Permanent meadows and pastures — Area, per capita by country
Permanent meadows and pastures — Area divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
176
Highest
0.0301 1000 ha per person
Mongolia
Lowest
0 1000 ha per person
American Samoa
Median
0.0002 1000 ha per person
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
10,397
What the numbers show
Permanent meadows and pastures — Area, per capita is currently reported for 176 countries. The highest value is 0.0301 1000 ha per person in Mongolia; the lowest is 0 1000 ha per person in American Samoa.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0002 1000 ha per person, and the mean is 0.0009 1000 ha per person.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 46,930.
Over the past decade 22 countries rose and 154 fell. The largest increase was in Myanmar (up 44.4%), and the largest decrease in French Polynesia (down 74.3%).
Permanent meadows and pastures — Area, per capita: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mongolia | 0.0301 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 2 | Namibia | 0.0125 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 3 | Australia | 0.0122 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 4 | Botswana | 0.0102 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 13.8% | volatile |
| 5 | Kazakhstan | 0.0089 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 6 | Mauritania | 0.0076 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 25.6% | volatile |
| 7 | Turkmenistan | 0.0051 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 8 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0048 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 19.3% | volatile |
| 9 | Greenland | 0.0043 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 10 | Iceland | 0.0039 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 26.6% | falling |
| 11 | Uruguay | 0.0039 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 4.0% | falling |
| 12 | Paraguay | 0.0024 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 13 | Somalia | 0.0023 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 29.8% | volatile |
| 14 | Chad | 0.0022 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 30.1% | volatile |
| 15 | South Sudan | 0.0022 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 5.9% | flat |
| 16 | Eritrea | 0.002 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 17 | Sudan | 0.0018 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 18 | Libya | 0.0018 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 19 | Faroe Islands | 0.0018 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 20 | New Zealand | 0.0017 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 25.7% | falling |
| 21 | Congo | 0.0016 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 21.4% | volatile |
| 22 | Djibouti | 0.0015 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 14.2% | volatile |
| 23 | Mali | 0.0014 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 26.4% | falling |
| 24 | South Africa | 0.0013 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 25 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0012 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 26 | Madagascar | 0.0012 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 27 | Angola | 0.0011 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 28.0% | volatile |
| 28 | Niger | 0.0011 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 28.9% | falling |
| 29 | Mozambique | 0.001 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 30 | Lesotho | 0.001 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 31 | Zambia | 0.0009 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 32 | Zimbabwe | 0.0009 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 33 | Brazil | 0.0008 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 34 | Eswatini | 0.0008 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 10.5% | volatile |
| 35 | Ireland | 0.0008 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 36 | Guinea | 0.0007 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 37 | Guyana | 0.0007 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 38 | Afghanistan | 0.0007 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 39 | Algeria | 0.0007 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 16.7% | volatile |
| 40 | Argentina | 0.0007 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 63.0% | falling |
| 41 | Colombia | 0.0007 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 42 | New Caledonia | 0.0006 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 3.7% | volatile |
| 43 | Uzbekistan | 0.0006 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 44 | Mexico | 0.0006 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 45 | Central African Republic | 0.0006 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 46 | Morocco | 0.0006 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 47 | Yemen | 0.0005 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 25.5% | volatile |
| 48 | Peru | 0.0005 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 49 | Bhutan | 0.0005 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 50 | Georgia | 0.0005 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 51 | Gabon | 0.0005 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 52 | Nicaragua | 0.0005 1000 ha per person | 2022 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 53 | Canada | 0.0004 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 54 | Chile | 0.0004 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 30.3% | falling |
| 55 | North Macedonia | 0.0004 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 56 | Tunisia | 0.0004 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 57 | Armenia | 0.0004 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 58 | Kenya | 0.0004 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 18.4% | volatile |
| 59 | Montenegro | 0.0004 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 5.9% | falling |
| 60 | Burkina Faso | 0.0004 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 61 | Latvia | 0.0003 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 62 | Senegal | 0.0003 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 63 | Tajikistan | 0.0003 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 64 | Cuba | 0.0003 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 5.6% | falling |
| 65 | Oman | 0.0003 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 24.3% | volatile |
| 66 | Belarus | 0.0003 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 67 | Sierra Leone | 0.0003 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 68 | Panama | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 32.0% | falling |
| 69 | Andorra | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 2.8% | volatile |
| 70 | Azerbaijan | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 71 | Liberia | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 72 | Bulgaria | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 73 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 30.0% | flat |
| 74 | Romania | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 11.7% | flat |
| 75 | Greece | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 76 | Costa Rica | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 77 | Spain | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 78 | Ukraine | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 79 | Estonia | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 17.5% | rising |
| 80 | Portugal | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 81 | Albania | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 9.6% | falling |
| 82 | Isle of Man | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 5.7% | rising |
