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Land use hidden — Permanent meadows and pastures by country

Land resources are one of the four components of the natural environment: water, air, land and living resources. In this context land is both: a physical "milieu" necessary for the development of natural vegetation as well as cultivated vegetation; a resource for human activities. The data presented here give...

Countries reporting
180
Highest
8.22 million Square kilometres
OECD
Lowest
0 Square kilometres
American Samoa
Median
12,165 Square kilometres
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
11,927

What the numbers show

Land use hidden — Permanent meadows and pastures is currently reported for 180 countries. The highest value is 8.22 million Square kilometres in OECD; the lowest is 0 Square kilometres in American Samoa.

The median across all reporting countries is 12,165 Square kilometres, and the mean is 215,059 Square kilometres.

Over the past decade 36 countries rose and 55 fell. The largest increase was in French Guiana (up 132.4%), and the largest decrease in Marshall Islands (down 96.7%).

Land use hidden — Permanent meadows and pastures: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 OECD 8.22 million Square kilometres 2023 down 2.4% falling
2 China 3.93 million Square kilometres 2023 unchanged rising
3 Australia 3.32 million Square kilometres 2023 down 2.4% falling
4 United States 2.67 million Square kilometres 2023 up 0.5% rising
5 Kazakhstan 1.84 million Square kilometres 2023 down 1.6% flat
6 Brazil 1.73 million Square kilometres 2023 up 1.1% rising
7 Saudi Arabia 1.70 million Square kilometres 2023 unchanged rising
8 Mongolia 1.06 million Square kilometres 2023 down 5.7% falling
9 Russian Federation 920,520 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged rising
10 Sudan 914,540 Square kilometres 2023 up 0.0% flat
11 South Africa 839,280 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
12 Argentina 746,810 Square kilometres 2023 down 9.5% falling
13 Mexico 740,997 Square kilometres 2023 down 0.5% flat
14 Chad 450,000 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
15 Somalia 430,000 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
16 Angola 403,610 Square kilometres 2023 up 0.0% flat
17 Namibia 380,000 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
18 Turkmenistan 379,469 Square kilometres 2023 up 13.6% rising
19 Colombia 354,880 Square kilometres 2023 down 14.2% flat
20 Mozambique 354,638 Square kilometres 2023 up 3.3% rising
21 Mali 346,400 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged rising
22 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 330,000 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged rising
23 Algeria 328,070 Square kilometres 2023 down 0.6% falling
24 Afghanistan 300,000 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
25 Iran 294,770 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged falling
26 Niger 287,820 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged rising
27 Botswana 256,000 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
28 Nigeria 251,720 Square kilometres 2023 up 1.1% falling
29 Tanzania, United Republic of 240,000 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged rising
30 Yemen 220,000 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
31 Kenya 213,000 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
32 Uzbekistan 211,140 Square kilometres 2023 up 2.3% falling
33 Morocco 210,000 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged rising
34 Zambia 200,000 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged rising
35 Canada 185,600 Square kilometres 2023 down 6.6% falling
36 Venezuela 182,000 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged rising
37 Peru 181,869 Square kilometres 2023 down 2.6% rising
38 Paraguay 167,840 Square kilometres 2023 up 8.6% rising
39 Libya 133,000 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged rising
40 Côte d’Ivoire 132,000 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
41 Zimbabwe 121,000 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged rising
42 Uruguay 120,000 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged falling
43 Indonesia 110,000 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged falling
44 United Kingdom 109,233 Square kilometres 2023 down 0.2% falling
45 Guinea 107,000 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
46 France 103,705 Square kilometres 2023 up 9.5% falling
47 India 102,480 Square kilometres 2023 down 0.1% falling
48 Congo 100,000 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
49 Spain 98,858 Square kilometres 2023 up 3.0% falling
50 New Zealand 91,190 Square kilometres 2023 down 13.1% falling
51 Kyrgyzstan 89,954 Square kilometres 2023 down 2.3% flat
52 Chile 87,836 Square kilometres 2023 down 25.4% flat
