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)
Austria 845 114 76 152 112 1300
Belgium 122 186 32 67 161 568
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
Ireland 2030 188 279 209 338 3043
Italy 2817 2891 371 657 553 7288
Latvia 43 14 9 43 16 124
Lithuania 88 34 33 87 192 433
Luxembourg 25 23 11 4 0 62
Malta 0 0 0 1 0 1
Netherlands 2460 796 181 116 2340 5893
Poland 787 365 521 830 478 2981
Portugal 1918 396 622 263 793 3992
Romania 791 295 16 183 132 1418
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
United Kingdom 2092 610 33 821 232 3787
Europe 27 40440 15047 7302 11636 20417 94833