Agriculture
Total Area: 301,340 sq km
Land Area: 294,140 sq km
Water Area: 7,200 sq km
Climate description: predominantly Mediterranean; alpine in far north; hot, dry in south
Terrain description: mostly rugged and mountainous; some plains, coastal lowlands
Arable Land Use: 22.8%
Permanent Crop Land Use: 8.6%
Irrigated Land: 39,500 sq km
Total Renewable Water Resources: 191.3 cu km
Total Freshwater Withdrawal: 45.41 cu km/yr
Per Person Freshwater Withdrawal: 789.8 cu m/yr
Natural Hazards: regional risks include landslides, mudflows, avalanches, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, flooding; land subsidence in Venice
Environmental Current Issues: air pollution from industrial emissions such as sulfur dioxide; coastal and inland rivers polluted from industrial and agricultural effluents; acid rain damaging lakes; inadequate industrial waste treatment and disposal facilities
Total Labor Force: 25.54 million
Labor Force in Agriculture: 3.9%
Agricultural Products: fruits, vegetables, grapes, potatoes, sugar beets, soybeans, grain, olives; beef, dairy products; fish
Land Area: 294,140 sq km
Water Area: 7,200 sq km
Climate description: predominantly Mediterranean; alpine in far north; hot, dry in south
Terrain description: mostly rugged and mountainous; some plains, coastal lowlands
Arable Land Use: 22.8%
Permanent Crop Land Use: 8.6%
Irrigated Land: 39,500 sq km
Total Renewable Water Resources: 191.3 cu km
Total Freshwater Withdrawal: 45.41 cu km/yr
Per Person Freshwater Withdrawal: 789.8 cu m/yr
Natural Hazards: regional risks include landslides, mudflows, avalanches, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, flooding; land subsidence in Venice
Environmental Current Issues: air pollution from industrial emissions such as sulfur dioxide; coastal and inland rivers polluted from industrial and agricultural effluents; acid rain damaging lakes; inadequate industrial waste treatment and disposal facilities
Total Labor Force: 25.54 million
Labor Force in Agriculture: 3.9%
Agricultural Products: fruits, vegetables, grapes, potatoes, sugar beets, soybeans, grain, olives; beef, dairy products; fish