53 Ukraine 75,340 Square kilometres 2023 down 4.1% flat
54 Eritrea 69,000 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
55 Burkina Faso 60,000 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
56 Senegal 56,000 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
57 Uganda 53,150 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged rising
58 Ghana 51,862 Square kilometres 2023 down 8.9% falling
59 Pakistan 50,000 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
60 Tunisia 47,500 Square kilometres 2023 down 1.3% rising
61 Germany 47,040 Square kilometres 2023 up 1.8% falling
62 Iraq 39,850 Square kilometres 2023 down 0.4% flat
63 Romania 39,020 Square kilometres 2023 down 17.3% flat
64 Ireland 37,490 Square kilometres 2023 down 6.3% falling
65 Italy 36,035 Square kilometres 2023 down 20.7% falling
66 Nicaragua 32,920 Square kilometres 2023 up 0.5% rising
67 Central African Republic 29,900 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
68 Ecuador 29,410 Square kilometres 2023 down 39.4% rising
69 Cuba 28,394 Square kilometres 2023 up 2.7% rising
70 Tajikistan 28,297 Square kilometres 2023 up 1.2% falling
71 Greece 24,761 Square kilometres 2023 down 29.6% falling
72 Azerbaijan 24,144 Square kilometres 2023 down 7.6% flat
73 Belarus 23,807 Square kilometres 2023 down 21.5% falling
74 Sierra Leone 22,000 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
75 Portugal 21,622 Square kilometres 2023 up 19.0% rising
76 Cameroon 20,000 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
77 Honduras 19,580 Square kilometres 2023 up 8.1% rising
78 Georgia 19,400 Square kilometres 2023 down 0.0% flat
79 Guatemala 18,750 Square kilometres 2023 up 3.5% rising
80 Malawi 18,500 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
81 Nepal 17,953 Square kilometres 2023 up 0.0% flat
82 Djibouti 17,000 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged rising
83 Gabon 16,582 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged rising
84 Iceland 15,170 Square kilometres 2023 down 13.4% falling
85 Panama 15,090 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged rising
86 Cambodia 15,000 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged rising
86 Philippines 15,000 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged rising
88 Bulgaria 13,804 Square kilometres 2023 down 0.0% flat
89 Oman 13,500 Square kilometres 2023 down 0.1% rising
90 Liberia 12,230 Square kilometres 2023 up 16.9% rising
91 Austria 12,100 Square kilometres 2023 down 6.7% falling
92 Armenia 11,705 Square kilometres 2023 down 0.6% rising
93 Dominican Republic 11,486 Square kilometres 2023 up 2.0% falling
94 Costa Rica 11,480 Square kilometres 2023 down 8.2% falling
95 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 11,342 Square kilometres 2023 up 1.3% falling
96 Switzerland 10,715 Square kilometres 2023 down 2.3% falling
97 Togo 10,000 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged falling
98 Czechia 9,684 Square kilometres 2023 down 0.6% rising
99 Thailand 8,000 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged rising
100 North Macedonia 7,950 Square kilometres 2023 down 1.9% rising
101 Hungary 7,889 Square kilometres 2023 up 3.9% falling
102 Jordan 7,420 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged falling
103 Lao People's Democratic Republic 6,770 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged falling
104 Bosnia and Herzegovina 6,560 Square kilometres 2023 down 37.3% falling
105 Bangladesh 6,000 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
106 Guyana 5,940 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged falling
107 Benin 5,500 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged rising
108 Haiti 4,900 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
109 Burundi 4,830 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged falling
110 Myanmar 4,800 Square kilometres 2023 up 56.9% rising
111 Belgium 4,669 Square kilometres 2023 down 6.3% falling
112 Sweden 4,530 Square kilometres 2023 up 2.3% falling
113 Sri Lanka 4,400 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged rising
114 Bhutan 4,130 Square kilometres 2023 up 1.5% rising
115 Lebanon 4,000 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged rising
116 Rwanda 3,861 Square kilometres 2023 down 5.8% falling
117 Albania 3,661 Square kilometres 2023 down 25.4% falling
118 El Salvador 3,147 Square kilometres 2023 down 8.3% falling
119 Japan 3,100 Square kilometres 2023 down 12.4% falling
120 United Arab Emirates 3,000 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged rising
121 Malaysia 2,850 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged rising
122 Greenland 2,431 Square kilometres 2023 up 0.0% flat
123 Jamaica 2,290 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged falling
124 Denmark 2,260 Square kilometres 2023 up 15.9% falling
125 Guinea-Bissau 1,950 Square kilometres 2023 down 12.5% falling
