Drained organic soils — Area, per capita in Finland

Finland: Drained organic soils — Area, per capita was 0.0908 ha per person in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
0.0908 ha per person
Change on year
down 0.6%
World rank
9th
of 189 countries
All-time high
0.0919 ha per person
in 2022
All-time low
0.0762 ha per person
in 1996
Years of data
35
1990–2024

Drained organic soils — Area, per capita in Finland, 1990–2024

00.020.040.060.080.11990200720241990: 0.078 ha per person1991: 0.078 ha per person1992: 0.077 ha per person1993: 0.077 ha per person1994: 0.077 ha per person1995: 0.076 ha per person1996: 0.076 ha per person1997: 0.076 ha per person1998: 0.077 ha per person1999: 0.079 ha per person2000: 0.081 ha per person2001: 0.082 ha per person2002: 0.082 ha per person2003: 0.083 ha per person2004: 0.085 ha per person2005: 0.085 ha per person2006: 0.085 ha per person2007: 0.085 ha per person2008: 0.085 ha per person2009: 0.085 ha per person2010: 0.086 ha per person2011: 0.086 ha per person2012: 0.086 ha per person2013: 0.086 ha per person2014: 0.086 ha per person2015: 0.085 ha per person2016: 0.086 ha per person2017: 0.087 ha per person2018: 0.089 ha per person2019: 0.091 ha per person2020: 0.092 ha per person2021: 0.092 ha per person2022: 0.092 ha per person2023: 0.091 ha per person2024: 0.091 ha per person

Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per person.

Analysis

Finland recorded 0.0908 ha per person for drained organic soils — area, per capita in 2024.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.6% on the previous year and up 6.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, drained organic soils — area, per capita in Finland peaked at 0.0919 ha per person in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.0762 ha per person, in 1996.

That places Finland 9th out of 189 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.

Drained organic soils — Area, per capita in Finland, year by year

Annual values for Drained organic soils — Area, per capita in Finland, 1990 to 2024.
Year ha per person Change
1990 0.0781 ha per person —
1991 0.0777 ha per person -0.5%
1992 0.0772 ha per person -0.6%
1993 0.0769 ha per person -0.5%
1994 0.0765 ha per person -0.4%
1995 0.0764 ha per person -0.2%
1996 0.0762 ha per person -0.2%
1997 0.0763 ha per person +0.0%
1998 0.0766 ha per person +0.4%
1999 0.0788 ha per person +2.9%
2000 0.0814 ha per person +3.2%
2001 0.0818 ha per person +0.5%
2002 0.0825 ha per person +0.8%
2003 0.0829 ha per person +0.6%
2004 0.0847 ha per person +2.2%
2005 0.0849 ha per person +0.2%
2006 0.0849 ha per person -0.1%
2007 0.0849 ha per person +0.0%
2008 0.085 ha per person +0.1%
2009 0.0853 ha per person +0.4%
2010 0.0856 ha per person +0.4%
2011 0.086 ha per person +0.5%
2012 0.0861 ha per person +0.1%
2013 0.0857 ha per person -0.4%
2014 0.0857 ha per person -0.1%
2015 0.0854 ha per person -0.3%
2016 0.0862 ha per person +0.9%
2017 0.0869 ha per person +0.8%
2018 0.0894 ha per person +3.0%
2019 0.0911 ha per person +1.9%
2020 0.0918 ha per person +0.7%
2021 0.0917 ha per person -0.1%
2022 0.0919 ha per person +0.2%
2023 0.0914 ha per person -0.5%
2024 0.0908 ha per person -0.6%

Finland compared with similar countries

  • Finland's 0.0908 ha per person is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.0003 ha per person, 302.1× the median. (74 countries reporting)
  • Finland's 0.0908 ha per person is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.001 ha per person, 89.4× the median. (51 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.0771 ha per person 0.0762 ha per person 0.0788 ha per person 10
2000s 0.0838 ha per person 0.0814 ha per person 0.0853 ha per person 10
2010s 0.0868 ha per person 0.0854 ha per person 0.0911 ha per person 10
2020s 0.0915 ha per person 0.0908 ha per person 0.0919 ha per person 5

Countries ranked near Finland

  1. 6 Latvia 0.1043 ha per person compare
  2. 7 Ireland 0.0977 ha per person compare
  3. 8 Iceland 0.0975 ha per person compare
  4. 10 Guyana 0.0889 ha per person compare
  5. 11 Norway 0.0436 ha per person compare
  6. 12 Papua New Guinea 0.0433 ha per person compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is drained organic soils — area, per capita in Finland?
Drained organic soils — area, per capita in Finland was 0.0908 ha per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
What is the highest drained organic soils — area, per capita recorded in Finland?
The highest recorded value was 0.0919 ha per person in 2022.
What is the lowest drained organic soils — area, per capita recorded in Finland?
The lowest recorded value was 0.0762 ha per person in 1996.
How does Finland rank for drained organic soils — area, per capita?
Finland ranks 9th out of 189 countries with data for 2024.
Is drained organic soils — area, per capita rising or falling in Finland?
Over the last ten years it is up 6.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Finland data come from?
The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Drained organic soils — Area, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Drained organic soils — Area divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Drained organic soils — Area ÷ Population, total

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Indicator
Drained organic soils — Area, per capita
Unit
ha per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
191 places, 6,539 data points, 1990–2024
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Drained organic soils — Area divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.