Land use hidden — Permanent meadows and pastures, per capita in Faroe Islands
Faroe Islands: Land use hidden — Permanent meadows and pastures, per capita was 0.0176 Square kilometres per person in 2023. ▼ Falling
Latest (2023)
0.0176 Square kilometres per person
Change on year
down 0.9%
World rank
18th
of 167 countries
All-time high
0.0279 Square kilometres per person
in 1961
All-time low
0.0176 Square kilometres per person
in 2023
Years of data
63
1961–2023
Land use hidden — Permanent meadows and pastures, per capita in Faroe Islands, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in Square kilometres per person.
Analysis
In 2023, land use hidden — permanent meadows and pastures, per capita in Faroe Islands stood at 0.0176 Square kilometres per person. That is the lowest value across all 63 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.9% on the previous year and down 11.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, land use hidden — permanent meadows and pastures, per capita in Faroe Islands peaked at 0.0279 Square kilometres per person in 1961 and was at its lowest, 0.0176 Square kilometres per person, in 2023.
Faroe Islands ranks 18th 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 Faroe Islands, year by year
| Year | Square kilometres per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0279 Square kilometres per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0276 Square kilometres per person | -1.2% |
| 1963 | 0.0273 Square kilometres per person | -1.2% |
| 1964 | 0.0269 Square kilometres per person | -1.3% |
| 1965 | 0.0265 Square kilometres per person | -1.4% |
| 1966 | 0.0262 Square kilometres per person | -1.3% |
| 1967 | 0.0259 Square kilometres per person | -1.0% |
| 1968 | 0.0257 Square kilometres per person | -1.0% |
| 1969 | 0.0254 Square kilometres per person | -0.9% |
| 1970 | 0.0252 Square kilometres per person | -0.9% |
| 1971 | 0.0249 Square kilometres per person | -1.1% |
| 1972 | 0.0246 Square kilometres per person | -1.2% |
| 1973 | 0.0243 Square kilometres per person | -1.2% |
| 1974 | 0.0241 Square kilometres per person | -1.2% |
| 1975 | 0.0238 Square kilometres per person | -1.1% |
| 1976 | 0.0235 Square kilometres per person | -1.1% |
| 1977 | 0.0233 Square kilometres per person | -1.1% |
| 1978 | 0.023 Square kilometres per person | -1.2% |
| 1979 | 0.0227 Square kilometres per person | -1.3% |
| 1980 | 0.0224 Square kilometres per person | -1.3% |
| 1981 | 0.0221 Square kilometres per person | -1.3% |
| 1982 | 0.0218 Square kilometres per person | -1.2% |
| 1983 | 0.0216 Square kilometres per person | -1.1% |
| 1984 | 0.0214 Square kilometres per person | -1.0% |
| 1985 | 0.0211 Square kilometres per person | -1.2% |
| 1986 | 0.0209 Square kilometres per person | -0.9% |
| 1987 | 0.0207 Square kilometres per person | -1.2% |
| 1988 | 0.0204 Square kilometres per person | -1.4% |
| 1989 | 0.0201 Square kilometres per person | -1.3% |
| 1990 | 0.0202 Square kilometres per person | +0.5% |
| 1991 | 0.0203 Square kilometres per person | +0.6% |
| 1992 | 0.0204 Square kilometres per person | +0.3% |
| 1993 | 0.0208 Square kilometres per person | +1.7% |
| 1994 | 0.0216 Square kilometres per person | +4.0% |
| 1995 | 0.0221 Square kilometres per person | +2.5% |
| 1996 | 0.0221 Square kilometres per person | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 0.0219 Square kilometres per person | -1.2% |
| 1998 | 0.0216 Square kilometres per person | -1.2% |
| 1999 | 0.0214 Square kilometres per person | -1.0% |
| 2000 | 0.0211 Square kilometres per person | -1.3% |
| 2001 | 0.0207 Square kilometres per person | -1.9% |
| 2002 | 0.0204 Square kilometres per person | -1.4% |
| 2003 | 0.0201 Square kilometres per person | -1.5% |
| 2004 | 0.0199 Square kilometres per person | -0.7% |
| 2005 | 0.0199 Square kilometres per person | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 0.02 Square kilometres per person | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.0199 Square kilometres per person | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 0.0199 Square kilometres per person | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 0.0197 Square kilometres per person | -0.6% |
| 2010 | 0.0198 Square kilometres per person | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 0.0198 Square kilometres per person | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 0.02 Square kilometres per person | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 0.02 Square kilometres per person | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 0.0199 Square kilometres per person | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 0.0197 Square kilometres per person | -1.0% |
| 2016 | 0.0195 Square kilometres per person | -1.2% |
| 2017 | 0.0192 Square kilometres per person | -1.4% |
| 2018 | 0.0189 Square kilometres per person | -1.6% |
| 2019 | 0.0186 Square kilometres per person | -1.5% |
| 2020 | 0.0183 Square kilometres per person | -1.7% |
| 2021 | 0.018 Square kilometres per person | -1.4% |
| 2022 | 0.0178 Square kilometres per person | -1.1% |
| 2023 | 0.0176 Square kilometres per person | -0.9% |
Faroe Islands compared with similar countries
- Faroe Islands's 0.0176 Square kilometres per person is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.001 Square kilometres per person, 18.2× the median. (60 countries reporting)
- Faroe Islands's 0.0176 Square kilometres per person is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.002 Square kilometres per person, 8.6× the median. (40 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0266 Square kilometres per person | 0.0254 Square kilometres per person | 0.0279 Square kilometres per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0239 Square kilometres per person | 0.0227 Square kilometres per person | 0.0252 Square kilometres per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0212 Square kilometres per person | 0.0201 Square kilometres per person | 0.0224 Square kilometres per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0212 Square kilometres per person | 0.0202 Square kilometres per person | 0.0221 Square kilometres per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0202 Square kilometres per person | 0.0197 Square kilometres per person | 0.0211 Square kilometres per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0195 Square kilometres per person | 0.0186 Square kilometres per person | 0.02 Square kilometres per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0179 Square kilometres per person | 0.0176 Square kilometres per person | 0.0183 Square kilometres per person | 4 |
Countries ranked near Faroe Islands
- 15 Eritrea 0.0199 Square kilometres per person compare
- 16 Sudan 0.0183 Square kilometres per person compare
- 17 Libya 0.0182 Square kilometres per person compare
- 19 New Zealand 0.0175 Square kilometres per person compare
- 20 Argentina 0.0164 Square kilometres per person compare
- 21 Congo 0.0162 Square kilometres per person compare
More environment data for Faroe Islands
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 3.37 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 5.94 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.468 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.67 °C (2025)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Agricultural Use 5 t (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per capita 0.32 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per area of cropland 71.43 kg/ha (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per capita 0.09 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 0.75 g/Int$ (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is land use hidden — permanent meadows and pastures, per capita in Faroe Islands?
- Land use hidden — permanent meadows and pastures, per capita in Faroe Islands was 0.0176 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 Faroe Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0279 Square kilometres per person in 1961.
- What is the lowest land use hidden — permanent meadows and pastures, per capita recorded in Faroe Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0176 Square kilometres per person in 2023.
- How does Faroe Islands rank for land use hidden — permanent meadows and pastures, per capita?
- Faroe Islands ranks 18th out of 167 countries with data for 2023.
- Is land use hidden — permanent meadows and pastures, per capita rising or falling in Faroe Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Faroe Islands 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.