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Land use hidden — Permanent meadows and pastures, per capita by country

Land use hidden — Permanent meadows and pastures divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Countries reporting
166
Highest
0.3054 Square kilometres per person
Mongolia
Lowest
0 Square kilometres per person
Hong Kong
Median
0.0015 Square kilometres per person
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
9,813

What the numbers show

Land use hidden — Permanent meadows and pastures, per capita is currently reported for 166 countries. The highest value is 0.3054 Square kilometres per person in Mongolia; the lowest is 0 Square kilometres per person in Hong Kong.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.0015 Square kilometres per person, and the mean is 0.0094 Square kilometres per person.

Over the past decade 20 countries rose and 146 fell. The largest increase was in Myanmar (up 45.6%), and the largest decrease in Marshall Islands (down 95.9%).

Land use hidden — Permanent meadows and pastures, per capita: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Mongolia 0.3054 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 21.5% falling
2 Namibia 0.1282 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 24.0% falling
3 Australia 0.1245 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 15.4% falling
4 Botswana 0.1032 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 13.7% volatile
5 Kazakhstan 0.0907 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 15.0% falling
6 Turkmenistan 0.0515 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 8.4% falling
7 Saudi Arabia 0.0504 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 18.0% volatile
8 Greenland 0.0428 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 0.7% falling
9 Iceland 0.0393 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 27.3% falling
10 Uruguay 0.0354 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 1.3% falling
11 Bolivia 0.027 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 12.8% falling
12 Paraguay 0.0245 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 5.0% falling
13 Somalia 0.0234 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 29.9% volatile
14 Chad 0.0233 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 29.1% falling
15 Eritrea 0.0199 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 11.4% falling
16 Sudan 0.0183 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 24.5% falling
17 Libya 0.0182 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 13.7% falling
18 Faroe Islands 0.0176 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 11.6% falling
19 New Zealand 0.0175 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 25.7% falling
20 Argentina 0.0164 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 15.4% falling
21 Congo 0.0162 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 21.4% falling
22 Djibouti 0.0147 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 14.6% volatile
23 Mali 0.0146 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 26.5% falling
24 South Africa 0.0133 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 13.5% falling
25 Kyrgyzstan 0.0127 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 20.5% falling
26 Niger 0.011 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 29.2% falling
27 Angola 0.011 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 28.8% volatile
28 Mozambique 0.0105 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 23.1% falling
29 Zambia 0.0097 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 25.7% falling
30 Brazil 0.0082 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 5.0% falling
31 United States 0.0079 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 5.5% falling
32 Guinea 0.0074 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 22.3% falling
33 Zimbabwe 0.0074 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 14.2% falling
34 Afghanistan 0.0072 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 23.7% falling
35 Guyana 0.0072 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 9.2% falling
36 Algeria 0.0071 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 17.3% volatile
37 Ireland 0.0071 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 18.5% falling
38 Colombia 0.0068 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 24.3% falling
39 Gabon 0.0067 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 23.0% falling
40 Venezuela 0.0064 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 5.7% falling
41 Russia 0.0064 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 0.0% rising
42 New Caledonia 0.006 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 4.3% falling
43 Uzbekistan 0.0059 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 14.7% falling
44 Central African Republic 0.0058 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 9.9% falling
45 Mexico 0.0057 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 9.2% falling
46 Yemen 0.0056 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 25.6% volatile
47 Morocco 0.0056 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 10.4% falling
48 Peru 0.0054 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 14.2% falling
49 Bhutan 0.0053 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 6.4% falling
50 Georgia 0.0052 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 0.0% rising
51 Nicaragua 0.0048 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 11.8% falling
52 Canada 0.0046 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 18.2% falling
53 Chile 0.0045 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 32.9% falling
54 North Macedonia 0.0043 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 3.2% rising
55 Armenia 0.0039 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 1.4% rising
56 Tunisia 0.0039 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 9.9% falling
57 Kenya 0.0038 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 18.7% volatile
58 Tanzania 0.0036 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 26.7% falling
59 Panama 0.0034 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 14.2% falling
60 Iran 0.0033 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 11.3% volatile
61 Senegal 0.0031 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 24.2% falling
62 China 0.0028 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 3.4% falling
63 Tajikistan 0.0027 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 20.0% falling
64 Oman 0.0027 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 24.1% volatile
65 Burkina Faso 0.0026 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 23.1% falling
66 Sierra Leone 0.0026 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 20.6% falling
67 Belarus 0.0026 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 19.2% falling
68 Cuba 0.0026 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 5.3% falling
69 Greece 0.0024 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 25.9% falling
70 Azerbaijan 0.0024 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 14.3% falling
71 Costa Rica 0.0022 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 15.2% falling
72 Liberia 0.0022 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 4.9% falling
73 Andorra 0.0022 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 7.0% volatile
74 Bulgaria 0.0021 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 11.0% rising
75 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.0021 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 28.9% flat
76 Romania 0.002 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 13.3% flat
77 Spain 0.002 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 0.7% falling
78 Portugal 0.002 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 17.7% rising
79 Ukraine 0.002 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 17.3% rising
80 Honduras 0.0018 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 9.8% falling
81 Ecuador 0.0016 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 46.7% falling
