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Permanent meadows and pastures — Area, per square kilometre by country

Permanent meadows and pastures — Area divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Countries reporting
176
Highest
0.0808 1000 ha per square kilometre
Turkmenistan
Lowest
0 1000 ha per square kilometre
Finland
Median
0.0143 1000 ha per square kilometre
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
10,246

What the numbers show

Permanent meadows and pastures — Area, per square kilometre is currently reported for 176 countries. The highest value is 0.0808 1000 ha per square kilometre in Turkmenistan; the lowest is 0 1000 ha per square kilometre in Finland.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.0143 1000 ha per square kilometre, and the mean is 0.0205 1000 ha per square kilometre.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 1,888.

Over the past decade 46 countries rose and 74 fell. The largest increase was in Myanmar (up 55.7%), and the largest decrease in French Polynesia (down 75.8%).

Permanent meadows and pastures — Area, per square kilometre: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Turkmenistan 0.0808 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 13.6% rising
2 Saudi Arabia 0.0791 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged rising
3 Uruguay 0.0742 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 5.1% falling
4 Lesotho 0.0737 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 1.0% flat
5 Djibouti 0.0733 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged rising
6 Faroe Islands 0.0701 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 1.5% flat
7 South Africa 0.0692 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
8 Somalia 0.0685 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
9 Mongolia 0.0682 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 5.8% falling
10 Kazakhstan 0.0679 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 2.3% flat
11 Madagascar 0.0641 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged rising
12 Eswatini 0.0581 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 2.5% falling
13 Eritrea 0.0569 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 0.1% falling
14 Ireland 0.0544 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 6.3% falling
15 Sudan 0.049 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 0.0% flat
16 Uzbekistan 0.0481 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 1.5% falling
17 Morocco 0.0471 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged rising
18 Kyrgyzstan 0.0468 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 2.4% flat
19 Namibia 0.0462 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
20 Palestine 0.0461 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 0.3% flat
21 Afghanistan 0.046 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
22 Botswana 0.0452 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
23 Mozambique 0.0451 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 3.3% rising
24 Guinea 0.0435 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
25 Australia 0.0431 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 2.6% falling
26 Paraguay 0.0424 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 9.0% rising
27 Yemen 0.0417 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
28 Armenia 0.0415 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 0.4% rising
29 South Sudan 0.0408 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 0.0% flat
30 Lebanon 0.0391 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged rising
31 Andorra 0.0383 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged falling
32 Mexico 0.0381 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 0.5% flat
33 Mauritania 0.0381 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
34 Zimbabwe 0.0375 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
35 Kenya 0.0367 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 2.0% flat
36 Chad 0.0357 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
37 New Zealand 0.0346 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 13.1% falling
38 Angola 0.0324 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 0.5% falling
39 Colombia 0.032 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 14.2% flat
40 North Macedonia 0.0315 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 1.9% rising
41 Burkina Faso 0.0312 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 3.1% falling
42 Tunisia 0.0306 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 1.2% rising
43 Sierra Leone 0.0305 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
44 Congo 0.0293 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
45 Azerbaijan 0.0292 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 7.6% flat
46 Senegal 0.0291 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
47 Mali 0.0284 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged rising
48 China 0.028 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 6.0% falling
49 Isle of Man 0.028 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 5.7% rising
50 Georgia 0.0279 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 0.0% flat
51 Nigeria 0.0276 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 1.1% falling
52 Nicaragua 0.0274 1000 ha per square kilometre 2022 up 0.5% rising
53 Cuba 0.0274 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 3.1% rising
54 Switzerland 0.0271 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 2.3% falling
55 Luxembourg 0.0271 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 4.3% rising
56 Zambia 0.0269 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged rising
57 Dominican Republic 0.0238 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 2.2% falling
58 Uganda 0.0229 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 11.4% flat
59 Portugal 0.0228 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 15.0% rising
60 Ghana 0.0228 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 8.9% falling
61 Niger 0.0227 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged rising
62 Liechtenstein 0.0215 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 2.1% falling
63 Jamaica 0.0211 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged falling
64 Brazil 0.0207 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 1.1% rising
65 Costa Rica 0.0205 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 16.4% falling
66 Tajikistan 0.0204 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 2.0% falling
67 Spain 0.0198 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 3.1% falling
68 Malawi 0.0196 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
69 France 0.0194 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 10.2% falling
70 Slovenia 0.0188 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 1.6% rising
71 Burundi 0.0186 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 1.0% falling
72 Togo 0.0184 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged falling
73 Montenegro 0.0183 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 16.8% falling
74 British Virgin Islands 0.018 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 48.4% rising
75 Haiti 0.0178 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
76 Ethiopia 0.0177 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 0.0% falling
77 Guatemala 0.0175 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 3.5% rising
78 Romania 0.017 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 17.3% flat
79 San Marino 0.0167 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 1.2% rising
80 Greece 0.0165 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 39.6% falling
81 Albania 0.0164 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 8.5% falling
82 Panama 0.0155 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 20.6% rising
83 Gambia 0.0154 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 6.6% falling
84 Belgium 0.0153 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 6.8% falling
85 El Salvador 0.0152 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 8.3% falling
86 Iceland 0.015 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 13.9% falling
87 Guam 0.0148 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
