Land use hidden — Permanent meadows and pastures, per capita in Australia
Australia: Land use hidden — Permanent meadows and pastures, per capita was 0.1245 Square kilometres per person in 2023. ▼ Falling
Latest (2023)
0.1245 Square kilometres per person
Change on year
down 2.4%
World rank
3rd
of 167 countries
All-time high
0.4387 Square kilometres per person
in 1961
All-time low
0.1245 Square kilometres per person
in 2023
Years of data
63
1961–2023
Land use hidden — Permanent meadows and pastures, per capita in Australia, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in Square kilometres per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for land use hidden — permanent meadows and pastures, per capita in Australia is 0.1245 Square kilometres per person, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 63 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.4% on the previous year and down 15.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, land use hidden — permanent meadows and pastures, per capita in Australia peaked at 0.4387 Square kilometres per person in 1961 and was at its lowest, 0.1245 Square kilometres per person, in 2023.
That places Australia 3rd out of 167 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Land use hidden — Permanent meadows and pastures, per capita in Australia, year by year
| Year | Square kilometres per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.4387 Square kilometres per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.4291 Square kilometres per person | -2.2% |
| 1963 | 0.4236 Square kilometres per person | -1.3% |
| 1964 | 0.4168 Square kilometres per person | -1.6% |
| 1965 | 0.4116 Square kilometres per person | -1.2% |
| 1966 | 0.4017 Square kilometres per person | -2.4% |
| 1967 | 0.3984 Square kilometres per person | -0.8% |
| 1968 | 0.4097 Square kilometres per person | +2.8% |
| 1969 | 0.4004 Square kilometres per person | -2.3% |
| 1970 | 0.3796 Square kilometres per person | -5.2% |
| 1971 | 0.373 Square kilometres per person | -1.7% |
| 1972 | 0.3662 Square kilometres per person | -1.8% |
| 1973 | 0.3608 Square kilometres per person | -1.5% |
| 1974 | 0.3537 Square kilometres per person | -2.0% |
| 1975 | 0.3497 Square kilometres per person | -1.1% |
| 1976 | 0.3464 Square kilometres per person | -0.9% |
| 1977 | 0.3358 Square kilometres per person | -3.1% |
| 1978 | 0.3338 Square kilometres per person | -0.6% |
| 1979 | 0.3278 Square kilometres per person | -1.8% |
| 1980 | 0.3251 Square kilometres per person | -0.8% |
| 1981 | 0.3197 Square kilometres per person | -1.7% |
| 1982 | 0.3103 Square kilometres per person | -3.0% |
| 1983 | 0.3017 Square kilometres per person | -2.8% |
| 1984 | 0.2982 Square kilometres per person | -1.1% |
| 1985 | 0.2949 Square kilometres per person | -1.1% |
| 1986 | 0.2795 Square kilometres per person | -5.2% |
| 1987 | 0.2775 Square kilometres per person | -0.7% |
| 1988 | 0.2744 Square kilometres per person | -1.1% |
| 1989 | 0.2673 Square kilometres per person | -2.6% |
| 1990 | 0.2621 Square kilometres per person | -1.9% |
| 1991 | 0.2577 Square kilometres per person | -1.7% |
| 1992 | 0.2572 Square kilometres per person | -0.2% |
| 1993 | 0.2511 Square kilometres per person | -2.4% |
| 1994 | 0.2533 Square kilometres per person | +0.9% |
| 1995 | 0.2479 Square kilometres per person | -2.1% |
| 1996 | 0.2446 Square kilometres per person | -1.3% |
| 1997 | 0.2394 Square kilometres per person | -2.1% |
| 1998 | 0.2377 Square kilometres per person | -0.7% |
| 1999 | 0.2288 Square kilometres per person | -3.7% |
| 2000 | 0.2269 Square kilometres per person | -0.8% |
| 2001 | 0.2237 Square kilometres per person | -1.4% |
| 2002 | 0.2169 Square kilometres per person | -3.0% |
| 2003 | 0.2109 Square kilometres per person | -2.8% |
| 2004 | 0.185 Square kilometres per person | -12.3% |
| 2005 | 0.1901 Square kilometres per person | +2.7% |
| 2006 | 0.1881 Square kilometres per person | -1.0% |
| 2007 | 0.18 Square kilometres per person | -4.3% |
| 2008 | 0.1717 Square kilometres per person | -4.6% |
| 2009 | 0.1645 Square kilometres per person | -4.2% |
| 2010 | 0.159 Square kilometres per person | -3.3% |
| 2011 | 0.163 Square kilometres per person | +2.5% |
| 2012 | 0.1562 Square kilometres per person | -4.1% |
| 2013 | 0.1471 Square kilometres per person | -5.8% |
| 2014 | 0.1457 Square kilometres per person | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 0.133 Square kilometres per person | -8.7% |
| 2016 | 0.1291 Square kilometres per person | -2.9% |
| 2017 | 0.1386 Square kilometres per person | +7.4% |
| 2018 | 0.1312 Square kilometres per person | -5.3% |
| 2019 | 0.1309 Square kilometres per person | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 0.1266 Square kilometres per person | -3.2% |
| 2021 | 0.1292 Square kilometres per person | +2.0% |
| 2022 | 0.1275 Square kilometres per person | -1.3% |
| 2023 | 0.1245 Square kilometres per person | -2.4% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 0.1245 Square kilometres per person is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.001 Square kilometres per person, 128.5× the median. (60 countries reporting)
- Australia's 0.1245 Square kilometres per person is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.0002 Square kilometres per person, 520.1× the median. (26 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.4145 Square kilometres per person | 0.3984 Square kilometres per person | 0.4387 Square kilometres per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.3527 Square kilometres per person | 0.3278 Square kilometres per person | 0.3796 Square kilometres per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.2949 Square kilometres per person | 0.2673 Square kilometres per person | 0.3251 Square kilometres per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.248 Square kilometres per person | 0.2288 Square kilometres per person | 0.2621 Square kilometres per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.1958 Square kilometres per person | 0.1645 Square kilometres per person | 0.2269 Square kilometres per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.1434 Square kilometres per person | 0.1291 Square kilometres per person | 0.163 Square kilometres per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.127 Square kilometres per person | 0.1245 Square kilometres per person | 0.1292 Square kilometres per person | 4 |
Countries ranked near Australia
- 1 Mongolia 0.3054 Square kilometres per person compare
- 2 Namibia 0.1282 Square kilometres per person compare
- 4 Botswana 0.1032 Square kilometres per person compare
- 5 Kazakhstan 0.0907 Square kilometres per person compare
- 6 Turkmenistan 0.0515 Square kilometres per person compare
More environment data for Australia
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -4.75 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -5.98 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.345 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.4 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate -1.03 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.6708 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 0.0861 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is land use hidden — permanent meadows and pastures, per capita in Australia?
- Land use hidden — permanent meadows and pastures, per capita in Australia was 0.1245 Square kilometres per person in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest land use hidden — permanent meadows and pastures, per capita recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4387 Square kilometres per person in 1961.
- What is the lowest land use hidden — permanent meadows and pastures, per capita recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1245 Square kilometres per person in 2023.
- How does Australia rank for land use hidden — permanent meadows and pastures, per capita?
- Australia ranks 3rd out of 167 countries with data for 2023.
- Is land use hidden — permanent meadows and pastures, per capita rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Australia data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Land use hidden — Permanent meadows and pastures, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
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
Computed from
- Land use hidden — Permanent meadows and pastures Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
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.