82 United Kingdom 0.0016 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 6.5% falling
83 Ghana 0.0015 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 26.1% volatile
84 Albania 0.0015 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 12.9% falling
85 France 0.0015 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 5.7% falling
86 Austria 0.0013 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 13.4% falling
87 Vanuatu 0.0013 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 20.6% falling
88 British Virgin Islands 0.0013 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 18.7% falling
89 Belize 0.0012 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 16.9% falling
90 Togo 0.0012 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 17.3% volatile
91 Switzerland 0.0012 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 11.1% falling
92 Palau 0.0011 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 0.4% flat
93 Nigeria 0.0011 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 19.7% volatile
94 Uganda 0.0011 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 27.4% falling
95 Luxembourg 0.001 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 15.0% falling
96 Guatemala 0.001 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 12.1% falling
97 Dominican Republic 0.001 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 8.3% falling
98 Guinea-Bissau 0.0009 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 31.1% falling
99 Czechia 0.0009 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 3.8% rising
100 Iraq 0.0009 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 22.0% volatile
101 Laos 0.0009 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 13.7% falling
102 Malawi 0.0009 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 23.4% volatile
103 Liechtenstein 0.0009 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 6.1% falling
104 Cambodia 0.0009 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 12.9% flat
105 Hungary 0.0008 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 7.0% falling
106 Jamaica 0.0008 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 2.0% falling
107 Cameroon 0.0007 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 24.6% falling
108 Gambia 0.0007 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 22.0% volatile
109 Lebanon 0.0007 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 0.5% falling
110 Jordan 0.0006 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 30.1% volatile
111 Italy 0.0006 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 18.9% falling
112 Nepal 0.0006 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 7.1% falling
113 Germany 0.0006 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 1.4% falling
114 El Salvador 0.0005 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 10.8% falling
115 Guam 0.0005 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 0.3% falling
116 Sweden 0.0004 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 6.8% falling
117 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0004 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 5.6% flat
118 Haiti 0.0004 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 12.2% falling
119 Belgium 0.0004 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 11.2% falling
120 Indonesia 0.0004 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 9.0% falling
121 Benin 0.0004 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 24.1% falling
122 Tonga 0.0004 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 2.4% rising
123 Denmark 0.0004 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 9.4% falling
124 Burundi 0.0004 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 23.7% volatile
125 Puerto Rico 0.0003 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 4.9% volatile
126 Norway 0.0003 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 8.2% falling
127 Dominica 0.0003 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 4.8% flat
128 Samoa 0.0003 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 34.8% volatile
129 United Arab Emirates 0.0003 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 26.6% volatile
130 Kuwait 0.0003 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 27.7% volatile
131 Rwanda 0.0003 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 25.1% volatile
132 Cayman Islands 0.0003 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 19.7% volatile
133 Suriname 0.0003 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 15.8% flat
134 United States Virgin Islands 0.0002 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 13.3% volatile
135 Pakistan 0.0002 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 14.7% volatile
136 Sri Lanka 0.0002 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 6.6% falling
137 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0002 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 6.7% rising
138 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0002 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 0.7% volatile
139 Qatar 0.0002 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 27.8% volatile
140 Papua New Guinea 0.0002 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 20.1% falling
141 Comoros 0.0002 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 18.1% falling
142 Israel 0.0002 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 4.1% falling
143 Philippines 0.0001 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 11.2% falling
144 Thailand 0.0001 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 2.6% falling
145 Solomon Islands 0.0001 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 25.6% falling
146 Myanmar 0.0001 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 45.6% falling
147 Grenada 0.0001 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 3.1% volatile
148 Northern Mariana Islands 0.0001 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 64.0% volatile
149 Malaysia 0.0001 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 14.1% falling
150 India 0.0001 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 10.0% falling
151 Barbados 0.0001 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 1.7% falling
152 Mauritius 0.0001 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 0.8% falling
153 French Polynesia 0.0001 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 76.4% volatile
154 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0001 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 2.0% falling
155 Bahamas 0.0001 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 5.1% falling
156 Sao Tome and Principe 0 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 16.3% falling
157 Bangladesh 0 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 8.7% falling
158 Bahrain 0 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 20.5% volatile
159 Japan 0 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 10.4% falling
160 Marshall Islands 0 Square kilometres per person 2020 down 95.9% volatile
161 Finland 0 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 59.2% volatile
162 Saint Lucia 0 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 3.3% volatile
163 Maldives 0 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 23.9% volatile
164 North Korea 0 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 4.1% falling
165 Cyprus 0 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 2.9% volatile
166 Hong Kong 0 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 4.7% falling

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Land use hidden — Permanent meadows and pastures divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Land use hidden — Permanent meadows and pastures ÷ Population, total

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Indicator
Land use hidden — Permanent meadows and pastures, per capita
Unit
Square kilometres per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
167 places, 9,813 data points, 1961–2023
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Land use hidden — Permanent meadows and pastures divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.