Category: Environmental indicators
Risk type: Land use
Indicator: Land use footprints 
Provider: Eurostat

The land use footprint concept refers to the amount of land use, direct and indirect, needed to fulfil the consumption of a country (or region), or in other words, the land use embedded in a country’s consumption in one year. The land use footprint of a country takes into account the land use domestically required and the land use internationally required to fulfill a country’s consumption. Three types of land use are considered: cropland, grassland and forest land.

  • Source/link:
  • Unit:
    ha
  • Data type:
    Statistics
  • Geographical scope:
    EU
  • Frequency of data aggregation:
    Annual
  • Time coverage (from year):
    2014
  • Time coverage (to year):
    2023
  • Available for download in xls/csv:
    YES
  • Can be disclosed in other formats:
    NO
  • Interactive map/graph available:
    YES