Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land in Suriname
Suriname: Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land was 21.05 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land in Suriname, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Suriname recorded 21.05 % for permanent meadows and pastures — share in agricultural land in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 5.3% on the previous year and up 7.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, permanent meadows and pastures — share in agricultural land in Suriname peaked at 29.73 % in 2002 and was at its lowest, 14.29 %, in 1962.
Suriname ranks 184th of 237 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land in Suriname, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 14.63 % | — |
| 1962 | 14.29 % | -2.3% |
| 1963 | 14.63 % | +2.4% |
| 1964 | 15.22 % | +4.0% |
| 1965 | 19.15 % | +25.8% |
| 1966 | 15.91 % | -16.9% |
| 1967 | 16.28 % | +2.3% |
| 1968 | 16.28 % | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 19.15 % | +17.6% |
| 1970 | 20.83 % | +8.8% |
| 1971 | 21.15 % | +1.5% |
| 1972 | 22.64 % | +7.0% |
| 1973 | 23.21 % | +2.5% |
| 1974 | 24.56 % | +5.8% |
| 1975 | 25.86 % | +5.3% |
| 1976 | 27.12 % | +4.9% |
| 1977 | 27.87 % | +2.8% |
| 1978 | 29.03 % | +4.2% |
| 1979 | 29.69 % | +2.3% |
| 1980 | 28.99 % | -2.4% |
| 1981 | 28.77 % | -0.8% |
| 1982 | 26.67 % | -7.3% |
| 1983 | 24 % | -10.0% |
| 1984 | 23.38 % | -2.6% |
| 1985 | 23.46 % | +0.3% |
| 1986 | 23.81 % | +1.5% |
| 1987 | 22.73 % | -4.5% |
| 1988 | 22.73 % | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 22.73 % | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 22.73 % | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 23.6 % | +3.8% |
| 1992 | 23.6 % | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 23.6 % | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 23.6 % | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 23.6 % | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 23.6 % | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 23.86 % | +1.1% |
| 1998 | 23.86 % | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 23.86 % | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 23.86 % | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 24.42 % | +2.3% |
| 2002 | 29.73 % | +21.7% |
| 2003 | 24.22 % | -18.5% |
| 2004 | 23.87 % | -1.4% |
| 2005 | 24.45 % | +2.4% |
| 2006 | 24.45 % | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 25.71 % | +5.2% |
| 2008 | 26.55 % | +3.3% |
| 2009 | 21.64 % | -18.5% |
| 2010 | 22.09 % | +2.1% |
| 2011 | 21.25 % | -3.8% |
| 2012 | 22.13 % | +4.1% |
| 2013 | 20.67 % | -6.6% |
| 2014 | 19.5 % | -5.7% |
| 2015 | 18.39 % | -5.7% |
| 2016 | 18.39 % | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 19.05 % | +3.6% |
| 2018 | 19.05 % | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 19.05 % | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 20 % | +5.0% |
| 2021 | 20.51 % | +2.6% |
| 2022 | 22.22 % | +8.3% |
| 2023 | 22.22 % | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 21.05 % | -5.3% |
Suriname compared with similar countries
- Suriname's 21.05 % is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 42.4 %, 50% of the median. (53 countries reporting)
- Suriname's 21.05 % is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 46.29 %, 45% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land in Suriname 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | +25.8% | 15.22 % | 19.15 % |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 16.17 % | 14.29 % | 19.15 % | 9 |
| 1970s | 25.2 % | 20.83 % | 29.69 % | 10 |
| 1980s | 24.73 % | 22.73 % | 28.99 % | 10 |
| 1990s | 23.59 % | 22.73 % | 23.86 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 24.89 % | 21.64 % | 29.73 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 19.96 % | 18.39 % | 22.13 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 21.2 % | 20 % | 22.22 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Suriname
- 181 Brunei Darussalam 22.23 % compare
- 181 Brunei 22.23 % compare
- 183 Guinea-Bissau 22.09 % compare
- 185 Niue 20.83 % compare
- 186 Gambia 20.24 % compare
- 187 Micronesia 20.22 % compare
More environment data for Suriname
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 1.4 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 1.91 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.222 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.86 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.23 % 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 -0.158 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is permanent meadows and pastures — share in agricultural land in Suriname?
- Permanent meadows and pastures — share in agricultural land in Suriname was 21.05 % 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 Suriname?
- The highest recorded value was 29.73 % in 2002.
- What is the lowest permanent meadows and pastures — share in agricultural land recorded in Suriname?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.29 % in 1962.
- How does Suriname rank for permanent meadows and pastures — share in agricultural land?
- Suriname ranks 184th out of 237 countries with data for 2024.
- Is permanent meadows and pastures — share in agricultural land rising or falling in Suriname?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Suriname 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.