How does Samoa rank for permanent meadows and pastures — area, per unit of gdp?

Samoa ranks 120th out of 174 countries with data for 2024.

Is permanent meadows and pastures — area, per unit of gdp rising or falling in Samoa?

Over the last ten years it is down 60.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.

Permanent meadows and pastures — Area, per unit of GDP in Samoa

Name: Permanent meadows and pastures — Area, per unit of GDP in Samoa
Creator: Statizoid (derived)
License: Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page

Samoa: Permanent meadows and pastures — Area, per unit of GDP was 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)

0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP

Change on year

down 11.1%

World rank

120th

of 174 countries

All-time high

0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP

in 1970

All-time low

0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP

in 2024

Years of data

1970–2024

Permanent meadows and pastures — Area, per unit of GDP in Samoa, 1970–2024

Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in 1000 ha per US$ of GDP.

Analysis

In 2024, permanent meadows and pastures — area, per unit of gdp in Samoa stood at 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP. That is the lowest value across all 55 years on record.

That represents a change of down 11.1% on the previous year and down 60.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, permanent meadows and pastures — area, per unit of gdp in Samoa peaked at 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP in 1970 and was at its lowest, 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP, in 2024.

Samoa ranks 120th of 174 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 55 years of available data.

Permanent meadows and pastures — Area, per unit of GDP in Samoa, year by year

Annual values for Permanent meadows and pastures — Area, per unit of GDP in Samoa, 1970 to 2024.
Year	1000 ha per US$ of GDP	Change
1970	0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP	—
1971	0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP	-15.8%
1972	0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP	-14.1%
1973	0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP	-24.1%
1974	0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP	-11.9%
1975	0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP	+0.1%
1976	0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP	+10.0%
1977	0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP	-13.5%
1978	0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP	-9.2%
1979	0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP	-11.5%
1980	0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP	-2.8%
1981	0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP	+6.4%
1982	0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP	-2.5%
1983	0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP	+8.4%
1984	0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP	+2.4%
1985	0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP	+14.3%
1986	0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP	-5.3%
1987	0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP	-9.6%
1988	0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP	-16.0%
1989	0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP	+116.5%
1990	0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP	-2.3%
1991	0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP	+0.1%
1992	0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP	-5.1%
1993	0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP	-0.6%
1994	0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP	-39.8%
1995	0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP	-1.7%
1996	0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP	-10.0%
1997	0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP	-12.5%
1998	0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP	+5.9%
1999	0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP	+31.9%
2000	0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP	+18.4%
2001	0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP	-2.8%
2002	0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP	-5.5%
2003	0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP	-15.5%
2004	0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP	-18.2%
2005	0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP	+14.0%
2006	0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP	-4.6%
2007	0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP	-12.8%
2008	0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP	+11.8%
2009	0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP	+2.1%
2010	0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP	+14.1%
2011	0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP	+8.9%
2012	0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP	+11.7%
2013	0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP	+10.3%
2014	0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP	+12.3%
2015	0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP	+7.1%
2016	0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP	-13.8%
2017	0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP	-17.2%
2018	0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP	-14.7%
2019	0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP	-21.2%
2020	0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP	+5.1%
2021	0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP	+1.1%
2022	0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP	-3.4%
2023	0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP	-14.9%
2024	0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP	-11.1%

Samoa compared with similar countries

Samoa's 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP, 28% of the median. (50 countries reporting)
Samoa's 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP, 88% of the median. (23 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Permanent meadows and pastures — Area, per unit of GDP in Samoa changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.

Year	Change	From	To
1989	+116.5%	0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP	0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1970s	0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP	0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP	0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP	10
1980s	0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP	0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP	0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP	10
1990s	0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP	0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP	0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP	10
2000s	0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP	0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP	0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP	10
2010s	0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP	0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP	0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP	10
2020s	0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP	0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP	0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP	5

Countries ranked near Samoa

117 Papua New Guinea 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP compare
118 Croatia 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP compare
119 Spain 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP compare
121 Slovenia 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP compare
122 Andorra 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP compare
123 Sri Lanka 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP compare

See the full ranking of 177 places →

More environment data for Samoa

Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 0.3482 Percentage change (2025)
Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 0.3183 Percentage change (2025)
Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
Standard Deviation 0.23 °C (2025)
Temperature change 0.919 °C (2025)
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual -1.68 % 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) 0 % change on previous year (2024)
Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e), per 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)

All data for Samoa →

Frequently asked questions

What is permanent meadows and pastures — area, per unit of gdp in Samoa?: Permanent meadows and pastures — area, per unit of gdp in Samoa was 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
What is the highest permanent meadows and pastures — area, per unit of gdp recorded in Samoa?: The highest recorded value was 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP in 1970.
What is the lowest permanent meadows and pastures — area, per unit of gdp recorded in Samoa?: The lowest recorded value was 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP in 2024.
How does Samoa rank for permanent meadows and pastures — area, per unit of gdp?: Samoa ranks 120th out of 174 countries with data for 2024.
Is permanent meadows and pastures — area, per unit of gdp rising or falling in Samoa?: Over the last ten years it is down 60.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Samoa data come from?: The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Permanent meadows and pastures — Area, per unit of GDP. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 55 observations, free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page.

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Permanent meadows and pastures — Area, per unit of GDP in Samoa. Statizoid, drawing on Statizoid (derived). Retrieved 21 September 2026, from https://environment.statizoid.com/stat/permanent-meadows-and-pastures-area-per-unit-of-gdp/samoa/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page; please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://environment.statizoid.com/stat/permanent-meadows-and-pastures-area-per-unit-of-gdp/samoa/">Permanent meadows and pastures — Area, per unit of GDP in Samoa</a> — Statizoid

How this figure is calculated

Permanent meadows and pastures — Area divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Permanent meadows and pastures — Area ÷ GDP (current US$)

Computed from

Permanent meadows and pastures — Area Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
GDP Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks

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

Indicator: Permanent meadows and pastures — Area, per unit of GDP
Unit: 1000 ha per US$ of GDP
Source: Statizoid (derived)
Licence: Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage: 177 places, 9,397 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed: 13 September 2026

Permanent meadows and pastures — Area divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.