88 Austria 0.0143 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 8.9% falling
89 Peru 0.0142 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 3.2% rising
90 Algeria 0.0138 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 0.6% falling
91 Germany 0.0135 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 1.6% falling
92 Honduras 0.0132 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 11.0% flat
93 Ukraine 0.013 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 4.1% flat
94 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.0128 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 37.3% falling
95 Bulgaria 0.0127 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 0.0% rising
96 Liberia 0.0127 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 16.9% rising
97 Czechia 0.0125 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 0.5% rising
98 Nepal 0.0125 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 0.0% flat
99 Italy 0.0122 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 20.7% falling
100 Ecuador 0.0118 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 39.4% rising
101 Chile 0.0118 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 25.3% flat
102 Argentina 0.0118 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 60.9% falling
103 Belarus 0.0117 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 21.5% falling
104 Bhutan 0.0108 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 1.4% rising
105 Slovakia 0.0104 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 1.9% falling
106 Puerto Rico 0.0104 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 17.0% falling
107 Poland 0.0098 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 6.0% falling
108 Latvia 0.0097 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 9.4% falling
109 Croatia 0.0096 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 12.8% falling
110 New Caledonia 0.0095 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 0.2% falling
111 Fiji 0.0095 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged rising
112 Iraq 0.0092 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 0.4% flat
113 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0091 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged rising
114 Hungary 0.0086 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 3.1% falling
115 Lithuania 0.0086 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 5.4% rising
116 Cambodia 0.0085 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged rising
117 Jordan 0.0084 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 0.0% falling
118 Cayman Islands 0.0083 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
119 Comoros 0.0081 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
120 Kuwait 0.0076 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
121 Israel 0.0076 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 17.1% rising
122 Libya 0.0076 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged rising
123 Sri Lanka 0.0071 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 1.4% rising
124 Guinea-Bissau 0.0069 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 12.5% falling
125 Serbia 0.0066 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 18.9% falling
126 Pakistan 0.0065 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
127 Estonia 0.0064 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 14.6% rising
128 Indonesia 0.0058 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 0.8% falling
129 Denmark 0.0056 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 15.9% falling
130 Tonga 0.0056 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged rising
131 United States Virgin Islands 0.0055 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 8.6% volatile
132 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0051 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged rising
133 Rwanda 0.0051 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 53.7% falling
134 Philippines 0.005 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged rising
135 Bahrain 0.005 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 3.8% falling
136 Gabon 0.005 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 1.8% rising
137 Benin 0.0049 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged rising
138 Central African Republic 0.0048 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
139 Barbados 0.0047 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
140 Bangladesh 0.0046 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 0.1% flat
141 Oman 0.0044 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 0.1% rising
142 Qatar 0.0044 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 1.0% flat
143 Palau 0.0043 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
144 Cameroon 0.0042 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
145 United Arab Emirates 0.0042 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged rising
146 Mauritius 0.0035 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
147 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0035 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged volatile
148 India 0.0034 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 0.1% falling
149 Vanuatu 0.0034 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged rising
150 Maldives 0.0034 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 0.7% flat
151 Grenada 0.0029 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged volatile
152 Guyana 0.0028 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 6.8% falling
153 Dominica 0.0027 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
154 Samoa 0.0023 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 32.9% volatile
155 Belize 0.0022 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged rising
156 Canada 0.0021 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 4.8% falling
157 Northern Mariana Islands 0.0018 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 31.7% falling
158 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0012 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged rising
159 Sweden 0.0011 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 2.3% falling
160 Sao Tome and Principe 0.001 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
161 Thailand 0.001 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 30.7% rising
162 Malaysia 0.0009 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged rising
163 Japan 0.0009 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 12.4% falling
164 Myanmar 0.0007 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 55.7% rising
165 Saint Lucia 0.0006 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged volatile
166 Greenland 0.0006 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 0.0% falling
167 Norway 0.0005 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 0.0% rising
168 French Polynesia 0.0005 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 75.8% falling
169 Papua New Guinea 0.0004 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged rising
170 Solomon Islands 0.0004 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 53.7% rising
171 Cyprus 0.0002 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 17.0% falling
172 Bahamas 0.0002 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged rising
173 Equatorial Guinea 0.0002 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 22.4% rising
174 American Samoa 0.0002 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 51.4% falling
175 Suriname 0.0001 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 7.0% rising
176 Finland 0 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 58.1% volatile

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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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Permanent meadows and pastures — Area divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

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Indicator
Permanent meadows and pastures — Area, per square kilometre
Unit
1000 ha per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
179 places, 10,246 data points, 1961–2023
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Permanent meadows and pastures — Area divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.