126 Papua New Guinea 1,900 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged rising
127 Gambia 1,870 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged falling
128 Norway 1,760 Square kilometres 2023 down 0.2% rising
129 New Caledonia 1,743 Square kilometres 2023 up 0.2% falling
130 Israel 1,640 Square kilometres 2023 up 17.1% rising
131 Kuwait 1,360 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
132 Puerto Rico 1,027 Square kilometres 2023 down 7.5% falling
133 Faroe Islands 960 Square kilometres 2023 down 0.4% flat
134 Luxembourg 697.6 Square kilometres 2023 up 4.3% rising
135 Belize 500 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged rising
135 Democratic People’s Republic of Korea 500 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
135 Qatar 500 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
138 Vanuatu 420 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged rising
139 French Guiana 255.69 Square kilometres 2023 up 132.4% volatile
140 Guadeloupe 241.98 Square kilometres 2023 down 20.9% rising
141 Andorra 180 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged falling
142 Suriname 160 Square kilometres 2023 down 7.0% rising
143 Comoros 150 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
144 Martinique 143.75 Square kilometres 2023 down 23.9% rising
145 Finland 130 Square kilometres 2023 down 58.1% volatile
146 Réunion 129.62 Square kilometres 2023 up 15.7% rising
147 Guam 80 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
147 Solomon Islands 80 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged rising
147 Saint Helena 80 Square kilometres 2022 unchanged flat
150 Mauritius 70 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
150 Trinidad and Tobago 70 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged rising
152 Samoa 64.1 Square kilometres 2023 down 28.8% volatile
153 British Virgin Islands 50 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged rising
154 Antigua and Barbuda 40 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged rising
154 Bahrain 40 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
154 Tonga 40 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged rising
157 Liechtenstein 34.4 Square kilometres 2023 up 1.2% falling
158 Brunei Darussalam 34 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged falling
159 United States Virgin Islands 22 Square kilometres 2023 up 10.0% volatile
160 Cyprus 21.04 Square kilometres 2023 up 16.9% falling
161 Bahamas 20 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged rising
161 Barbados 20 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
161 Cayman Islands 20 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
161 Dominica 20 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
161 Palau 20 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
161 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 20 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged rising
167 French Polynesia 15.65 Square kilometres 2023 down 75.8% falling
168 Grenada 10 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged volatile
168 Hong Kong (China) 10 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
168 Maldives 10 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
168 Sao Tome and Principe 10 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
168 Montserrat 10 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
168 Niue 10 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
168 Norfolk Island 10 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
175 Saint Kitts and Nevis 9 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged volatile
176 Saint Lucia 3.7 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged volatile
176 Northern Mariana Islands 3.7 Square kilometres 2023 down 69.2% falling
178 Marshall Islands 1 Square kilometres 2020 down 96.7% volatile
179 Mayotte 0.12 Square kilometres 2023 down 40.0% rising
180 American Samoa 0 Square kilometres 2023 — flat

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Land use hidden — Permanent meadows and pastures
Unit
Square kilometres
Source
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Licence
OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage
207 places, 11,927 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

Land resources are one of the four components of the natural environment: water, air, land and living resources. In this context land is both: a physical "milieu" necessary for the development of natural vegetation as well as cultivated vegetation; a resource for human activities. The data presented here give information concerning land use state and changes (e.g. agricultural land, forest land). Data source(s): Food and Agriculture Organization of the U.N., (FAOSTAT) Contact: ENV.Stat@oecd.org Dataset release date: June 3, 2024 Database documentation Countries metadata