Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area in Slovakia
Slovakia: Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area was 10.38 % in 2024. ▼ Falling
Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area in Slovakia, 1993–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for permanent meadows and pastures — share in land area in Slovakia is 10.38 %, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 32 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.4% on the previous year and down 2.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, permanent meadows and pastures — share in land area in Slovakia peaked at 17.98 % in 2000 and was at its lowest, 10.38 %, in 2024.
That places Slovakia 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 32 years of available data.
Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area in Slovakia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 17.36 % | — |
| 1994 | 17.36 % | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 17.46 % | +0.6% |
| 1996 | 17.51 % | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 17.59 % | +0.5% |
| 1998 | 17.63 % | +0.2% |
| 1999 | 17.8 % | +1.0% |
| 2000 | 17.98 % | +1.0% |
| 2001 | 16.3 % | -9.3% |
| 2002 | 16.61 % | +1.9% |
| 2003 | 16.52 % | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 10.69 % | -35.3% |
| 2005 | 10.89 % | +1.9% |
| 2006 | 11.14 % | +2.3% |
| 2007 | 10.98 % | -1.4% |
| 2008 | 11.06 % | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 10.9 % | -1.4% |
| 2010 | 10.96 % | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 10.78 % | -1.6% |
| 2012 | 10.71 % | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 10.63 % | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 10.64 % | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 10.83 % | +1.8% |
| 2016 | 10.84 % | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 10.77 % | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 10.9 % | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 10.77 % | -1.2% |
| 2020 | 10.79 % | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 10.65 % | -1.3% |
| 2022 | 10.59 % | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 10.42 % | -1.6% |
| 2024 | 10.38 % | -0.4% |
Slovakia compared with similar countries
- Slovakia's 10.38 % is above the median for high income countries, which is 9.71 %, 1.1× the median. (69 countries reporting)
- Slovakia's 10.38 % is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 16.39 %, 63% of the median. (53 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area in Slovakia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | -35.3% | 16.52 % | 10.69 % |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 17.53 % | 17.36 % | 17.8 % | 7 |
| 2000s | 13.31 % | 10.69 % | 17.98 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 10.78 % | 10.63 % | 10.96 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 10.57 % | 10.38 % | 10.79 % | 5 |
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More environment data for Slovakia
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.652 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.9 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 9.12 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual -3.24 % 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 -1.04 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is permanent meadows and pastures — share in land area in Slovakia?
- Permanent meadows and pastures — share in land area in Slovakia 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 Slovakia?
- The highest recorded value was 17.98 % in 2000.
- What is the lowest permanent meadows and pastures — share in land area recorded in Slovakia?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.38 % in 2024.
- How does Slovakia rank for permanent meadows and pastures — share in land area?
- Slovakia ranks 138th out of 237 countries with data for 2024.
- Is permanent meadows and pastures — share in land area rising or falling in Slovakia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Slovakia 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.