| 83 | China | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 84 | Fiji | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 85 | Lithuania | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 86 | Slovenia | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 87 | Ecuador | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 88 | France | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 7.0% | falling |
| 89 | Ethiopia | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 90 | Ghana | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 23.3% | volatile |
| 91 | Croatia | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 92 | Honduras | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 93 | Austria | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 94 | Vanuatu | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 95 | Belize | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 96 | Togo | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 17.5% | volatile |
| 97 | Switzerland | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 98 | Palau | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 99 | Nigeria | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 19.6% | volatile |
| 100 | Luxembourg | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 101 | Guatemala | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 102 | Dominican Republic | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 103 | Slovakia | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 104 | Uganda | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 35.0% | volatile |
| 105 | Czechia | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 4.7% | flat |
| 106 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 107 | Iraq | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 20.9% | volatile |
| 108 | Malawi | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 23.2% | volatile |
| 109 | Serbia | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 110 | Liechtenstein | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 111 | Cambodia | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 12.7% | flat |
| 112 | Hungary | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 7.3% | falling |
| 113 | Jamaica | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 114 | Poland | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 115 | Lebanon | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 9.3% | falling |
| 116 | Cameroon | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 24.3% | falling |
| 117 | British Virgin Islands | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 42.7% | falling |
| 118 | Jordan | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 23.9% | volatile |
| 119 | Nepal | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 120 | Italy | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 121 | Gambia | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 25.6% | volatile |
| 122 | Germany | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 123 | Palestine | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 124 | El Salvador | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 125 | Guam | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 126 | Sweden | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 127 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 5.3% | flat |
| 128 | Haiti | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 129 | Belgium | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 130 | Indonesia | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 131 | Tonga | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 132 | Benin | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 133 | Denmark | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 8.6% | falling |
| 134 | Burundi | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 23.9% | volatile |
| 135 | Norway | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 136 | Dominica | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 6.3% | flat |
| 137 | San Marino | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 138 | Samoa | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 46.0% | volatile |
| 139 | Puerto Rico | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 5.7% | volatile |
| 140 | Kuwait | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 25.1% | volatile |
| 141 | United Arab Emirates | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 26.6% | volatile |
| 142 | Cayman Islands | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 19.2% | volatile |
| 143 | Suriname | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 144 | Sri Lanka | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 145 | Pakistan | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 14.7% | volatile |
| 146 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 147 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 0.5% | volatile |
| 148 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 149 | United States Virgin Islands | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 6.3% | volatile |
| 150 | Papua New Guinea | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 151 | Qatar | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 24.7% | volatile |
| 152 | Comoros | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 153 | Israel | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 154 | Solomon Islands | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 155 | Philippines | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 156 | Rwanda | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 61.0% | volatile |
| 157 | Myanmar | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 44.4% | falling |
| 158 | Grenada | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 2.6% | volatile |
| 159 | Malaysia | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 160 | Thailand | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 32.1% | falling |
| 161 | Barbados | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 162 | India | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 163 | Mauritius | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 164 | French Polynesia | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 74.3% | volatile |
| 165 | Bahamas | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 166 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 167 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 168 | Bangladesh | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 169 | Equatorial Guinea | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 170 | Bahrain | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 17.3% | volatile |
| 171 | Japan | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 172 | Finland | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 65.5% | volatile |
| 173 | Saint Lucia | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 3.1% | volatile |
| 174 | Maldives | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 21.6% | volatile |
| 175 | Cyprus | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 1.6% | volatile |
| 176 | American Samoa | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 51.0% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Sub-Saharan Africa 0.0005 1000 ha per person
- Chagai 0 1000 ha per person
- World 0.0004 1000 ha per person
How this figure is calculated
Permanent meadows and pastures — Area divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Permanent meadows and pastures — Area ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- 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
Permanent meadows and pastures — Area divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.