Perm. meadows & pastures - Cultivated — Area by country
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What the numbers show
Perm. meadows & pastures - Cultivated — Area is currently reported for 59 countries. The highest value is 126,038 1000 ha in Brazil; the lowest is 0.01 1000 ha in Mayotte.
The median across all reporting countries is 341 1000 ha, and the mean is 4,270 1000 ha.
Over the past decade 20 countries rose and 29 fell. The largest increase was in Algeria (up 109.3%), and the largest decrease in Mayotte (down 97.1%).
Perm. meadows & pastures - Cultivated — Area: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil | 126,038 1000 ha | 2024 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 2 | Turkmenistan | 37,937 1000 ha | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 3 | China, mainland | 19,620 1000 ha | 2024 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 4 | France | 8,785 1000 ha | 2024 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 5 | New Zealand | 6,751 1000 ha | 2024 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 6 | Paraguay | 6,718 1000 ha | 2024 | up 23.9% | rising |
| 7 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 5,865 1000 ha | 2024 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 8 | Canada | 4,829 1000 ha | 2024 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 9 | Kazakhstan | 3,998 1000 ha | 2024 | down 96.4% | volatile |
| 10 | Ireland | 3,518 1000 ha | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 11 | Mexico | 2,554 1000 ha | 2024 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 12 | Azerbaijan | 2,406 1000 ha | 2024 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 13 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 2,349 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 14 | Ecuador | 2,243 1000 ha | 2024 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 15 | Poland | 2,227 1000 ha | 2024 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 16 | Italy | 2,199 1000 ha | 2024 | up 97.7% | rising |
| 17 | Uruguay | 1,708 1000 ha | 2024 | up 5.8% | falling |
| 18 | Mongolia | 1,682 1000 ha | 2024 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 19 | Argentina | 1,562 1000 ha | 2024 | down 66.9% | falling |
| 20 | Greece | 1,530 1000 ha | 2024 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 21 | Nicaragua | 954 1000 ha | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 22 | Austria | 736.8 1000 ha | 2024 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 23 | Chile | 721.5 1000 ha | 2024 | down 34.0% | falling |
| 24 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 671 1000 ha | 2024 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 25 | Switzerland | 610.24 1000 ha | 2024 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 26 | Portugal | 556.93 1000 ha | 2024 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 27 | Slovakia | 499 1000 ha | 2024 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 28 | Lithuania | 451 1000 ha | 2024 | up 22.5% | falling |
| 29 | Ukraine | 422 1000 ha | 2024 | down 63.0% | falling |
| 30 | Guatemala | 341 1000 ha | 2024 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 31 | Montenegro | 229.23 1000 ha | 2024 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 32 | Denmark | 222 1000 ha | 2024 | up 15.0% | falling |
| 33 | Myanmar | 182 1000 ha | 2024 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 34 | Armenia | 121.3 1000 ha | 2024 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 35 | Cuba | 120.7 1000 ha | 2024 | up 14.6% | falling |
| 36 | Peru | 82.51 1000 ha | 2024 | down 89.3% | volatile |
| 37 | Luxembourg | 69.75 1000 ha | 2024 | up 4.4% | flat |
| 38 | Puerto Rico | 63.79 1000 ha | 2024 | down 25.1% | falling |
| 39 | North Macedonia | 60 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 40 | Algeria | 54 1000 ha | 2024 | up 109.3% | rising |
| 41 | El Salvador | 47.1 1000 ha | 2024 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 42 | Nepal | 35 1000 ha | 2024 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 43 | New Caledonia | 32.07 1000 ha | 2024 | up 0.2% | volatile |
| 44 | Norway | 21 1000 ha | 2024 | up 5.8% | falling |
| 45 | French Guiana | 16.3 1000 ha | 2024 | up 21.4% | volatile |
| 46 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 15 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 47 | Hungary | 13.38 1000 ha | 2024 | down 84.3% | falling |
| 48 | Martinique | 12.75 1000 ha | 2024 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 49 | Guadeloupe | 11.47 1000 ha | 2024 | up 3.9% | flat |
| 50 | Faroe Islands | 7 1000 ha | 2024 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 51 | Isle of Man | 6.3 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 52 | Georgia | 4 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 53 | Kyrgyzstan | 3.5 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 54 | Republic of Moldova | 2.4 1000 ha | 2024 | — | rising |
| 55 | Cyprus | 1.21 1000 ha | 2024 | — | falling |
| 56 | Greenland | 1.11 1000 ha | 2024 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 57 | Oman | 1 1000 ha | 2016 | — | flat |
| 58 | San Marino | 0.7992 1000 ha | 2024 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 59 | Mayotte | 0.01 1000 ha | 2024 | down 97.1% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Réunion 10.54 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.