Countries Land uptake by housing, services and recreation (ha/year) Land uptake by industrial and commercial sites (ha/year) Land uptake by transport and infrastructures (ha/year) Land uptake by mines, quarries and dump sites (ha/year) Land uptake by construction (ha/year) Total (ha/year)
Albania 2234 71 33 6 0 2344
Austria 845 114 76 152 112 1300
Belgium 122 186 32 67 161 568
Bosnia and Herzegovina 692 62 3 114 22 894
Bulgaria 158 65 24 341 90 678
Croatia 161 85 868 104 237 1455
Cyprus 1355 190 4 43 25 1617
Czech Republic 958 380 42 311 254 1944
Denmark 1184 227 31 100 130 1672
Estonia 284 62 22 250 34 651
Finland 992 111 50 190 202 1544
France 6685 3063 738 1479 1192 13156
Germany 5737 1478 196 2340 500 10252
Hungary 719 262 166 459 779 2385
Iceland 433 175 32 23 406 1068
Ireland 2030 188 279 209 338 3043
Italy 2817 2891 371 657 553 7288
Kosovo (UNSCR 1244/99) 143 15 0 9 0 167
Latvia 43 14 9 43 16 124
Lithuania 88 34 33 87 192 433
Luxembourg 25 23 11 4 0 62
Macedonia, Former Yugoslav Rep 106 26 1 99 21 252
Malta 0 0 0 1 0 1
Montenegro 13 0 0 15 17 45
Netherlands 2460 796 181 116 2340 5893
Norway 932 159 33 86 56 1266
Poland 787 365 521 830 478 2981
Portugal 1918 396 622 263 793 3992
Romania 791 295 16 183 132 1418
Serbia 269 50 4 347 1 669
Slovakia 117 177 0 31 161 486
Slovenia 24 8 23 15 68 137
Spain 6809 2771 2574 2286 10966 25406
Sweden 1239 256 380 254 432 2560
Switzerland 60 18 0 34 24 136
Turkey 1280 1158 268 1470 2120 6294
United Kingdom 2092 610 33 821 232 3787
Europe 38 46600 16777 7673 13837 23081 107968