Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area was 79.55 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area in Saudi Arabia, 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 Saudi Arabia stood at 79.55 %. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.6% on the previous year and up 0.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, permanent meadows and pastures — share in land area in Saudi Arabia peaked at 79.55 % in 2024 and was at its lowest, 39.54 %, in 1961.
That places Saudi Arabia 3rd out of 202 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 39.54 % | 39.54 % | 39.54 % | 9 |
| 1970s | 39.54 % | 39.54 % | 39.54 % | 10 |
| 1980s | 44.42 % | 39.54 % | 53.5 % | 10 |
| 1990s | 65.03 % | 55.82 % | 79.08 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 79.08 % | 79.08 % | 79.08 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 79.08 % | 79.08 % | 79.08 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 79.17 % | 79.08 % | 79.55 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Saudi Arabia
- 1 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 93.17 % compare
- 2 Turkmenistan 80.75 % compare
- 4 Uruguay 74.74 % compare
- 5 Lesotho, Kingdom of 73.68 % compare
- 6 Djibouti 73.34 % compare
More environment data for Saudi Arabia
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.424 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.58 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 1.00 million t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 1.00 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 33,177 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import quantity 19,284 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export value 149,119 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity 252,685 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import value 818,937 1000 USD (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is permanent meadows and pastures — share in land area in Saudi Arabia?
- Permanent meadows and pastures — share in land area in Saudi Arabia was 79.55 % 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 Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 79.55 % in 2024.
- What is the lowest permanent meadows and pastures — share in land area recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 39.54 % in 1961.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for permanent meadows and pastures — share in land area?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 3rd out of 202 countries with data for 2024.
- Is permanent meadows and pastures — share in land area rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Saudi Arabia 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.