Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land in Western Asia
Western Asia: Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land was 83.38 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land in Western Asia, 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 Western Asia is 83.38 %, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 0.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, permanent meadows and pastures — share in agricultural land in Western Asia peaked at 83.99 % in 2011 and was at its lowest, 74.69 %, in 1979.
Western Asia ranks 4th of 31 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land in Western Asia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 76.82 % | — |
| 1962 | 76.67 % | -0.2% |
| 1963 | 76.23 % | -0.6% |
| 1964 | 76.1 % | -0.2% |
| 1965 | 75.98 % | -0.2% |
| 1966 | 76.02 % | +0.1% |
| 1967 | 76.03 % | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 75.97 % | -0.1% |
| 1969 | 75.43 % | -0.7% |
| 1970 | 75.53 % | +0.1% |
| 1971 | 75.39 % | -0.2% |
| 1972 | 75.06 % | -0.4% |
| 1973 | 75.1 % | +0.1% |
| 1974 | 75.12 % | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 75.5 % | +0.5% |
| 1976 | 75.35 % | -0.2% |
| 1977 | 75.28 % | -0.1% |
| 1978 | 75.1 % | -0.2% |
| 1979 | 74.69 % | -0.5% |
| 1980 | 74.82 % | +0.2% |
| 1981 | 74.74 % | -0.1% |
| 1982 | 75.29 % | +0.7% |
| 1983 | 75.5 % | +0.3% |
| 1984 | 75.79 % | +0.4% |
| 1985 | 76.35 % | +0.7% |
| 1986 | 76.94 % | +0.8% |
| 1987 | 77.32 % | +0.5% |
| 1988 | 77.9 % | +0.8% |
| 1989 | 78.45 % | +0.7% |
| 1990 | 78.89 % | +0.6% |
| 1991 | 78.74 % | -0.2% |
| 1992 | 78.06 % | -0.9% |
| 1993 | 78.56 % | +0.6% |
| 1994 | 79.3 % | +0.9% |
| 1995 | 80.19 % | +1.1% |
| 1996 | 80.82 % | +0.8% |
| 1997 | 81.5 % | +0.8% |
| 1998 | 82.1 % | +0.7% |
| 1999 | 82.66 % | +0.7% |
| 2000 | 82.86 % | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 82.89 % | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 82.76 % | -0.2% |
| 2003 | 82.97 % | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 82.92 % | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 82.9 % | -0.0% |
| 2006 | 83.04 % | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 83.27 % | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 83.73 % | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 83.96 % | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 83.82 % | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 83.99 % | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 83.89 % | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 83.76 % | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 83.65 % | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 83.65 % | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 83.71 % | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 83.74 % | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 83.78 % | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 83.78 % | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 83.78 % | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 83.71 % | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 83.63 % | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 83.47 % | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 83.38 % | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 76.14 % | 75.43 % | 76.82 % | 9 |
| 1970s | 75.21 % | 74.69 % | 75.53 % | 10 |
| 1980s | 76.31 % | 74.74 % | 78.45 % | 10 |
| 1990s | 80.08 % | 78.06 % | 82.66 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 83.13 % | 82.76 % | 83.96 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 83.78 % | 83.65 % | 83.99 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 83.59 % | 83.38 % | 83.78 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Asia
- 1 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 100 % compare
- 1 Greenland 100 % compare
- 1 Norfolk Island 100 % compare
- 4 Faroe Islands 99.93 % compare
- 5 Western Sahara 99.92 % compare
- 6 Djibouti 99.74 % compare
- 7 Andorra 99.26 % compare
More environment data for Western Asia
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.404 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.7 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 5.50 million t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 5.65 million t (2024)
- Cropland — Area 45,596 1000 ha (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita 1.25 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 2.95 g/Int$ (2024)
- Country area — Area 484,480 1000 ha (2024)
- Land area — Area 479,195 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is permanent meadows and pastures — share in agricultural land in Western Asia?
- Permanent meadows and pastures — share in agricultural land in Western Asia was 83.38 % 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 Western Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 83.99 % in 2011.
- What is the lowest permanent meadows and pastures — share in agricultural land recorded in Western Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 74.69 % in 1979.
- How does Western Asia rank for permanent meadows and pastures — share in agricultural land?
- Western Asia ranks 4th out of 31 groups with data for 2024.
- Is permanent meadows and pastures — share in agricultural land rising or falling in Western Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western Asia 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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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.