Farmland: number of farms and areas by economic size of farm (ESU) and NUTS 2 region by country
Countries reporting
16
Highest
33.16 million Hectare
Spain
Lowest
138,110 Hectare
Luxembourg
Median
5.37 million Hectare
Years covered
18
1990–2007
Data points
863
What the numbers show
Farmland: number of farms and areas by economic size of farm (ESU) and NUTS 2 region is currently reported for 16 countries. The highest value is 33.16 million Hectare in Spain; the lowest is 138,110 Hectare in Luxembourg.
The median across all reporting countries is 5.37 million Hectare, and the mean is 9.79 million Hectare.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 240.
Over the past decade 6 countries rose and 10 fell. The largest increase was in Greece (up 18.7%), and the largest decrease in Finland (down 13.0%).
Farmland: number of farms and areas by economic size of farm (ESU): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spain | 33.16 million Hectare | 2007 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 2 | Metropolitan France | 29.44 million Hectare | 2003 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 3 | Italy | 17.84 million Hectare | 2007 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 4 | United Kingdom | 17.06 million Hectare | 2007 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 4 | United Kingdom | 17.06 million Hectare | 2007 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 6 | Sweden | 7.07 million Hectare | 2007 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 7 | Austria | 6.85 million Hectare | 2007 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 8 | Finland | 6.33 million Hectare | 2007 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 9 | Ireland | 4.41 million Hectare | 2007 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 10 | Portugal | 4.41 million Hectare | 2007 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 11 | Greece | 4.40 million Hectare | 2007 | up 18.7% | rising |
| 12 | Denmark | 2.98 million Hectare | 2007 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 13 | Netherlands | 2.07 million Hectare | 2007 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 13 | Netherlands | 2.07 million Hectare | 2007 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 15 | Belgium | 1.41 million Hectare | 2007 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 16 | Luxembourg | 138,110 Hectare | 2007 | up 1.5% | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Castilla y León 6.91 million Hectare
- Andalucía 6.00 million Hectare
- Castilla-La Mancha 5.69 million Hectare
- Scotland (NUTS 2021) 5.19 million Hectare
- Aragón 3.15 million Hectare
- Extremadura 3.11 million Hectare
- Midi-Pyrénées (NUTS 2013) 2.59 million Hectare
- Centre (FR) (NUTS 2013) 2.38 million Hectare
- Pays de la Loire (NUTS 2013) 2.23 million Hectare
- Cataluña 1.95 million Hectare
- South West (UK) (NUTS 2021) 1.81 million Hectare
- Bourgogne (NUTS 2013) 1.80 million Hectare
- Poitou-Charentes (NUTS 2013) 1.79 million Hectare
- Bretagne (NUTS 2013) 1.73 million Hectare
- Rhône-Alpes (NUTS 2013) 1.65 million Hectare
- Östra Mellansverige 1.62 million Hectare
- Aquitaine (NUTS 2013) 1.60 million Hectare
- Champagne-Ardenne (NUTS 2013) 1.59 million Hectare
- Auvergne (NUTS 2013) 1.56 million Hectare
- Sardegna 1.53 million Hectare
- Toscana (NUTS 2006) 1.46 million Hectare
- Wales (NUTS 2021) 1.46 million Hectare
- Sicilia 1.42 million Hectare
- Piemonte 1.40 million Hectare
- Emilia-Romagna (NUTS 2006) 1.34 million Hectare
- Picardie (NUTS 2013) 1.33 million Hectare
- Puglia 1.32 million Hectare
- Lombardia 1.26 million Hectare
- Basse-Normandie (NUTS 2013) 1.24 million Hectare
- East Midlands (UK) (NUTS 2021) 1.23 million Hectare
- Itä-Suomi (NUTS 2006) 1.18 million Hectare
- Lorraine (NUTS 2013) 1.14 million Hectare
- Veneto (NUTS 2006) 1.12 million Hectare
- Galicia 1.10 million Hectare
- Yorkshire and The Humber (NUTS 2021) 1.09 million Hectare
- Languedoc-Roussillon (NUTS 2013) 1.08 million Hectare
- Northern Ireland (UK) (NUTS 2021) 1.03 million Hectare
- Comunitat Valenciana 1.01 million Hectare
- East Anglia (NUTS 2021) 990,180 Hectare
- Norte 967,090 Hectare