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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
208
Highest
93.19 percent
Falkland Islands
Lowest
0.03 percent
Mayotte
Median
14.73 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 208 countries. The highest value is 93.19 percent in Falkland Islands; the lowest is 0.03 percent in Mayotte.

The median across all reporting countries is 14.73 percent, and the mean is 20.22 percent.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3,106.

Over the past decade 45 countries rose and 65 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 LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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
15 Ireland 54.42 percent 2023 down 6.3% 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
62 Luxembourg 27.1 percent 2023 up 4.3% rising
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
74 Liechtenstein 21.5 percent 2023 up 1.2% falling
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
102 Guadeloupe 14.94 percent 2023 down 20.9% rising
103 USSR 14.89 percent 1991 up 1.4% rising
104 Guam 14.81 percent 2023 unchanged flat
105 Austria 14.66 percent 2023 down 6.7% falling
106 Peru 14.21 percent 2023 down 2.6% rising
107 Algeria 13.77 percent 2023 down 0.6% falling
108 Martinique 13.56 percent 2023 down 23.9% rising
109 Germany 13.46 percent 2023 up 1.6% falling
110 Albania 13.36 percent 2023 down 25.4% falling
111 Ukraine 13 percent 2023 down 4.1% flat
112 Bosnia and Herzegovina 12.81 percent 2023 down 37.3% falling
113 Bulgaria 12.72 percent 2023 unchanged rising
114 Liberia 12.7 percent 2023 up 16.8% rising
115 Czechia 12.55 percent 2023 down 0.5% rising
116 Nepal 12.52 percent 2023 unchanged flat
117 Italy 12.19 percent 2023 down 20.6% falling
118 Ecuador 11.84 percent 2023 down 39.4% rising
119 Chile 11.82 percent 2023 down 25.3% flat
120 Belarus 11.73 percent 2023 down 21.5% falling
121 Puerto Rico 11.58 percent 2023 down 7.4% falling
122 Bhutan 10.83 percent 2023 up 1.4% rising
123 Slovakia 10.42 percent 2023 down 2.0% falling
124 East Timor 10.09 percent 2023 unchanged flat
125 Montserrat 10 percent 2023 unchanged flat
126 Poland 9.84 percent 2023 down 6.0% falling
127 Latvia 9.66 percent 2023 down 9.3% falling
128 Croatia 9.63 percent 2023 down 12.8% falling
129 New Caledonia 9.54 percent 2023 up 0.2% falling
130 Fiji 9.47 percent 2023 unchanged rising
131 Moldova 9.44 percent 2023 down 11.3% falling
132 Iraq 9.18 percent 2023 down 0.3% flat
133 Antigua and Barbuda 9.09 percent 2023 unchanged rising
134 Hungary 8.64 percent 2023 up 3.1% falling
135 Lithuania 8.58 percent 2023 down 5.4% rising
136 Cambodia 8.5 percent 2023 unchanged rising
137 Jordan 8.36 percent 2023 unchanged falling
138 Cayman Islands 8.33 percent 2023 unchanged flat
139 Comoros 8.06 percent 2023 unchanged flat
140 Democratic Republic of Congo 8.03 percent 2023 unchanged flat
141 Kuwait 7.63 percent 2023 unchanged flat
142 Israel 7.58 percent 2023 up 17.2% rising
143 Libya 7.56 percent 2023 unchanged rising
144 Sri Lanka 7.11 percent 2023 up 1.3% rising
145 Guinea-Bissau 6.93 percent 2023 down 12.6% falling
146 Serbia 6.61 percent 2023 down 18.9% falling
147 Pakistan 6.49 percent 2023 unchanged flat
148 Gabon 6.44 percent 2023 unchanged rising
149 Estonia 6.37 percent 2023 down 14.5% rising
150 United States Virgin Islands 6.29 percent 2023 up 10.2% volatile
151 Cape Verde 6.2 percent 2023 unchanged flat
152 Indonesia 5.81 percent 2023 down 0.9% falling
153 Denmark 5.65 percent 2023 up 15.8% falling
154 Russia 5.62 percent 2023 unchanged rising
155 Tonga 5.56 percent 2023 unchanged rising
156 Reunion 5.16 percent 2023 up 15.7% rising
157 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 5.13 percent 2023 unchanged rising
158 Philippines 5.03 percent 2023 unchanged rising
159 Bahrain 5 percent 2023 down 3.7% falling
160 Benin 4.88 percent 2023 unchanged rising
161 Central African Republic 4.8 percent 2023 unchanged flat
162 Barbados 4.65 percent 2023 unchanged flat
163 Bangladesh 4.62 percent 2023 up 0.2% flat
164 Oman 4.36 percent 2023 down 0.2% rising
165 Palau 4.35 percent 2023 unchanged flat
165 Qatar 4.35 percent 2023 up 0.9% flat
167 Micronesia (country) 4.29 percent 2023 unchanged flat
168 Cameroon 4.23 percent 2023 unchanged flat
169 United Arab Emirates 4.22 percent 2023 unchanged rising
170 Niue 3.85 percent 2023 unchanged flat
171 Mauritius 3.51 percent 2023 unchanged flat
172 Saint Kitts and Nevis 3.46 percent 2023 unchanged volatile
173 India 3.45 percent 2023 unchanged falling
173 Vanuatu 3.45 percent 2023 unchanged rising
175 Maldives 3.36 percent 2023 up 0.9% flat
176 Grenada 2.94 percent 2023 unchanged volatile
177 Laos 2.93 percent 2023 unchanged falling
178 Guyana 2.81 percent 2023 down 7.0% falling
179 Dominica 2.67 percent 2023 unchanged flat
180 Samoa 2.31 percent 2023 down 27.4% volatile
181 Belize 2.19 percent 2023 unchanged rising
182 Canada 2.11 percent 2023 down 5.0% falling
183 Vietnam 2.05 percent 2023 unchanged rising
184 Thailand 1.57 percent 2023 unchanged rising
185 Trinidad and Tobago 1.36 percent 2023 unchanged rising
186 Sweden 1.11 percent 2023 up 1.8% falling
187 Sao Tome and Principe 1.04 percent 2023 unchanged flat
188 Hong Kong 0.95 percent 2023 unchanged falling
189 Malaysia 0.87 percent 2023 unchanged rising
190 Japan 0.85 percent 2023 down 12.4% falling
191 Northern Mariana Islands 0.8 percent 2023 down 69.3% falling
192 Myanmar 0.74 percent 2023 up 57.4% rising
193 Brunei 0.65 percent 2023 unchanged falling
194 Saint Lucia 0.61 percent 2023 unchanged volatile
195 Greenland 0.59 percent 2023 unchanged falling
196 South Korea 0.57 percent 2023 down 3.4% rising
197 Norway 0.48 percent 2023 unchanged rising
198 French Polynesia 0.45 percent 2023 down 75.8% falling
199 Papua New Guinea 0.42 percent 2023 unchanged rising
199 North Korea 0.42 percent 2023 unchanged flat
201 French Guiana 0.31 percent 2023 up 138.5% volatile
202 Solomon Islands 0.29 percent 2023 unchanged rising
203 Cyprus 0.23 percent 2023 up 21.1% falling
204 Bahamas 0.2 percent 2023 unchanged rising
205 Equatorial Guinea 0.18 percent 2023 up 28.6% rising
206 Suriname 0.1 percent 2023 down 9.1% rising
207 Finland 0.04 percent 2023 down 60.0% volatile
208 Mayotte 0.03 percent 2023 down 40.0% rising

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures
Unit
percent
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
210 places, 12,094 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

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).