Land use hidden — Permanent meadows and pastures, per capita in Greenland
Greenland: Land use hidden — Permanent meadows and pastures, per capita was 0.0428 Square kilometres per person in 2023. ▼ Falling
Latest (2023)
0.0428 Square kilometres per person
Change on year
down 0.4%
World rank
8th
of 167 countries
All-time high
0.0697 Square kilometres per person
in 1961
All-time low
0.0424 Square kilometres per person
in 2004
Years of data
63
1961–2023
Land use hidden — Permanent meadows and pastures, per capita in Greenland, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in Square kilometres per person.
Analysis
Greenland recorded 0.0428 Square kilometres per person for land use hidden — permanent meadows and pastures, per capita in 2023.
The figure is down 0.4% on the previous year and down 0.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, land use hidden — permanent meadows and pastures, per capita in Greenland peaked at 0.0697 Square kilometres per person in 1961 and was at its lowest, 0.0424 Square kilometres per person, in 2004.
Greenland ranks 8th of 167 countries on this measure, 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 Greenland, year by year
| Year | Square kilometres per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0697 Square kilometres per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0671 Square kilometres per person | -3.7% |
| 1963 | 0.0646 Square kilometres per person | -3.8% |
| 1964 | 0.0625 Square kilometres per person | -3.2% |
| 1965 | 0.0599 Square kilometres per person | -4.1% |
| 1966 | 0.058 Square kilometres per person | -3.2% |
| 1967 | 0.0561 Square kilometres per person | -3.3% |
| 1968 | 0.0541 Square kilometres per person | -3.5% |
| 1969 | 0.0523 Square kilometres per person | -3.3% |
| 1970 | 0.0506 Square kilometres per person | -3.2% |
| 1971 | 0.0498 Square kilometres per person | -1.7% |
| 1972 | 0.0487 Square kilometres per person | -2.3% |
| 1973 | 0.048 Square kilometres per person | -1.4% |
| 1974 | 0.0475 Square kilometres per person | -1.0% |
| 1975 | 0.0474 Square kilometres per person | -0.2% |
| 1976 | 0.0473 Square kilometres per person | -0.2% |
| 1977 | 0.0476 Square kilometres per person | +0.6% |
| 1978 | 0.0478 Square kilometres per person | +0.4% |
| 1979 | 0.0474 Square kilometres per person | -0.8% |
| 1980 | 0.0468 Square kilometres per person | -1.2% |
| 1981 | 0.0461 Square kilometres per person | -1.6% |
| 1982 | 0.0456 Square kilometres per person | -1.0% |
| 1983 | 0.0451 Square kilometres per person | -1.2% |
| 1984 | 0.0446 Square kilometres per person | -1.1% |
| 1985 | 0.0442 Square kilometres per person | -0.8% |
| 1986 | 0.044 Square kilometres per person | -0.4% |
| 1987 | 0.0436 Square kilometres per person | -1.0% |
| 1988 | 0.0431 Square kilometres per person | -1.2% |
| 1989 | 0.0428 Square kilometres per person | -0.8% |
| 1990 | 0.0426 Square kilometres per person | -0.4% |
| 1991 | 0.0427 Square kilometres per person | +0.3% |
| 1992 | 0.0429 Square kilometres per person | +0.5% |
| 1993 | 0.0431 Square kilometres per person | +0.3% |
| 1994 | 0.0429 Square kilometres per person | -0.4% |
| 1995 | 0.0427 Square kilometres per person | -0.4% |
| 1996 | 0.0427 Square kilometres per person | -0.1% |
| 1997 | 0.0427 Square kilometres per person | -0.1% |
| 1998 | 0.0426 Square kilometres per person | -0.1% |
| 1999 | 0.0427 Square kilometres per person | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 0.0427 Square kilometres per person | -0.0% |
| 2001 | 0.0426 Square kilometres per person | -0.2% |
| 2002 | 0.0425 Square kilometres per person | -0.3% |
| 2003 | 0.0424 Square kilometres per person | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 0.0424 Square kilometres per person | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 0.0424 Square kilometres per person | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 0.0426 Square kilometres per person | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 0.0428 Square kilometres per person | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 0.043 Square kilometres per person | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 0.0431 Square kilometres per person | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 0.0429 Square kilometres per person | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 0.0427 Square kilometres per person | -0.5% |
| 2012 | 0.0428 Square kilometres per person | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 0.043 Square kilometres per person | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 0.0432 Square kilometres per person | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 0.0433 Square kilometres per person | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 0.0433 Square kilometres per person | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 0.0433 Square kilometres per person | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.0434 Square kilometres per person | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 0.0432 Square kilometres per person | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 0.0431 Square kilometres per person | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 0.0429 Square kilometres per person | -0.5% |
| 2022 | 0.0429 Square kilometres per person | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.0428 Square kilometres per person | -0.4% |
Greenland compared with similar countries
- Greenland's 0.0428 Square kilometres per person is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.001 Square kilometres per person, 44.1× the median. (60 countries reporting)
- Greenland's 0.0428 Square kilometres per person is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.002 Square kilometres per person, 20.9× the median. (40 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0605 Square kilometres per person | 0.0523 Square kilometres per person | 0.0697 Square kilometres per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0482 Square kilometres per person | 0.0473 Square kilometres per person | 0.0506 Square kilometres per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0446 Square kilometres per person | 0.0428 Square kilometres per person | 0.0468 Square kilometres per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0428 Square kilometres per person | 0.0426 Square kilometres per person | 0.0431 Square kilometres per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0426 Square kilometres per person | 0.0424 Square kilometres per person | 0.0431 Square kilometres per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0431 Square kilometres per person | 0.0427 Square kilometres per person | 0.0434 Square kilometres per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0429 Square kilometres per person | 0.0428 Square kilometres per person | 0.0431 Square kilometres per person | 4 |
Countries ranked near Greenland
- 5 Kazakhstan 0.0907 Square kilometres per person compare
- 6 Turkmenistan 0.0515 Square kilometres per person compare
- 7 Saudi Arabia 0.0504 Square kilometres per person compare
- 9 Iceland 0.0393 Square kilometres per person compare
- 10 Uruguay 0.0354 Square kilometres per person compare
- 11 Bolivia 0.027 Square kilometres per person compare
More environment data for Greenland
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 0.3961 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Temperature change 2.17 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.605 °C (2025)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Share of GDP 24.29 % (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Annual growth 2.61 % (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Annual growth 5.11 % (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Share of GDP US$ 24.29 % (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita 0.02 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Agricultural Use 1 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is land use hidden — permanent meadows and pastures, per capita in Greenland?
- Land use hidden — permanent meadows and pastures, per capita in Greenland was 0.0428 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 Greenland?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0697 Square kilometres per person in 1961.
- What is the lowest land use hidden — permanent meadows and pastures, per capita recorded in Greenland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0424 Square kilometres per person in 2004.
- How does Greenland rank for land use hidden — permanent meadows and pastures, per capita?
- Greenland ranks 8th out of 167 countries with data for 2023.
- Is land use hidden — permanent meadows and pastures, per capita rising or falling in Greenland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Greenland 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.