Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land in Western Europe
Western Europe: Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land was 35.73 % in 2024. ▼ Falling
Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land in Western Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Western Europe recorded 35.73 % for permanent meadows and pastures — share in agricultural land in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 6.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, permanent meadows and pastures — share in agricultural land in Western Europe peaked at 42.08 % in 1971 and was at its lowest, 33.27 %, in 2017.
That places Western Europe 27th out of 31 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom 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 Western Europe, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 39.41 % | — |
| 1962 | 39.55 % | +0.4% |
| 1963 | 39.62 % | +0.2% |
| 1964 | 40.07 % | +1.1% |
| 1965 | 40.51 % | +1.1% |
| 1966 | 40.94 % | +1.1% |
| 1967 | 41.49 % | +1.3% |
| 1968 | 41.8 % | +0.7% |
| 1969 | 41.88 % | +0.2% |
| 1970 | 41.43 % | -1.1% |
| 1971 | 42.08 % | +1.6% |
| 1972 | 41.97 % | -0.3% |
| 1973 | 41.79 % | -0.4% |
| 1974 | 41.34 % | -1.1% |
| 1975 | 41.02 % | -0.8% |
| 1976 | 40.89 % | -0.3% |
| 1977 | 40.49 % | -1.0% |
| 1978 | 40.21 % | -0.7% |
| 1979 | 40.06 % | -0.4% |
| 1980 | 40.06 % | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 39.91 % | -0.4% |
| 1982 | 39.74 % | -0.4% |
| 1983 | 39.68 % | -0.2% |
| 1984 | 39.37 % | -0.8% |
| 1985 | 39.04 % | -0.8% |
| 1986 | 38.82 % | -0.6% |
| 1987 | 38.44 % | -1.0% |
| 1988 | 38.51 % | +0.2% |
| 1989 | 38.51 % | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 38.15 % | -0.9% |
| 1991 | 38.01 % | -0.4% |
| 1992 | 37.74 % | -0.7% |
| 1993 | 37.17 % | -1.5% |
| 1994 | 36.69 % | -1.3% |
| 1995 | 36.61 % | -0.2% |
| 1996 | 36.5 % | -0.3% |
| 1997 | 36.27 % | -0.6% |
| 1998 | 36.12 % | -0.4% |
| 1999 | 35.79 % | -0.9% |
| 2000 | 35.43 % | -1.0% |
| 2001 | 35.31 % | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 35.14 % | -0.5% |
| 2003 | 34.89 % | -0.7% |
| 2004 | 34.63 % | -0.7% |
| 2005 | 34.53 % | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 34.54 % | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 34.52 % | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 34.31 % | -0.6% |
| 2009 | 34.2 % | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 33.98 % | -0.6% |
| 2011 | 33.92 % | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 33.87 % | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 33.62 % | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 33.57 % | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 33.3 % | -0.8% |
| 2016 | 33.5 % | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 33.27 % | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 33.91 % | +1.9% |
| 2019 | 34.1 % | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 35.73 % | +4.8% |
| 2021 | 35.72 % | -0.0% |
| 2022 | 35.69 % | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 35.66 % | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 35.73 % | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 40.59 % | 39.41 % | 41.88 % | 9 |
| 1970s | 41.13 % | 40.06 % | 42.08 % | 10 |
| 1980s | 39.21 % | 38.44 % | 40.06 % | 10 |
| 1990s | 36.91 % | 35.79 % | 38.15 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 34.75 % | 34.2 % | 35.43 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 33.7 % | 33.27 % | 34.1 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 35.71 % | 35.66 % | 35.73 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Europe
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- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -3.1 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.485 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.23 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Total fibre furnish — Production, annual growth rate -4.18 % change on previous year (2024)
- Newsprint — Import quantity, annual growth rate 9.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import quantity, annual growth rate 6.92 % change on previous year (2024)
- Printing and writing papers — Import value, annual growth rate -2.02 % change on previous year (2024)
- Printing and writing papers — Import quantity, annual growth rate 2.99 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is permanent meadows and pastures — share in agricultural land in Western Europe?
- Permanent meadows and pastures — share in agricultural land in Western Europe was 35.73 % 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 Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 42.08 % in 1971.
- What is the lowest permanent meadows and pastures — share in agricultural land recorded in Western Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 33.27 % in 2017.
- How does Western Europe rank for permanent meadows and pastures — share in agricultural land?
- Western Europe ranks 27th out of 31 groups with data for 2024.
- Is permanent meadows and pastures — share in agricultural land rising or falling in Western Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Western Europe 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.