World Factbook
Liechtenstein
Fuerstentum Liechtenstein
Last updated: 2026-03-28 (today)
Area
land
160 sq km
water
0 sq km
total
160 sq km
Climate
continental; cold, cloudy winters with frequent snow or rain; cool to moderately warm, cloudy, humid summers
Terrain
mostly mountainous (Alps) with Rhine Valley in western third
Land use
other
31.4% (2023 est.)
forest
36.3% (2023 est.)
agricultural land
32.3% (2023 est.)
agricultural land: arable land
arable land: 10.8% (2023 est.)
agricultural land: permanent crops
permanent crops: 0% (2022 est.)
agricultural land: permanent pasture
permanent pasture: 21.5% (2023 est.)
Location
Central Europe, between Austria and Switzerland
Coastline
0 km (doubly landlocked)
Elevation
lowest point
Ruggeller Riet 430 m
highest point
Vorder-Grauspitz 2,599 m
Irrigated land
0 sq km (2012)
Map references
Europe
Land boundaries
total
75 km
border countries
Austria 34 km; Switzerland 41 km
Maritime claims
none (landlocked)
Natural hazards
avalanches, landslides
Geography - note
along with Uzbekistan, one of only two doubly landlocked countries in the world; variety of microclimatic variations based on elevation
Natural resources
hydroelectric potential, arable land
Area - comparative
about 0.9 times the size of Washington, D.C.
Geographic coordinates
47 16 N, 9 32 E
Population distribution
most of the population is found in the western half of the country along the Rhine River
Major watersheds (area sq km)
Atlantic Ocean drainage
Rhine-Maas (198,735 sq km)