Share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures by country
Permanent meadows and pastures are areas used permanently (five years or more) for herbaceous forage crops, either cultivated or growing wild (wild prairie or grazing land).
Countries reporting
202
Highest
93.19 percent
Falkland Islands
Lowest
0 percent
American Samoa
Median
13.99 percent
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
12,094
What the numbers show
Share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures is currently reported for 202 countries. The highest value is 93.19 percent in Falkland Islands; the lowest is 0 percent in American Samoa.
The median across all reporting countries is 13.99 percent, and the mean is 20.09 percent.
Over the past decade 42 countries rose and 61 fell. The largest increase was in French Guiana (up 138.5%), and the largest decrease in French Polynesia (down 75.8%).
Share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Falkland Islands | 93.19 percent | 2023 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 2 | Turkmenistan | 80.75 percent | 2023 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 3 | Saudi Arabia | 79.08 percent | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 4 | Djibouti | 73.34 percent | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 5 | Faroe Islands | 70.07 percent | 2023 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 6 | South Africa | 69.19 percent | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 7 | Uruguay | 68.56 percent | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 8 | Somalia | 68.54 percent | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 9 | Kazakhstan | 68.33 percent | 2023 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 10 | Mongolia | 68.22 percent | 2023 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 11 | Lesotho | 65.88 percent | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 12 | Madagascar | 64.1 percent | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 13 | Eswatini | 58.14 percent | 2023 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 14 | Eritrea | 56.94 percent | 2023 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 16 | Sudan | 48.96 percent | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 17 | Uzbekistan | 47.92 percent | 2023 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 18 | Morocco | 47.05 percent | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 19 | Kyrgyzstan | 46.9 percent | 2023 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 20 | Namibia | 46.16 percent | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 21 | Palestine | 46.14 percent | 2023 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 22 | Afghanistan | 46 percent | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 23 | Botswana | 45.17 percent | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 24 | United Kingdom | 45.15 percent | 2023 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 25 | Mozambique | 45.1 percent | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 26 | Syria | 44.46 percent | 2023 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 27 | Guinea | 43.55 percent | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 28 | Australia | 43.14 percent | 2023 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 29 | Paraguay | 42.38 percent | 2023 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 30 | China | 41.84 percent | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 31 | Yemen | 41.67 percent | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 32 | Armenia | 41.51 percent | 2023 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 32 | Cote d'Ivoire | 41.51 percent | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 34 | South Sudan | 40.78 percent | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 35 | Lebanon | 39.1 percent | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 36 | Andorra | 38.3 percent | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 37 | Mexico | 38.12 percent | 2023 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 38 | Mauritania | 38.08 percent | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 39 | Kenya | 36.67 percent | 2023 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 40 | Chad | 35.74 percent | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 41 | New Zealand | 34.63 percent | 2023 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 42 | British Virgin Islands | 33.33 percent | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 43 | Angola | 32.37 percent | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 44 | Colombia | 31.99 percent | 2023 | down 14.2% | flat |
| 45 | North Macedonia | 31.52 percent | 2023 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 46 | Zimbabwe | 31.28 percent | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 47 | Tunisia | 30.57 percent | 2023 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 48 | Sierra Leone | 30.48 percent | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 49 | Bolivia | 30.46 percent | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 50 | Congo | 29.28 percent | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 51 | Azerbaijan | 29.21 percent | 2023 | down 7.7% | flat |
| 52 | United States | 29.17 percent | 2023 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 53 | Senegal | 29.09 percent | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 54 | Mali | 28.39 percent | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 55 | Isle of Man | 27.97 percent | 2023 | down 5.7% | rising |
