Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land by country
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...
Countries reporting
237
Highest
100 %
Greenland
Lowest
0.06 %
Mayotte
Median
47.37 %
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
15,786
What the numbers show
Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land is currently reported for 237 countries. The highest value is 100 % in Greenland; the lowest is 0.06 % in Mayotte.
The median across all reporting countries is 47.37 %, and the mean is 49.07 %.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 1,667.
Over the past decade 73 countries rose and 139 fell. The largest increase was in Myanmar (up 50.8%), and the largest decrease in Mayotte (down 96.6%).
Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greenland | 100 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Norfolk Island | 100 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 100 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 4 | Faroe Islands | 99.93 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 5 | Western Sahara | 99.92 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 6 | Djibouti | 99.74 % | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 7 | Andorra | 99.26 % | 2024 | up 3.7% | flat |
| 8 | Botswana | 98.99 % | 2024 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 9 | Mongolia | 98.95 % | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 10 | Mauritania | 98.84 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 11 | Namibia | 97.91 % | 2024 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 12 | Somalia | 97.44 % | 2024 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 13 | Saudi Arabia | 97.39 % | 2024 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 14 | Turkmenistan | 95.76 % | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 15 | New Caledonia | 95.74 % | 2024 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 16 | Congo | 93.87 % | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 17 | New Zealand | 93.85 % | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 18 | Yemen | 93.81 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 19 | Iceland | 92.61 % | 2024 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 20 | Montenegro | 92.33 % | 2024 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 21 | Australia and New Zealand | 91.36 % | 2024 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 22 | Australia | 91.29 % | 2024 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 23 | Oman | 91.27 % | 2024 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 24 | South Sudan | 91.23 % | 2024 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 25 | Madagascar | 91.11 % | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 26 | Eritrea | 90.89 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 27 | Kuwait | 90.67 % | 2024 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 28 | Ireland | 90.33 % | 2024 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 29 | Chad | 89.4 % | 2024 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 30 | Angola | 89.13 % | 2024 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 31 | South Africa | 87.12 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 32 | Kyrgyzstan | 86.83 % | 2024 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 33 | Colombia | 86.64 % | 2024 | down 5.9% | flat |
| 33 | Libya | 86.64 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 35 | Kazakhstan | 85.64 % | 2024 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 36 | Uruguay | 85.56 % | 2024 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 37 | Sudan (former) | 85.41 % | 2011 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 38 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 84.68 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 39 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 83.95 % | 2024 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 40 | Zambia | 83.89 % | 2024 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 41 | Eswatini | 83.52 % | 2024 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 42 | Mali | 83.12 % | 2024 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 43 | Georgia | 82.82 % | 2024 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 44 | Guyana | 82.5 % | 2024 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 45 | Uzbekistan | 82.26 % | 2024 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 46 | Chile | 82.15 % | 2024 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 47 | Sudan | 81.17 % | 2024 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 48 | Mozambique | 80.37 % | 2024 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 49 | Ethiopia PDR | 79.85 % | 1992 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 50 | Algeria | 79.4 % | 2024 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 51 | Lesotho | 79.33 % | 2024 | down 10.8% | flat |
| 52 | Afghanistan | 78.78 % | 2024 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 53 | Northern Mariana Islands | 78.49 % | 2024 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 54 | Bhutan | 78.37 % | 2024 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 55 | Paraguay | 78.33 % | 2024 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 56 | Zimbabwe | 78.12 % | 2024 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 57 | United Arab Emirates | 75.44 % | 2024 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 58 | Mexico | 75.22 % | 2024 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 59 | Peru | 74.5 % | 2024 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 60 | Cayman Islands | 74.07 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 61 | Kenya | 73.28 % | 2024 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 62 | Brazil | 73.12 % | 2024 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 63 | Tajikistan | 72.98 % | 2024 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 64 | Jordan | 72.25 % | 2024 | up 3.6% | flat |
| 65 | Gabon | 72.08 % | 2024 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 66 | Switzerland | 71.56 % | 2024 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 67 | Palestine | 71.06 % | 2024 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 67 | Palestine | 71.06 % | 2024 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 69 | Morocco | 70 % | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 70 | Armenia | 69.93 % | 2024 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 71 | Qatar | 67.57 % | 2024 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 72 | OECD | 67.3 % | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 73 | China, mainland | 67.18 % | 2024 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 74 | China | 67.04 % | 2024 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 75 | United States Virgin Islands | 66.96 % | 2024 | up 29.9% | falling |
