Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land in Eswatini
Eswatini: Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land was 83.52 % in 2024. ▼ Falling
Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land in Eswatini, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Eswatini recorded 83.52 % for permanent meadows and pastures — share in agricultural land in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is down 0.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, permanent meadows and pastures — share in agricultural land in Eswatini peaked at 91.42 % in 1961 and was at its lowest, 83.52 %, in 2022.
That places Eswatini 41st out of 237 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land in Eswatini, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 91.42 % | — |
| 1962 | 90.8 % | -0.7% |
| 1963 | 91.04 % | +0.3% |
| 1964 | 90.86 % | -0.2% |
| 1965 | 90.43 % | -0.5% |
| 1966 | 89.89 % | -0.6% |
| 1967 | 89.65 % | -0.3% |
| 1968 | 89.59 % | -0.1% |
| 1969 | 89.83 % | +0.3% |
| 1970 | 89.83 % | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 89.83 % | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 88.7 % | -1.3% |
| 1973 | 88.7 % | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 89.34 % | +0.7% |
| 1975 | 87.05 % | -2.6% |
| 1976 | 87.96 % | +1.0% |
| 1977 | 89.02 % | +1.2% |
| 1978 | 86.07 % | -3.3% |
| 1979 | 85.82 % | -0.3% |
| 1980 | 85.36 % | -0.5% |
| 1981 | 88.94 % | +4.2% |
| 1982 | 89.04 % | +0.1% |
| 1983 | 89.05 % | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 85.89 % | -3.5% |
| 1985 | 87.23 % | +1.6% |
| 1986 | 87.66 % | +0.5% |
| 1987 | 86.46 % | -1.4% |
| 1988 | 85.21 % | -1.4% |
| 1989 | 83.86 % | -1.6% |
| 1990 | 84.49 % | +0.8% |
| 1991 | 84.11 % | -0.4% |
| 1992 | 84.38 % | +0.3% |
| 1993 | 84.45 % | +0.1% |
| 1994 | 84.45 % | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 84.45 % | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 84.45 % | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 84.38 % | -0.1% |
| 1998 | 84.38 % | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 84.38 % | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 84.38 % | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 84.34 % | -0.0% |
| 2002 | 84.34 % | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 84.34 % | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 84.36 % | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 84.36 % | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 84.43 % | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 84.43 % | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 84.4 % | -0.0% |
| 2009 | 84.4 % | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 84.22 % | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 84.21 % | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 84.2 % | -0.0% |
| 2013 | 84.19 % | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 84.07 % | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 84.02 % | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 83.97 % | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 83.91 % | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 83.79 % | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 83.74 % | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 83.71 % | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 83.71 % | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 83.52 % | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 83.52 % | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 83.52 % | +0.0% |
Eswatini compared with similar countries
- Eswatini's 83.52 % is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 49.4 %, 1.7× the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Eswatini's 83.52 % is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 60.61 %, 1.4× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 90.39 % | 89.59 % | 91.42 % | 9 |
| 1970s | 88.23 % | 85.82 % | 89.83 % | 10 |
| 1980s | 86.87 % | 83.86 % | 89.05 % | 10 |
| 1990s | 84.39 % | 84.11 % | 84.49 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 84.38 % | 84.34 % | 84.43 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 84.03 % | 83.74 % | 84.22 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 83.6 % | 83.52 % | 83.71 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eswatini
More environment data for Eswatini
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.321 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.02 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.2772 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate -2.19 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is permanent meadows and pastures — share in agricultural land in Eswatini?
- Permanent meadows and pastures — share in agricultural land in Eswatini was 83.52 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest permanent meadows and pastures — share in agricultural land recorded in Eswatini?
- The highest recorded value was 91.42 % in 1961.
- What is the lowest permanent meadows and pastures — share in agricultural land recorded in Eswatini?
- The lowest recorded value was 83.52 % in 2022.
- How does Eswatini rank for permanent meadows and pastures — share in agricultural land?
- Eswatini ranks 41st out of 237 countries with data for 2024.
- Is permanent meadows and pastures — share in agricultural land rising or falling in Eswatini?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Eswatini data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 64 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
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.