What is land area in Greenland?

Land area in Greenland was 410,450 sq. km in 2023, according to FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

What is the highest land area recorded in Greenland?

The highest recorded value was 410,450 sq. km in 1997.

What is the lowest land area recorded in Greenland?

The lowest recorded value was 341,700 sq. km in 1961.

How does Greenland rank for land area?

Greenland ranks 58th out of 216 countries with data for 2023.

Is land area rising or falling in Greenland?

Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Greenland data come from?

The figures come from FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), published as part of Land area (sq. km). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Land area in Greenland

Name: Land area in Greenland
Creator: FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
License: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)

Greenland: Land area was 410,450 sq. km in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)

410,450 sq. km

Change on year

unchanged

World rank

58th

of 216 countries

All-time high

410,450 sq. km

in 1997

All-time low

341,700 sq. km

in 1961

Years of data

1961–2023

Land area in Greenland, 1961–2023

Source: FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Measured in sq. km.

Analysis

In 2023, land area in Greenland stood at 410,450 sq. km. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.

The figure is unchanged over ten years.

Over the whole period, land area in Greenland peaked at 410,450 sq. km in 1997 and was at its lowest, 341,700 sq. km, in 1961.

Greenland ranks 58th of 216 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	341,700 sq. km	341,700 sq. km	341,700 sq. km	9
1970s	341,700 sq. km	341,700 sq. km	341,700 sq. km	10
1980s	341,700 sq. km	341,700 sq. km	341,700 sq. km	10
1990s	362,325 sq. km	341,700 sq. km	410,450 sq. km	10
2000s	410,450 sq. km	410,450 sq. km	410,450 sq. km	10
2010s	410,450 sq. km	410,450 sq. km	410,450 sq. km	10
2020s	410,450 sq. km	410,450 sq. km	410,450 sq. km	4

Countries ranked near Greenland

55 Morocco 446,300 sq. km compare
56 Uzbekistan 440,650 sq. km compare
57 Iraq 434,130 sq. km compare
59 Sweden 407,270 sq. km compare
60 Paraguay 396,012 sq. km compare
61 Zimbabwe 386,850 sq. km compare

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More agriculture & rural data for Greenland

Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 550.81 million current US$ (2023)
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 16.6% (2023)
Rural population 6,494 (2025)
Rural population growth -2.2% (2025)
Rural population 11.4% (2025)
Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2018)
Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2018)
Agricultural land 2,431 sq. km (2023)
Agricultural land 0.6% (2023)
Forest area 2.2 sq. km (2023)

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Frequently asked questions

What is land area in Greenland?: Land area in Greenland was 410,450 sq. km in 2023, according to FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
What is the highest land area recorded in Greenland?: The highest recorded value was 410,450 sq. km in 1997.
What is the lowest land area recorded in Greenland?: The lowest recorded value was 341,700 sq. km in 1961.
How does Greenland rank for land area?: Greenland ranks 58th out of 216 countries with data for 2023.
Is land area rising or falling in Greenland?: Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Greenland data come from?: The figures come from FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), published as part of Land area (sq. km). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Land area (sq. km)
Unit: sq. km
Source: FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 263 places, 15,310 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Land area is a country's total area, excluding area under inland water bodies, national claims to continental shelf, and exclusive economic zones. In most cases the definition of inland water bodies includes major rivers and lakes.