| 76 | Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha | 66.67 % | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 77 | Liechtenstein | 66.54 % | 2024 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 78 | Costa Rica | 65.75 % | 2024 | down 4.9% | flat |
| 79 | Panama | 65.34 % | 2024 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 80 | Nicaragua | 64.66 % | 2022 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 81 | North Macedonia | 63.98 % | 2024 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 82 | United States | 63.29 % | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 83 | Liberia | 63.18 % | 2024 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 84 | United Kingdom | 63.17 % | 2024 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 84 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 63.17 % | 2024 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 86 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 62.63 % | 2024 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 87 | Slovenia | 62.29 % | 2024 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 88 | Niger | 61.74 % | 2024 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 89 | Lebanon | 61.42 % | 2024 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 90 | United Republic of Tanzania | 60.13 % | 2024 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 91 | Syria | 59.97 % | 2024 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 91 | Syrian Arab Republic | 59.97 % | 2024 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 93 | Channel Islands | 59.71 % | 2024 | up 6.2% | flat |
| 94 | Guinea | 59.47 % | 2024 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 95 | Senegal | 58.87 % | 2024 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 96 | USSR | 58.78 % | 1991 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 97 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 56.58 % | 2024 | up 16.8% | flat |
| 98 | French Guiana | 56.05 % | 2024 | up 15.1% | falling |
| 99 | Puerto Rico | 56.02 % | 2024 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 100 | Fiji | 55.52 % | 2024 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 101 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 55.51 % | 2024 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 102 | Sierra Leone | 55.17 % | 2024 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 103 | Ecuador | 54.85 % | 2024 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 104 | Jamaica | 54.15 % | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 105 | Portugal | 53.8 % | 2024 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 106 | Guadeloupe | 53.44 % | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 107 | Luxembourg | 52.43 % | 2024 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 108 | Ethiopia | 52.01 % | 2024 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 109 | Central African Republic | 51.38 % | 2024 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 110 | Azerbaijan | 50.4 % | 2024 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 111 | Guam | 50 % | 2024 | up 12.5% | flat |
| 112 | Burkina Faso | 49.84 % | 2024 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 113 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 49.58 % | 2024 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 114 | Cote d'Ivoire | 49.5 % | 2024 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 114 | Côte d'Ivoire | 49.5 % | 2024 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 116 | Tunisia | 49.3 % | 2024 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 117 | Bahrain | 48.6 % | 2024 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 118 | Nepal | 47.95 % | 2024 | up 7.8% | flat |
| 119 | British Virgin Islands | 47.37 % | 2024 | up 37.3% | rising |
| 120 | Palau | 46.51 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 121 | Dominican Republic | 46.29 % | 2024 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 122 | Austria | 46.05 % | 2024 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 123 | Martinique | 45.91 % | 2024 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 124 | Honduras | 45.89 % | 2024 | down 10.7% | flat |
| 125 | Yugoslav SFR | 45.42 % | 1991 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 126 | Cuba | 44.36 % | 2024 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 127 | East Timor | 43.94 % | 2024 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 127 | Timor-Leste | 43.94 % | 2024 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 129 | Antigua and Barbuda | 43.03 % | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 130 | Russia | 42.67 % | 2024 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 130 | Russian Federation | 42.67 % | 2024 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 132 | Greece | 42.41 % | 2024 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 133 | Iraq | 42.4 % | 2024 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 134 | Caribbean | 42.29 % | 2024 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 135 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 42.25 % | 2024 | up 2.5% | falling |
| 136 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 41.29 % | 1999 | down 11.5% | flat |
| 137 | Ghana | 41.14 % | 2024 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 138 | Isle of Man | 40.7 % | 2024 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 139 | Spain | 40.13 % | 2024 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 140 | Albania | 39.87 % | 2024 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 141 | Argentina | 39.44 % | 2024 | down 40.6% | falling |
| 142 | San Marino | 39.41 % | 2024 | down 9.0% | rising |
| 143 | Guatemala | 38 % | 2024 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 144 | Turkey | 37.83 % | 2024 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 144 | Türkiye | 37.83 % | 2024 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 146 | France | 36.71 % | 2024 | up 11.9% | falling |
| 147 | Croatia | 36.54 % | 2024 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 148 | Nigeria | 35.85 % | 2024 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 149 | Belgium | 34.53 % | 2024 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 150 | Montserrat | 33.33 % | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 151 | Canada | 32.68 % | 2024 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 152 | Serbia and Montenegro | 31.63 % | 2005 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 153 | Israel | 31.58 % | 2024 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 154 | Romania | 30.8 % | 2024 | down 7.9% | rising |
| 155 | Latvia | 30.64 % | 2024 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 156 | Malawi | 30.17 % | 2024 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 157 | Belarus | 29.4 % | 2024 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 158 | Reunion | 29.29 % | 2024 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 158 | Réunion | 29.29 % | 2024 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 160 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 28.57 % | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 161 | Uganda | 28.56 % | 2024 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 162 | Germany | 28.45 % | 2024 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 163 | Estonia | 27.8 % | 2024 | down 14.6% | rising |
