Land use hidden — Permanent meadows and pastures, per capita in Brazil
Brazil: Land use hidden — Permanent meadows and pastures, per capita was 0.0082 Square kilometres per person in 2023. ▼ Falling
Latest (2023)
0.0082 Square kilometres per person
Change on year
down 0.4%
World rank
30th
of 167 countries
All-time high
0.0168 Square kilometres per person
in 1961
All-time low
0.0082 Square kilometres per person
in 2023
Years of data
63
1961–2023
Land use hidden — Permanent meadows and pastures, per capita in Brazil, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in Square kilometres per person.
Analysis
Brazil recorded 0.0082 Square kilometres per person for land use hidden — permanent meadows and pastures, per capita in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 63 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.4% on the previous year and down 5.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, land use hidden — permanent meadows and pastures, per capita in Brazil peaked at 0.0168 Square kilometres per person in 1961 and was at its lowest, 0.0082 Square kilometres per person, in 2023.
Brazil ranks 30th of 167 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
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 Brazil, year by year
| Year | Square kilometres per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0168 Square kilometres per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0167 Square kilometres per person | -0.5% |
| 1963 | 0.0167 Square kilometres per person | -0.5% |
| 1964 | 0.0166 Square kilometres per person | -0.5% |
| 1965 | 0.0165 Square kilometres per person | -0.5% |
| 1966 | 0.0164 Square kilometres per person | -0.5% |
| 1967 | 0.0163 Square kilometres per person | -0.4% |
| 1968 | 0.0163 Square kilometres per person | -0.4% |
| 1969 | 0.0162 Square kilometres per person | -0.4% |
| 1970 | 0.0162 Square kilometres per person | -0.4% |
| 1971 | 0.016 Square kilometres per person | -1.0% |
| 1972 | 0.0159 Square kilometres per person | -1.0% |
| 1973 | 0.0157 Square kilometres per person | -1.0% |
| 1974 | 0.0155 Square kilometres per person | -1.0% |
| 1975 | 0.0154 Square kilometres per person | -1.0% |
| 1976 | 0.0152 Square kilometres per person | -1.3% |
| 1977 | 0.015 Square kilometres per person | -1.3% |
| 1978 | 0.0148 Square kilometres per person | -1.3% |
| 1979 | 0.0146 Square kilometres per person | -1.3% |
| 1980 | 0.0144 Square kilometres per person | -1.3% |
| 1981 | 0.0141 Square kilometres per person | -1.8% |
| 1982 | 0.0139 Square kilometres per person | -1.7% |
| 1983 | 0.0137 Square kilometres per person | -1.7% |
| 1984 | 0.0134 Square kilometres per person | -1.6% |
| 1985 | 0.0132 Square kilometres per person | -1.6% |
| 1986 | 0.0129 Square kilometres per person | -2.1% |
| 1987 | 0.0127 Square kilometres per person | -2.0% |
| 1988 | 0.0124 Square kilometres per person | -2.0% |
| 1989 | 0.0122 Square kilometres per person | -1.9% |
| 1990 | 0.012 Square kilometres per person | -1.9% |
| 1991 | 0.0118 Square kilometres per person | -1.8% |
| 1992 | 0.0115 Square kilometres per person | -1.7% |
| 1993 | 0.0114 Square kilometres per person | -1.7% |
| 1994 | 0.0112 Square kilometres per person | -1.6% |
| 1995 | 0.011 Square kilometres per person | -1.6% |
| 1996 | 0.0108 Square kilometres per person | -2.0% |
| 1997 | 0.0106 Square kilometres per person | -1.9% |
| 1998 | 0.0104 Square kilometres per person | -2.0% |
| 1999 | 0.0102 Square kilometres per person | -1.9% |
| 2000 | 0.01 Square kilometres per person | -1.8% |
| 2001 | 0.0098 Square kilometres per person | -1.8% |
| 2002 | 0.0096 Square kilometres per person | -1.7% |
| 2003 | 0.0095 Square kilometres per person | -1.7% |
| 2004 | 0.0093 Square kilometres per person | -1.6% |
| 2005 | 0.0092 Square kilometres per person | -1.6% |
| 2006 | 0.009 Square kilometres per person | -1.5% |
| 2007 | 0.009 Square kilometres per person | -0.7% |
| 2008 | 0.0089 Square kilometres per person | -0.7% |
| 2009 | 0.0088 Square kilometres per person | -0.6% |
| 2010 | 0.0088 Square kilometres per person | -0.6% |
| 2011 | 0.0087 Square kilometres per person | -0.5% |
| 2012 | 0.0087 Square kilometres per person | -0.5% |
| 2013 | 0.0086 Square kilometres per person | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 0.0086 Square kilometres per person | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 0.0086 Square kilometres per person | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 0.0085 Square kilometres per person | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 0.0085 Square kilometres per person | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 0.0084 Square kilometres per person | -0.7% |
| 2019 | 0.0084 Square kilometres per person | -0.6% |
| 2020 | 0.0083 Square kilometres per person | -0.6% |
| 2021 | 0.0083 Square kilometres per person | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 0.0082 Square kilometres per person | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 0.0082 Square kilometres per person | -0.4% |
Brazil compared with similar countries
- Brazil's 0.0082 Square kilometres per person is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.0018 Square kilometres per person, 4.5× the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Brazil's 0.0082 Square kilometres per person is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.0012 Square kilometres per person, 6.8× the median. (37 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0165 Square kilometres per person | 0.0162 Square kilometres per person | 0.0168 Square kilometres per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0154 Square kilometres per person | 0.0146 Square kilometres per person | 0.0162 Square kilometres per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0133 Square kilometres per person | 0.0122 Square kilometres per person | 0.0144 Square kilometres per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0111 Square kilometres per person | 0.0102 Square kilometres per person | 0.012 Square kilometres per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0093 Square kilometres per person | 0.0088 Square kilometres per person | 0.01 Square kilometres per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0086 Square kilometres per person | 0.0084 Square kilometres per person | 0.0088 Square kilometres per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0083 Square kilometres per person | 0.0082 Square kilometres per person | 0.0083 Square kilometres per person | 4 |
Countries ranked near Brazil
- 27 Angola 0.011 Square kilometres per person compare
- 28 Mozambique 0.0105 Square kilometres per person compare
- 29 Zambia 0.0097 Square kilometres per person compare
- 31 United States 0.0079 Square kilometres per person compare
- 32 Guinea 0.0074 Square kilometres per person compare
- 33 Zimbabwe 0.0074 Square kilometres per person compare
More environment data for Brazil
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -6.93 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -8.24 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.221 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.36 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 14.48 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.155 % 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 -2.73 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is land use hidden — permanent meadows and pastures, per capita in Brazil?
- Land use hidden — permanent meadows and pastures, per capita in Brazil was 0.0082 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 Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0168 Square kilometres per person in 1961.
- What is the lowest land use hidden — permanent meadows and pastures, per capita recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0082 Square kilometres per person in 2023.
- How does Brazil rank for land use hidden — permanent meadows and pastures, per capita?
- Brazil ranks 30th out of 167 countries with data for 2023.
- Is land use hidden — permanent meadows and pastures, per capita rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Brazil 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.