Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs): Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land was 74 % in 2024. ▼ Falling
Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for permanent meadows and pastures — share in agricultural land in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) is 74 %, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 2.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, permanent meadows and pastures — share in agricultural land in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) peaked at 83.77 % in 1961 and was at its lowest, 74 %, in 2024.
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) ranks 8th of 31 groups on this measure, 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 Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 83.77 % | — |
| 1962 | 83.63 % | -0.2% |
| 1963 | 83.39 % | -0.3% |
| 1964 | 83.24 % | -0.2% |
| 1965 | 83.11 % | -0.2% |
| 1966 | 83.09 % | -0.0% |
| 1967 | 83.01 % | -0.1% |
| 1968 | 82.87 % | -0.2% |
| 1969 | 82.77 % | -0.1% |
| 1970 | 82.71 % | -0.1% |
| 1971 | 82.6 % | -0.1% |
| 1972 | 82.51 % | -0.1% |
| 1973 | 82.47 % | -0.0% |
| 1974 | 82.48 % | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 82.37 % | -0.1% |
| 1976 | 82.24 % | -0.2% |
| 1977 | 82.2 % | -0.0% |
| 1978 | 82.01 % | -0.2% |
| 1979 | 81.9 % | -0.1% |
| 1980 | 81.85 % | -0.1% |
| 1981 | 81.85 % | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 81.78 % | -0.1% |
| 1983 | 81.72 % | -0.1% |
| 1984 | 81.68 % | -0.0% |
| 1985 | 81.45 % | -0.3% |
| 1986 | 81.48 % | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 81.55 % | +0.1% |
| 1988 | 81.57 % | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 81.51 % | -0.1% |
| 1990 | 81.29 % | -0.3% |
| 1991 | 81.12 % | -0.2% |
| 1992 | 81.16 % | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 80.45 % | -0.9% |
| 1994 | 80.38 % | -0.1% |
| 1995 | 80.1 % | -0.3% |
| 1996 | 79.94 % | -0.2% |
| 1997 | 79.9 % | -0.1% |
| 1998 | 79.91 % | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 79.78 % | -0.2% |
| 2000 | 79.77 % | -0.0% |
| 2001 | 79.69 % | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 79.55 % | -0.2% |
| 2003 | 79.07 % | -0.6% |
| 2004 | 78.81 % | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 78.55 % | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 78.4 % | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 78.1 % | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 77.88 % | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 77.68 % | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 76.9 % | -1.0% |
| 2011 | 76.67 % | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 76.23 % | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 75.92 % | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 75.72 % | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 75.48 % | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 75.32 % | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 75.1 % | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 74.83 % | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 74.72 % | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 74.53 % | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 74.28 % | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 74.1 % | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 74.07 % | -0.0% |
| 2024 | 74 % | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 83.21 % | 82.77 % | 83.77 % | 9 |
| 1970s | 82.35 % | 81.9 % | 82.71 % | 10 |
| 1980s | 81.64 % | 81.45 % | 81.85 % | 10 |
| 1990s | 80.4 % | 79.78 % | 81.29 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 78.75 % | 77.68 % | 79.77 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 75.69 % | 74.72 % | 76.9 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 74.2 % | 74 % | 74.53 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
- 5 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 62.63 % compare
- 5 Western Sahara 99.92 % compare
- 6 Djibouti 99.74 % compare
- 7 Andorra 99.26 % compare
- 7 United Republic of Tanzania 60.13 % compare
- 8 Botswana 98.99 % compare
- 8 Syrian Arab Republic 59.97 % compare
- 9 Mongolia 98.95 % compare
- 10 Mauritania 98.84 % compare
- 10 Micronesia (Federated States of) 55.51 % compare
- 11 Democratic Republic of the Congo 49.58 % compare
- 11 Namibia 97.91 % 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 — share in agricultural land in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- Permanent meadows and pastures — share in agricultural land in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) was 74 % 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 Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 83.77 % in 1961.
- What is the lowest permanent meadows and pastures — share in agricultural land recorded in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 74 % in 2024.
- How does Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) rank for permanent meadows and pastures — share in agricultural land?
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) ranks 8th out of 31 groups with data for 2024.
- Is permanent meadows and pastures — share in agricultural land rising or falling in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 — Share in Agricultural land. 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.