Land use hidden — Permanent meadows and pastures, per capita in Eritrea
Eritrea: Land use hidden — Permanent meadows and pastures, per capita was 0.0199 Square kilometres per person in 2023. ▼ Falling
Land use hidden — Permanent meadows and pastures, per capita in Eritrea, 1993–2023
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 Eritrea is 0.0199 Square kilometres per person, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 31 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.8% on the previous year and down 11.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, land use hidden — permanent meadows and pastures, per capita in Eritrea peaked at 0.0372 Square kilometres per person in 1993 and was at its lowest, 0.0199 Square kilometres per person, in 2023.
Eritrea ranks 15th of 167 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 31 years of available data.
Land use hidden — Permanent meadows and pastures, per capita in Eritrea, year by year
| Year | Square kilometres per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 0.0372 Square kilometres per person | — |
| 1994 | 0.0364 Square kilometres per person | -2.1% |
| 1995 | 0.0344 Square kilometres per person | -5.5% |
| 1996 | 0.0327 Square kilometres per person | -4.8% |
| 1997 | 0.0324 Square kilometres per person | -1.1% |
| 1998 | 0.032 Square kilometres per person | -1.3% |
| 1999 | 0.0315 Square kilometres per person | -1.5% |
| 2000 | 0.031 Square kilometres per person | -1.5% |
| 2001 | 0.0301 Square kilometres per person | -2.8% |
| 2002 | 0.0291 Square kilometres per person | -3.4% |
| 2003 | 0.0279 Square kilometres per person | -4.0% |
| 2004 | 0.0266 Square kilometres per person | -4.9% |
| 2005 | 0.0259 Square kilometres per person | -2.4% |
| 2006 | 0.0255 Square kilometres per person | -1.6% |
| 2007 | 0.0252 Square kilometres per person | -1.4% |
| 2008 | 0.0245 Square kilometres per person | -2.6% |
| 2009 | 0.0239 Square kilometres per person | -2.5% |
| 2010 | 0.0234 Square kilometres per person | -1.9% |
| 2011 | 0.023 Square kilometres per person | -1.8% |
| 2012 | 0.0227 Square kilometres per person | -1.3% |
| 2013 | 0.0224 Square kilometres per person | -1.2% |
| 2014 | 0.0223 Square kilometres per person | -0.7% |
| 2015 | 0.0222 Square kilometres per person | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 0.0221 Square kilometres per person | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 0.0219 Square kilometres per person | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 0.0216 Square kilometres per person | -1.3% |
| 2019 | 0.0213 Square kilometres per person | -1.5% |
| 2020 | 0.021 Square kilometres per person | -1.6% |
| 2021 | 0.0206 Square kilometres per person | -1.8% |
| 2022 | 0.0202 Square kilometres per person | -1.7% |
| 2023 | 0.0199 Square kilometres per person | -1.8% |
Eritrea compared with similar countries
- Eritrea's 0.0199 Square kilometres per person is above the median for low income countries, which is 0.0041 Square kilometres per person, 4.9× the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Eritrea's 0.0199 Square kilometres per person is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.0036 Square kilometres per person, 5.5× the median. (37 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0338 Square kilometres per person | 0.0315 Square kilometres per person | 0.0372 Square kilometres per person | 7 |
| 2000s | 0.027 Square kilometres per person | 0.0239 Square kilometres per person | 0.031 Square kilometres per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0223 Square kilometres per person | 0.0213 Square kilometres per person | 0.0234 Square kilometres per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0204 Square kilometres per person | 0.0199 Square kilometres per person | 0.021 Square kilometres per person | 4 |
Countries ranked near Eritrea
- 12 Paraguay 0.0245 Square kilometres per person compare
- 13 Somalia 0.0234 Square kilometres per person compare
- 14 Chad 0.0233 Square kilometres per person compare
- 16 Sudan 0.0183 Square kilometres per person compare
- 17 Libya 0.0182 Square kilometres per person compare
- 18 Faroe Islands 0.0176 Square kilometres per person compare
More environment data for Eritrea
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -12.24 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -10.14 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 57.1 % change on previous year (2023)
- Standard Deviation 0.531 °C (2023)
- Temperature change 0.012 °C (2023)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.6471 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2011)
- 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 0.3665 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2011)
Frequently asked questions
- What is land use hidden — permanent meadows and pastures, per capita in Eritrea?
- Land use hidden — permanent meadows and pastures, per capita in Eritrea was 0.0199 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 Eritrea?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0372 Square kilometres per person in 1993.
- What is the lowest land use hidden — permanent meadows and pastures, per capita recorded in Eritrea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0199 Square kilometres per person in 2023.
- How does Eritrea rank for land use hidden — permanent meadows and pastures, per capita?
- Eritrea ranks 15th out of 167 countries with data for 2023.
- Is land use hidden — permanent meadows and pastures, per capita rising or falling in Eritrea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Eritrea 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.