| 56 | Georgia | 27.92 percent | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 57 | Nigeria | 27.64 percent | 2023 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 58 | Nicaragua | 27.36 percent | 2023 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 59 | Cuba | 27.35 percent | 2023 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 60 | Argentina | 27.29 percent | 2023 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 61 | Switzerland | 27.12 percent | 2023 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 63 | Tanzania | 27.09 percent | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 64 | Zambia | 26.9 percent | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 65 | Uganda | 26.51 percent | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 66 | Norfolk Island | 25 percent | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 67 | Dominican Republic | 23.83 percent | 2023 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 68 | Portugal | 23.6 percent | 2023 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 69 | Ghana | 22.79 percent | 2023 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 70 | Niger | 22.72 percent | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 71 | Netherlands | 22.51 percent | 2023 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 72 | Costa Rica | 22.48 percent | 2023 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 73 | Burkina Faso | 21.93 percent | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 75 | Jamaica | 21.14 percent | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 76 | Brazil | 20.74 percent | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 77 | Venezuela | 20.63 percent | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 78 | Saint Helena | 20.51 percent | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 79 | Tajikistan | 20.39 percent | 2023 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 80 | Panama | 20.34 percent | 2023 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 81 | Spain | 19.78 percent | 2023 | up 3.1% | falling |
| 82 | Malawi | 19.62 percent | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 83 | France | 19.24 percent | 2023 | up 9.5% | falling |
| 84 | Greece | 19.21 percent | 2023 | down 29.6% | falling |
| 85 | Turkey | 18.99 percent | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 86 | Burundi | 18.81 percent | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 86 | Slovenia | 18.81 percent | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 88 | Western Sahara | 18.8 percent | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 89 | Montenegro | 18.53 percent | 2023 | up 18.3% | falling |
| 90 | Gambia | 18.48 percent | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 91 | Togo | 18.39 percent | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 92 | Iran | 18.17 percent | 2023 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 93 | Haiti | 17.78 percent | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 94 | Ethiopia | 17.72 percent | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 95 | Guatemala | 17.5 percent | 2023 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 95 | Honduras | 17.5 percent | 2023 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 97 | Romania | 16.96 percent | 2023 | down 17.3% | flat |
| 98 | Rwanda | 15.65 percent | 2023 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 99 | Belgium | 15.31 percent | 2023 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 100 | El Salvador | 15.19 percent | 2023 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 101 | Iceland | 15.05 percent | 2023 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 103 | Guam | 14.81 percent | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 104 | Austria | 14.66 percent | 2023 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 105 | Peru | 14.21 percent | 2023 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 106 | Algeria | 13.77 percent | 2023 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 108 | Germany | 13.46 percent | 2023 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 109 | Albania | 13.36 percent | 2023 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 110 | Ukraine | 13 percent | 2023 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 111 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 12.81 percent | 2023 | down 37.3% | falling |
| 112 | Bulgaria | 12.72 percent | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 113 | Liberia | 12.7 percent | 2023 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 114 | Czechia | 12.55 percent | 2023 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 115 | Nepal | 12.52 percent | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 116 | Italy | 12.19 percent | 2023 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 117 | Ecuador | 11.84 percent | 2023 | down 39.4% | rising |
| 118 | Chile | 11.82 percent | 2023 | down 25.3% | flat |
| 119 | Belarus | 11.73 percent | 2023 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 120 | Puerto Rico | 11.58 percent | 2023 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 121 | Bhutan | 10.83 percent | 2023 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 122 | Slovakia | 10.42 percent | 2023 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 123 | East Timor | 10.09 percent | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 124 | Montserrat | 10 percent | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 125 | Poland | 9.84 percent | 2023 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 126 | Latvia | 9.66 percent | 2023 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 127 | Croatia | 9.63 percent | 2023 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 128 | New Caledonia | 9.54 percent | 2023 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 129 | Fiji | 9.47 percent | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 130 | Moldova | 9.44 percent | 2023 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 131 | Iraq | 9.18 percent | 2023 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 132 | Antigua and Barbuda | 9.09 percent | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 133 | Hungary | 8.64 percent | 2023 | up 3.1% | falling |
