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

Latest (2024)
79.55 %
Change on year
up 0.6%
World rank
3rd
of 202 countries
All-time high
79.55 %
in 2024
All-time low
39.54 %
in 1961
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area in Saudi Arabia, 1961–2024

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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

DecadeAverage LowestHighest 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. 1 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 93.17 % compare
  2. 2 Turkmenistan 80.75 % compare
  3. 4 Uruguay 74.74 % compare
  4. 5 Lesotho, Kingdom of 73.68 % compare
  5. 6 Djibouti 73.34 % compare

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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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Indicator
Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area
Unit
%
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
256 places, 14,952 data points, 1961–2024
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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.