union (EU6-1958, EU9-1973, EU10-1981, EU12-1986, EU15-1995, EU25-2004, EU27-2007, EU28-2013, EU27-2020) 190.74 million 2020 down 11.6% flat
2 France 29.36 million 2023 up 0.3% flat
3 Spain 28.93 million 2020 down 5.5% falling
4 United Kingdom 18.29 million 2016 up 8.6% rising
5 Germany 18.23 million 2023 down 0.4% flat
6 Poland 16.66 million 2020 down 1.9% falling
7 Italy 16.46 million 2020 down 3.6% falling
8 Romania 12.81 million 2023 down 12.6% falling
9 Sweden 6.93 million 2023 up 6.1% flat
10 Hungary 6.64 million 2023 down 3.8% flat
11 Ireland 5.32 million 2023 up 0.7% rising
12 Czechia 5.13 million 2023 up 1.1% flat
13 Finland 5.12 million 2023 down 11.5% falling
14 Portugal 4.99 million 2023 up 7.9% rising
15 Norway 4.91 million 2023 up 22.3% rising
16 Bulgaria 4.91 million 2020 down 6.7% rising
17 Austria 4.68 million 2023 down 19.5% falling
18 Greece 4.06 million 2020 down 25.6% flat
19 Denmark 3.26 million 2023 up 11.5% rising
20 Lithuania 3.09 million 2020 up 2.7% flat
21 Slovakia 2.90 million 2023 down 5.3% flat
22 Latvia 2.67 million 2023 down 12.8% falling
23 Netherlands 2.01 million 2023 down 0.2% flat
24 Croatia 1.69 million 2023 down 2.3% rising
25 Belgium 1.37 million 2023 up 1.7% flat
26 Estonia 1.25 million 2023 up 1.5% flat
27 Slovenia 906,640 2020 up 0.1% flat
28 Cyprus 141,360 2023 up 14.2% falling
221 Luxembourg 138,340 2023 up 0.4% flat
250 Malta 9,490 2023 down 20.8% falling

About this data

Indicator
Main farm land use by NUTS 2 region
Source
Eurostat
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Eurostat)
Coverage
282 places, 1,741 data points, 2005–2023
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