Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area in Eastern Asia
Eastern Asia: Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area was 31.97 % in 2024. ▼ Falling
Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area in Eastern Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Eastern Asia recorded 31.97 % for permanent meadows and pastures — share in land area in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and down 5.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, permanent meadows and pastures — share in land area in Eastern Asia peaked at 39.83 % in 1961 and was at its lowest, 31.97 %, in 2024.
Eastern Asia ranks 9th of 44 regions on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 39.81 % | 39.79 % | 39.83 % | 9 |
| 1970s | 39.25 % | 38.31 % | 39.81 % | 10 |
| 1980s | 37.98 % | 37.77 % | 38.24 % | 10 |
| 1990s | 37.29 % | 36.74 % | 37.72 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 36.11 % | 34.91 % | 37.54 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 33.64 % | 32.6 % | 34.68 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 32.28 % | 31.97 % | 32.53 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Asia
- 6 Djibouti 73.34 % compare
- 7 Faroe Islands 70.07 % compare
- 8 South Africa 69.19 % compare
- 9 Somalia 68.54 % compare
- 10 Mongolia 68.09 % compare
- 11 Kazakhstan, Republic of 67.82 % compare
- 12 Madagascar, Republic of 64.1 % compare
More environment data for Eastern Asia
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.309 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.98 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 98.06 million t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 137.56 million t (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per value of agricultural 8.81 g/Int$ (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity 8.85 million t (2024)
- Agricultural land — Share in Land area 43.97 % (2024)
- Agricultural land — Value of agricultural production (Int. $) per Area 2,108 USD_PPP/ha (2024)
- Cropland — Area 138,841 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is permanent meadows and pastures — share in land area in Eastern Asia?
- Permanent meadows and pastures — share in land area in Eastern Asia was 31.97 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest permanent meadows and pastures — share in land area recorded in Eastern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 39.83 % in 1961.
- What is the lowest permanent meadows and pastures — share in land area recorded in Eastern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 31.97 % in 2024.
- How does Eastern Asia rank for permanent meadows and pastures — share in land area?
- Eastern Asia ranks 9th out of 44 regions with data for 2024.
- Is permanent meadows and pastures — share in land area rising or falling in Eastern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Eastern 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 Land area. 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.