| 164 | Bulgaria | 27.62 % | 2024 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 165 | Italy | 27.55 % | 2024 | down 10.3% | rising |
| 166 | Slovakia | 27.43 % | 2024 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 167 | Czechia | 27.41 % | 2024 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 168 | Laos | 27.39 % | 2024 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 168 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 27.39 % | 2024 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 170 | Haiti | 27.29 % | 2024 | up 12.2% | falling |
| 171 | Melanesia | 27.15 % | 2024 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 172 | Belize | 26.88 % | 2024 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 173 | Togo | 26.62 % | 2024 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 174 | El Salvador | 26.53 % | 2024 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 175 | Vanuatu | 25.98 % | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 176 | Czechoslovakia | 25.3 % | 1992 | up 3.7% | flat |
| 177 | Burundi | 25.1 % | 2024 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 178 | Cabo Verde | 25.02 % | 2024 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 179 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 25 % | 2024 | up 27.5% | rising |
| 180 | Cambodia | 24.51 % | 2024 | down 8.6% | rising |
| 181 | Brunei | 22.23 % | 2024 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 181 | Brunei Darussalam | 22.23 % | 2024 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 183 | Guinea-Bissau | 22.09 % | 2024 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 184 | Suriname | 21.05 % | 2024 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 185 | Niue | 20.83 % | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 186 | Gambia | 20.24 % | 2024 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 187 | Micronesia | 20.22 % | 2024 | up 2.5% | falling |
| 188 | Indonesia | 20.09 % | 2024 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 189 | Cameroon | 20.07 % | 2024 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 190 | Barbados | 20 % | 2024 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 191 | Lithuania | 18.48 % | 2024 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 192 | Poland | 18.46 % | 2024 | down 14.7% | flat |
| 193 | Ukraine | 18.24 % | 2024 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 194 | Norway | 17.89 % | 2024 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 195 | Maldives | 16.95 % | 2024 | up 8.4% | falling |
| 196 | Serbia | 16.82 % | 2024 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 197 | Hungary | 15.67 % | 2024 | up 8.4% | falling |
| 198 | Bahamas | 15.38 % | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 199 | Sweden | 15.26 % | 2024 | up 6.3% | falling |
| 200 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 15 % | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 201 | Sri Lanka | 14.58 % | 2024 | down 9.2% | flat |
| 202 | Moldova | 13.74 % | 2024 | down 8.9% | flat |
| 202 | Pakistan | 13.74 % | 2024 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 202 | Republic of Moldova | 13.74 % | 2024 | down 8.9% | flat |
| 205 | Papua New Guinea | 13.52 % | 2024 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 206 | Samoa | 12.97 % | 2024 | down 18.1% | volatile |
| 207 | Grenada | 12.5 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 208 | Philippines | 11.77 % | 2024 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 209 | Tonga | 11.46 % | 2024 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 210 | Benin | 11.31 % | 2024 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 211 | Trinidad and Tobago | 10.42 % | 2024 | down 9.2% | rising |
| 212 | Polynesia | 10.24 % | 2024 | down 28.9% | falling |
| 213 | Comoros | 10.17 % | 2024 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 214 | Solomon Islands | 9.98 % | 2024 | up 16.2% | flat |
| 215 | Mauritius | 8.57 % | 2024 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 216 | Denmark | 8.52 % | 2024 | up 17.0% | falling |
| 217 | Pacific Islands Trust Territory | 8.39 % | 1990 | down 70.8% | falling |
| 218 | Dominica | 8.16 % | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 219 | Rwanda | 6.92 % | 2024 | down 45.9% | falling |
| 220 | Japan | 6.77 % | 2024 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 221 | Bangladesh | 6.38 % | 2024 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 222 | India | 5.73 % | 2024 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 223 | French Polynesia | 5.46 % | 2024 | down 70.6% | falling |
| 224 | Vietnam | 5.22 % | 2024 | down 11.5% | rising |
| 224 | Viet Nam | 5.22 % | 2024 | down 11.5% | rising |
| 226 | Equatorial Guinea | 5.09 % | 2024 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 227 | Saint Lucia | 3.73 % | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 228 | Myanmar | 3.65 % | 2024 | up 50.8% | falling |
| 229 | Republic of Korea | 3.59 % | 2024 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 230 | Malaysia | 3.45 % | 2024 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 231 | Thailand | 2.39 % | 2024 | down 28.4% | rising |
| 232 | Sao Tome and Principe | 2.26 % | 2024 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 233 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 1.92 % | 2024 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 234 | Cyprus | 1.6 % | 2024 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 235 | American Samoa | 1.26 % | 2024 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 236 | Finland | 0.52 % | 2024 | down 64.4% | volatile |
| 237 | Mayotte | 0.06 % | 2024 | down 96.6% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Southern Africa 91.36 %
- Chagai 59.71 %
- Oceania 90.95 %
- Central Asia 86.59 %
- Western Asia 83.38 %
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 81.13 %
- Northern Africa 77.13 %
- Eastern Africa 74.98 %
- Middle Africa 74.58 %
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 74 %
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 73.74 %
- Africa 73.61 %
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 73.21 %
- Sub-Saharan Africa 72.81 %
- Eastern Asia 72.7 %
- Central America 71.52 %
- South America 70.86 %
- Latin America and the Caribbean 70.46 %
- World 65.85 %
- Americas 65.79 %
- United States of America 63.29 %
- Asia 62.13 %
- Northern America 59.68 %
- Western Africa 59.12 %
- Northern Europe 49.23 %
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 39.71 %
- Southern Europe 38.21 %
- Europe 37.54 %
- Eastern Europe 36.31 %
- Western Europe 35.73 %
- European Union (27) 32.83 %
- Southern Asia 24.63 %
- South-Eastern Asia 12.66 %
About this data
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.