Permanent meadows and pastures — Area in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs): Permanent meadows and pastures — Area was 638,884 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Permanent meadows and pastures — Area in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) recorded 638,884 1000 ha for permanent meadows and pastures — area in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, permanent meadows and pastures — area in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) peaked at 639,815 1000 ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 580,575 1000 ha, in 1970.
That places Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 7th out of 31 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Permanent meadows and pastures — Area in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs), year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 581,894 1000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 581,804 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1963 | 581,746 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1964 | 581,397 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 1965 | 580,874 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 1966 | 580,674 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1967 | 580,624 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1968 | 580,632 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 580,606 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1970 | 580,575 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1971 | 581,365 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 1972 | 581,983 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 1973 | 582,423 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 1974 | 582,319 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1975 | 582,440 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 582,329 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1977 | 582,390 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 582,214 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1979 | 582,002 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1980 | 582,544 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 1981 | 583,459 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 1982 | 583,357 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1983 | 583,879 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 1984 | 583,764 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1985 | 585,672 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 1986 | 589,263 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 1987 | 591,191 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 1988 | 594,408 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 1989 | 596,139 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 1990 | 595,559 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 1991 | 596,035 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 1992 | 632,974 1000 ha | +6.2% |
| 1993 | 616,697 1000 ha | -2.6% |
| 1994 | 619,125 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 1995 | 620,822 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 1996 | 622,435 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 624,453 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 1998 | 626,086 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 1999 | 628,575 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2000 | 631,039 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 633,308 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 633,595 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 634,540 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 634,321 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2005 | 638,469 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 639,652 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 639,496 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2008 | 639,439 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2009 | 639,355 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2010 | 638,315 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 638,257 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 638,182 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2013 | 638,175 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 638,814 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 639,013 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 639,299 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 639,540 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 639,708 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 639,815 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 639,709 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 639,277 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 638,736 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 638,804 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 638,884 1000 ha | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 581,139 1000 ha | 580,606 1000 ha | 581,894 1000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 582,004 1000 ha | 580,575 1000 ha | 582,440 1000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 587,368 1000 ha | 582,544 1000 ha | 596,139 1000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 618,276 1000 ha | 595,559 1000 ha | 632,974 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 636,321 1000 ha | 631,039 1000 ha | 639,652 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 638,912 1000 ha | 638,175 1000 ha | 639,815 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 639,082 1000 ha | 638,736 1000 ha | 639,709 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
- 4 USSR 326,500 1000 ha compare
- 5 China 263,216 1000 ha compare
- 6 China, mainland 263,215 1000 ha compare
- 7 Kazakhstan 183,093 1000 ha compare
- 8 Brazil 173,361 1000 ha compare
- 9 Saudi Arabia 171,000 1000 ha compare
- 10 Sudan (former) 117,227 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Temperature change 1.36 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.238 °C (2025)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value US$ 299,875 million USD (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Agricultural Use 2.89 million t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Export quantity 316,092 t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Import quantity 1.96 million t (2024)
- Agricultural land — Area 863,406 1000 ha (2024)
- Agricultural land — Share in Land area 43 % (2024)
- Cropland — Area 224,322 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is permanent meadows and pastures — area in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- Permanent meadows and pastures — area in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) was 638,884 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest permanent meadows and pastures — area recorded in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 639,815 1000 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest permanent meadows and pastures — area recorded in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 580,575 1000 ha in 1970.
- How does Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) rank for permanent meadows and pastures — area?
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) ranks 7th out of 31 groups with data for 2024.
- Is permanent meadows and pastures — area rising or falling in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Permanent meadows and pastures — Area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.