| 134 | Lithuania | 8.58 percent | 2023 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 135 | Cambodia | 8.5 percent | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 136 | Jordan | 8.36 percent | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 137 | Cayman Islands | 8.33 percent | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 138 | Comoros | 8.06 percent | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 139 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 8.03 percent | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 140 | Kuwait | 7.63 percent | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 141 | Israel | 7.58 percent | 2023 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 142 | Libya | 7.56 percent | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 143 | Sri Lanka | 7.11 percent | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 144 | Guinea-Bissau | 6.93 percent | 2023 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 145 | Serbia | 6.61 percent | 2023 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 146 | Pakistan | 6.49 percent | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 147 | Gabon | 6.44 percent | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 148 | Estonia | 6.37 percent | 2023 | down 14.5% | rising |
| 149 | United States Virgin Islands | 6.29 percent | 2023 | up 10.2% | volatile |
| 150 | Cape Verde | 6.2 percent | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 151 | Indonesia | 5.81 percent | 2023 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 152 | Denmark | 5.65 percent | 2023 | up 15.8% | falling |
| 153 | Russia | 5.62 percent | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 154 | Tonga | 5.56 percent | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 155 | Reunion | 5.16 percent | 2023 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 156 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 5.13 percent | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 157 | Philippines | 5.03 percent | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 158 | Bahrain | 5 percent | 2023 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 159 | Benin | 4.88 percent | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 160 | Central African Republic | 4.8 percent | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 161 | Barbados | 4.65 percent | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 162 | Bangladesh | 4.62 percent | 2023 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 163 | Oman | 4.36 percent | 2023 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 164 | Palau | 4.35 percent | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 164 | Qatar | 4.35 percent | 2023 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 166 | Micronesia (country) | 4.29 percent | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 167 | Cameroon | 4.23 percent | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 168 | United Arab Emirates | 4.22 percent | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 169 | Niue | 3.85 percent | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 170 | Mauritius | 3.51 percent | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 171 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 3.46 percent | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 172 | India | 3.45 percent | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 172 | Vanuatu | 3.45 percent | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 174 | Maldives | 3.36 percent | 2023 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 175 | Grenada | 2.94 percent | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 176 | Laos | 2.93 percent | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 177 | Guyana | 2.81 percent | 2023 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 178 | Dominica | 2.67 percent | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 179 | Samoa | 2.31 percent | 2023 | down 27.4% | volatile |
| 180 | Belize | 2.19 percent | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 181 | Canada | 2.11 percent | 2023 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 182 | Vietnam | 2.05 percent | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 183 | Thailand | 1.57 percent | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 184 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.36 percent | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 185 | Sweden | 1.11 percent | 2023 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 186 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1.04 percent | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 187 | Hong Kong | 0.95 percent | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 188 | Malaysia | 0.87 percent | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 189 | Japan | 0.85 percent | 2023 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 190 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0.8 percent | 2023 | down 69.3% | falling |
| 191 | Myanmar | 0.74 percent | 2023 | up 57.4% | rising |
| 192 | Brunei | 0.65 percent | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 193 | Saint Lucia | 0.61 percent | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 194 | Greenland | 0.59 percent | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 195 | South Korea | 0.57 percent | 2023 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 196 | Norway | 0.48 percent | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 197 | French Polynesia | 0.45 percent | 2023 | down 75.8% | falling |
| 198 | Papua New Guinea | 0.42 percent | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 198 | North Korea | 0.42 percent | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 200 | French Guiana | 0.31 percent | 2023 | up 138.5% | volatile |
| 201 | Solomon Islands | 0.29 percent | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 202 | Cyprus | 0.23 percent | 2023 | up 21.1% | falling |
| 203 | Bahamas | 0.2 percent | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 204 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.18 percent | 2023 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 205 | Suriname | 0.1 percent | 2023 | down 9.1% | rising |
| 206 | Finland | 0.04 percent | 2023 | down 60.0% | volatile |
| 208 | American Samoa | 0 percent | 2023 | — | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- OECD (FAO) 23.01 percent
- USSR 14.89 percent
About this data
Permanent meadows and pastures are areas used permanently (five years or more) for herbaceous forage crops, either cultivated or growing wild (wild prairie or grazing land).