As of June 2024, Scotland was the country in Great Britain with the largest average amount of green space per person, with an average of 41 square meters per capita. Meanwhile, Wales ranked second with an average of 36 square meters per person.
The source's criteria for green space included public parks or gardens, playing fields, play spaces, tennis courts, bowling greens, and other sports facilities. National parks, common land, allotments & community growing spaces, cemeteries, religious grounds, and golf courses were all excluded. The English country parks Rutland Water and Whinlatter Forest Park also didn't meet the source's criteria.
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Fields in Trust. (June 9, 2024). Average amount of green space per person in Great Britain as of June 2024, by country (in square meters) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 24, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1405246/green-space-per-person-great-britain/
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