Permanent meadows and pastures — Area, per capita in Belgium
Belgium: Permanent meadows and pastures — Area, per capita was 0 1000 ha per person in 2024. ▼ Falling
Permanent meadows and pastures — Area, per capita in Belgium, 2000–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in 1000 ha per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for permanent meadows and pastures — area, per capita in Belgium is 0 1000 ha per person, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.5% on the previous year and down 10.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, permanent meadows and pastures — area, per capita in Belgium peaked at 0.0001 1000 ha per person in 2002 and was at its lowest, 0 1000 ha per person, in 2024.
Belgium ranks 129th of 176 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Permanent meadows and pastures — Area, per capita in Belgium, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0 1000 ha per person | — |
| 2001 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | +2.4% |
| 2002 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | +2.4% |
| 2003 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | -0.4% |
| 2004 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | -1.5% |
| 2005 | 0 1000 ha per person | -2.6% |
| 2006 | 0 1000 ha per person | -1.0% |
| 2007 | 0 1000 ha per person | -2.7% |
| 2008 | 0 1000 ha per person | -2.2% |
| 2009 | 0 1000 ha per person | -0.4% |
| 2010 | 0 1000 ha per person | -1.3% |
| 2011 | 0 1000 ha per person | -3.5% |
| 2012 | 0 1000 ha per person | +3.0% |
| 2013 | 0 1000 ha per person | -2.2% |
| 2014 | 0 1000 ha per person | -1.7% |
| 2015 | 0 1000 ha per person | -3.8% |
| 2016 | 0 1000 ha per person | -0.0% |
| 2017 | 0 1000 ha per person | -2.6% |
| 2018 | 0 1000 ha per person | +2.1% |
| 2019 | 0 1000 ha per person | -1.5% |
| 2020 | 0 1000 ha per person | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 0 1000 ha per person | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 0 1000 ha per person | -1.8% |
| 2023 | 0 1000 ha per person | -1.8% |
| 2024 | 0 1000 ha per person | -0.5% |
Belgium compared with similar countries
- Belgium's 0 1000 ha per person is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.0001 1000 ha per person, 43% of the median. (65 countries reporting)
- Belgium's 0 1000 ha per person is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.0002 1000 ha per person, 21% of the median. (49 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0 1000 ha per person | 0 1000 ha per person | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0 1000 ha per person | 0 1000 ha per person | 0 1000 ha per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0 1000 ha per person | 0 1000 ha per person | 0 1000 ha per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Belgium
More environment data for Belgium
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -5.46 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -6.46 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.574 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.19 °C (2025)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual -0.4587 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) -1.23 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e), per 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is permanent meadows and pastures — area, per capita in Belgium?
- Permanent meadows and pastures — area, per capita in Belgium was 0 1000 ha per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest permanent meadows and pastures — area, per capita recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0001 1000 ha per person in 2002.
- What is the lowest permanent meadows and pastures — area, per capita recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 1000 ha per person in 2024.
- How does Belgium rank for permanent meadows and pastures — area, per capita?
- Belgium ranks 129th out of 176 countries with data for 2024.
- Is permanent meadows and pastures — area, per capita rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Belgium data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Permanent meadows and pastures — Area, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.