Area meadows and pastures, per square kilometre by country
Area meadows and pastures divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
What the numbers show
Area meadows and pastures, per square kilometre is currently reported for 196 countries. The highest value is 0.2207 units per square kilometre in British Virgin Islands; the lowest is 0 units per square kilometre in Finland.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0001 units per square kilometre, and the mean is 0.0041 units per square kilometre.
Over the past decade 48 countries rose and 73 fell. The largest increase was in Myanmar (up 57.5%), and the largest decrease in French Polynesia (down 75.8%).
Area meadows and pastures, per square kilometre: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | British Virgin Islands | 0.2207 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 2 | Liechtenstein | 0.1344 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 3 | Andorra | 0.0818 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 4 | Faroe Islands | 0.0511 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.5% | flat |
| 5 | Isle of Man | 0.0489 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.0% | rising |
| 6 | Cayman Islands | 0.0347 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 7 | Guam | 0.0274 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 8 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0206 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 9 | United States Virgin Islands | 0.0181 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.8% | volatile |
| 10 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0133 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 11 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0132 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 12 | Maldives | 0.0113 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 13 | Barbados | 0.0108 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 14 | Luxembourg | 0.0105 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 15 | Palau | 0.0095 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 16 | Grenada | 0.0085 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.2% | volatile |
| 17 | Tonga | 0.0077 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 18 | Palestine | 0.0077 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 19 | Bahrain | 0.0063 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 20 | Micronesia (country) | 0.0061 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 21 | Comoros | 0.0043 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 22 | Lebanon | 0.0038 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 23 | Dominica | 0.0036 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 24 | Eswatini | 0.0034 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 25 | Djibouti | 0.0032 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 26 | Lesotho | 0.0022 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 27 | Jamaica | 0.002 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 28 | Gambia | 0.0018 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 29 | Mauritius | 0.0018 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 30 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0.0018 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 69.1% | falling |
| 31 | Cape Verde | 0.0015 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 32 | Armenia | 0.0015 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 33 | Montenegro | 0.0014 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.3% | falling |
| 34 | Puerto Rico | 0.0013 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 35 | North Macedonia | 0.0012 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 36 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0011 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 37 | Saint Lucia | 0.001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 38 | Slovenia | 0.0009 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 39 | Hong Kong | 0.0009 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 40 | Samoa | 0.0008 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 26.1% | volatile |
| 41 | Ireland | 0.0008 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 42 | El Salvador | 0.0007 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 43 | Burundi | 0.0007 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 44 | Switzerland | 0.0007 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 45 | East Timor | 0.0007 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 46 | Netherlands | 0.0007 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 47 | Rwanda | 0.0007 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 48 | Haiti | 0.0006 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 49 | Fiji | 0.0005 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 50 | New Caledonia | 0.0005 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 51 | Belgium | 0.0005 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 52 | Dominican Republic | 0.0005 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.5% | falling |
| 53 | Albania | 0.0005 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 54 | Eritrea | 0.0005 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 55 | Costa Rica | 0.0004 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 56 | Kuwait | 0.0004 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 57 | Sierra Leone | 0.0004 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 58 | Georgia | 0.0004 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 59 | Uruguay | 0.0004 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 60 | Qatar | 0.0004 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 61 | Azerbaijan | 0.0004 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.6% | flat |
| 62 | Israel | 0.0004 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 63 | Togo | 0.0003 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 64 | Moldova | 0.0003 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 65 | Bhutan | 0.0003 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 66 | Vanuatu | 0.0003 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 67 | Panama | 0.0003 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 68 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0003 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 69 | Cuba | 0.0003 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 70 | Portugal | 0.0003 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 71 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0003 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 37.3% | falling |
| 72 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0002 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 73 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0002 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 74 | Syria | 0.0002 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 75 | Nicaragua | 0.0002 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 76 | Slovakia | 0.0002 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 77 | Malawi | 0.0002 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 78 | Tunisia | 0.0002 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 79 | United Kingdom | 0.0002 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 80 | Austria | 0.0002 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 81 | Guinea | 0.0002 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 82 | Croatia | 0.0002 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 83 | Turkmenistan | 0.0002 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 84 | Guatemala | 0.0002 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 85 | Czechia | 0.0002 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 86 | Honduras | 0.0002 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 87 | Latvia | 0.0002 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 88 | Senegal | 0.0002 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 89 | Iceland | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 90 | Estonia | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.0% | rising |
| 91 | Greece | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 29.6% | falling |
| 92 | Tajikistan | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.9% | falling |
| 93 | Denmark | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.8% | falling |
| 94 | Lithuania | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 95 | Uganda | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 96 | Liberia | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 97 | New Zealand | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 98 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 99 | French Polynesia | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 75.8% | falling |
| 100 | Brunei | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 101 | Bulgaria | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 102 | Sri Lanka | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 103 | Madagascar | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 104 | Somalia | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 105 | Uzbekistan | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 106 | Paraguay | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 107 | Morocco | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 108 | Ghana | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 109 | Belize | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 110 | Hungary | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 111 | Jordan | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.0% | falling |
| 112 | Nepal | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 113 | Congo | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 114 | Zimbabwe | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 115 | Burkina Faso | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 116 | Botswana | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 117 | Yemen | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 118 | Serbia | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 119 | Romania | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 17.3% | flat |
| 120 | Afghanistan | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 121 | South Sudan | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 122 | Kenya | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.0% | flat |
| 123 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 124 | Belarus | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 125 | Mozambique | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 126 | South Africa | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 127 | Namibia | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 128 | Cambodia | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 129 | Ecuador | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 39.4% | rising |
| 130 | Mongolia | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 131 | Benin | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 132 | Italy | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 133 | Spain | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.2% | falling |
| 134 | Germany | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 135 | Mauritania | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 136 | Saudi Arabia | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 137 | Zambia | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 138 | France | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.5% | falling |
| 139 | Bangladesh | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 140 | Poland | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 141 | Tanzania | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 142 | Nigeria | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 143 | Colombia | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.2% | flat |
| 144 | Chad | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 145 | Bolivia | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 146 | Sudan | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 147 | Angola | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 148 | Kazakhstan | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 149 | Gabon | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 150 | Cyprus | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.1% | falling |
| 151 | Turkey | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 152 | Venezuela | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 153 | Mali | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 154 | Ukraine | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 155 | Iraq | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 156 | Bahamas | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 157 | Mexico | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 158 | Niger | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 159 | Philippines | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 160 | Chile | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 25.3% | flat |
| 161 | Ethiopia | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 162 | Oman | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 163 | Guyana | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 164 | Laos | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 165 | Iran | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 166 | Peru | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 167 | Solomon Islands | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 168 | Argentina | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 169 | Cameroon | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 170 | Pakistan | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 171 | Central African Republic | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 172 | Vietnam | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 173 | Equatorial Guinea | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 174 | South Korea | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 175 | Algeria | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 176 | Australia | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 177 | China | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 178 | Libya | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 179 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 180 | North Korea | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 181 | United States | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 182 | Thailand | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 183 | Indonesia | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 184 | Sweden | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 185 | Malaysia | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 186 | Brazil | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 187 | Japan | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 188 | Greenland | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 189 | Norway | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 190 | India | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 191 | Myanmar | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 57.5% | rising |
| 192 | Papua New Guinea | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 193 | Suriname | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.1% | rising |
| 194 | Russia | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 195 | Canada | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 196 | Finland | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 60.0% | volatile |
How this figure is calculated
Area meadows and pastures divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Area meadows and pastures ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Area meadows and pastures Our World in Data
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Area meadows and pastures divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.