Temporary meadows and pastures — Area in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs): Temporary meadows and pastures — Area was 16,565 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Temporary meadows and pastures — Area in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs), 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) recorded 16,565 1000 ha for temporary meadows and pastures — area in 2024. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.3% on the previous year and up 3.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, temporary meadows and pastures — area in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) peaked at 16,565 1000 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 13,278 1000 ha, in 2001.
That places Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 9th out of 31 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Temporary meadows and pastures — Area in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs), year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 13,278 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 13,663 1000 ha | +2.9% |
| 2003 | 13,533 1000 ha | -1.0% |
| 2004 | 13,895 1000 ha | +2.7% |
| 2005 | 13,972 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 14,203 1000 ha | +1.7% |
| 2007 | 14,802 1000 ha | +4.2% |
| 2008 | 13,876 1000 ha | -6.3% |
| 2009 | 13,799 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2010 | 14,534 1000 ha | +5.3% |
| 2011 | 14,730 1000 ha | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 15,047 1000 ha | +2.2% |
| 2013 | 15,434 1000 ha | +2.6% |
| 2014 | 15,993 1000 ha | +3.6% |
| 2015 | 16,160 1000 ha | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 16,099 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 16,266 1000 ha | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 15,909 1000 ha | -2.2% |
| 2019 | 16,004 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 15,943 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 16,472 1000 ha | +3.3% |
| 2022 | 16,388 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 15,875 1000 ha | -3.1% |
| 2024 | 16,565 1000 ha | +4.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 13,891 1000 ha | 13,278 1000 ha | 14,802 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 15,618 1000 ha | 14,534 1000 ha | 16,266 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 16,249 1000 ha | 15,875 1000 ha | 16,565 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
More environment data for Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.238 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.36 °C (2025)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Agricultural Use 2.89 million t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per area of cropland 12.73 kg/ha (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Export quantity 316,092 t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Import quantity 1.96 million t (2024)
- Agricultural land — Area 863,406 1000 ha (2024)
- Agricultural land — Share in Land area 43 % (2024)
- Cropland — Area 224,322 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is temporary meadows and pastures — area in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- Temporary meadows and pastures — area in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) was 16,565 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest temporary meadows and pastures — area recorded in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 16,565 1000 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest temporary meadows and pastures — area recorded in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 13,278 1000 ha in 2001.
- How does Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) rank for temporary meadows and pastures — area?
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) ranks 9th out of 31 groups with data for 2024.
- Is temporary meadows and pastures — area rising or falling in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Temporary meadows and pastures — Area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.