List of Scottish council areas by area

This is a list of council areas of Scotland ordered by area.

Rank	Council area	Area (km²)
1	Highland	25,659
2	Argyll and Bute	6,909
3	Dumfries and Galloway	6,426
4	Aberdeenshire	6,313
5	Perth and Kinross	5,286
6	Scottish Borders	4,732
7	Na h-Eileanan Siar	3,071
8	Moray	2,238
9	Stirling	2,187
10	Angus	2,182
11	South Lanarkshire	1,772
12	Shetland Islands	1,466
13	Fife	1,325
14	East Ayrshire	1,262
15	South Ayrshire	1,222
16	Orkney Islands	990
17	North Ayrshire	885
18	East Lothian	679
19	North Lanarkshire	470
20	West Lothian	427
21	Midlothian	354
22	Falkirk	297
23	City of Edinburgh	264
24	Renfrewshire	261
25	City of Aberdeen	186
26=	City of Glasgow	175
26=	East Dunbartonshire	175
28	East Renfrewshire	174
29	Inverclyde	160
30=	Clackmannanshire	159
30=	West Dunbartonshire	159
32	City of Dundee	60

See also

• List of Scottish council areas by population
• List of Scottish council areas by population density
• List of English districts by area
• List of Welsh principal areas by area