Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico: Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area was 10.38 % in 2024. ▼ Falling
Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area in Puerto Rico, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, permanent meadows and pastures — share in land area in Puerto Rico stood at 10.38 %. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 15.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, permanent meadows and pastures — share in land area in Puerto Rico peaked at 37.99 % in 1983 and was at its lowest, 10.38 %, in 2022.
That places Puerto Rico 138th out of 237 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area in Puerto Rico, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 35.17 % | — |
| 1962 | 34.72 % | -1.3% |
| 1963 | 35.17 % | +1.3% |
| 1964 | 35.4 % | +0.7% |
| 1965 | 35.4 % | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 35.4 % | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 35.85 % | +1.3% |
| 1968 | 36.3 % | +1.3% |
| 1969 | 36.75 % | +1.2% |
| 1970 | 37.2 % | +1.2% |
| 1971 | 37.2 % | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 37.2 % | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 37.43 % | +0.6% |
| 1974 | 37.66 % | +0.6% |
| 1975 | 37.66 % | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 37.66 % | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 37.2 % | -1.2% |
| 1978 | 37.43 % | +0.6% |
| 1979 | 36.53 % | -2.4% |
| 1980 | 37.88 % | +3.7% |
| 1981 | 37.66 % | -0.6% |
| 1982 | 37.77 % | +0.3% |
| 1983 | 37.99 % | +0.6% |
| 1984 | 37.54 % | -1.2% |
| 1985 | 37.54 % | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 37.66 % | +0.3% |
| 1987 | 37.66 % | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 37.66 % | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 37.2 % | -1.2% |
| 1990 | 36.08 % | -3.0% |
| 1991 | 35.51 % | -1.6% |
| 1992 | 35.06 % | -1.3% |
| 1993 | 26.16 % | -25.4% |
| 1994 | 26.16 % | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 26.16 % | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 26.16 % | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 23.06 % | -11.9% |
| 1998 | 19.95 % | -13.5% |
| 1999 | 18.18 % | -8.9% |
| 2000 | 16.4 % | -9.8% |
| 2001 | 14.63 % | -10.8% |
| 2002 | 12.85 % | -12.2% |
| 2003 | 12.88 % | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 12.9 % | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 12.93 % | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 12.95 % | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 12.98 % | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 12.92 % | -0.5% |
| 2009 | 12.87 % | -0.4% |
| 2010 | 12.81 % | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 12.76 % | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 12.71 % | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 12.52 % | -1.5% |
| 2014 | 12.33 % | -1.5% |
| 2015 | 12.14 % | -1.5% |
| 2016 | 11.95 % | -1.6% |
| 2017 | 11.77 % | -1.5% |
| 2018 | 11.58 % | -1.6% |
| 2019 | 11.28 % | -2.6% |
| 2020 | 10.98 % | -2.7% |
| 2021 | 10.68 % | -2.7% |
| 2022 | 10.38 % | -2.8% |
| 2023 | 10.38 % | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 10.38 % | +0.0% |
Puerto Rico compared with similar countries
- Puerto Rico's 10.38 % is above the median for high income countries, which is 9.71 %, 1.1× the median. (69 countries reporting)
- Puerto Rico's 10.38 % is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 11.84 %, 88% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area in Puerto Rico 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | -25.4% | 35.06 % | 26.16 % |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 35.57 % | 34.72 % | 36.75 % | 9 |
| 1970s | 37.32 % | 36.53 % | 37.66 % | 10 |
| 1980s | 37.66 % | 37.2 % | 37.99 % | 10 |
| 1990s | 27.25 % | 18.18 % | 36.08 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 13.43 % | 12.85 % | 16.4 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 12.18 % | 11.28 % | 12.81 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 10.56 % | 10.38 % | 10.98 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Puerto Rico
More environment data for Puerto Rico
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -0.4091 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -0.5906 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.268 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.16 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 4.79 % 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 -0.8621 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is permanent meadows and pastures — share in land area in Puerto Rico?
- Permanent meadows and pastures — share in land area in Puerto Rico was 10.38 % 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 Puerto Rico?
- The highest recorded value was 37.99 % in 1983.
- What is the lowest permanent meadows and pastures — share in land area recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.38 % in 2022.
- How does Puerto Rico rank for permanent meadows and pastures — share in land area?
- Puerto Rico ranks 138th out of 237 countries with data for 2024.
- Is permanent meadows and pastures — share in land area rising or falling in Puerto Rico?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Puerto Rico 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 64 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
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.