Perm. meadows & pastures area actually irrig. — Area by country
The FAOSTAT Land Use domain contains data on twenty-one land use categories and twenty-three categories of irrigation and agricultural practices. Data are available yearly and by country, regional and global levels. The domain includes Land Use Indicators providing information on the percentage share of...
What the numbers show
Perm. meadows & pastures area actually irrig. — Area is currently reported for 19 countries. The highest value is 28,113 1000 ha in Turkmenistan; the lowest is 0 1000 ha in Ukraine.
The median across all reporting countries is 4.8 1000 ha, and the mean is 1,563 1000 ha.
Over the past decade 2 countries rose and 11 fell. The largest increase was in Hungary (up 400.0%), and the largest decrease in Denmark (down 100.0%).
Perm. meadows & pastures area actually irrig. — Area: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turkmenistan | 28,113 1000 ha | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 2 | United States | 918.93 1000 ha | 2024 | down 41.2% | falling |
| 3 | Ecuador | 243 1000 ha | 2024 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 4 | Mexico | 239 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 5 | Azerbaijan | 43.4 1000 ha | 2024 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 6 | Uzbekistan | 42.1 1000 ha | 2024 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 7 | Portugal | 31.45 1000 ha | 2024 | down 36.5% | falling |
| 8 | Kyrgyzstan | 28.6 1000 ha | 2024 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 9 | Spain | 22.36 1000 ha | 2024 | — | falling |
| 10 | Belarus | 4.8 1000 ha | 2024 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 11 | El Salvador | 2.08 1000 ha | 2024 | down 62.8% | falling |
| 12 | Armenia | 1.5 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 13 | Romania | 0.7 1000 ha | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 14 | Moldova | 0.3 1000 ha | 2024 | down 80.0% | falling |
| 14 | Republic of Moldova | 0.3 1000 ha | 2024 | down 80.0% | falling |
| 16 | Hungary | 0.1 1000 ha | 2024 | up 400.0% | volatile |
| 17 | Denmark | 0 1000 ha | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 17 | Cyprus | 0 1000 ha | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 17 | Ukraine | 0 1000 ha | 2024 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- United States of America 918.93 1000 ha
About this data
The FAOSTAT Land Use domain contains data on twenty-one land use categories and twenty-three categories of irrigation and agricultural practices. Data are available yearly and by country, regional and global levels. The domain includes Land Use Indicators providing information on the percentage share of agricultural and forest land, and their sub-components, including irrigated areas and areas under organic agriculture, within a country land use matrix. Data are available at country, regional and global level, for the following elements: (in percentage) i) Share in Land area; ii) Share in Agricultural land, iii) Share in Cropland; and iv) Share in Forest land; (in ha/pc) v) Area per capita.