Share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures in Hong Kong

Hong Kong: Share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures was 0.95 percent in 2023. ▼ Falling

Latest (2023)
0.95 percent
Change on year
unchanged
Rank
187th
of 208 regions
All-time high
1.01 percent
in 1982
All-time low
0.95 percent
in 1995
Years of data
44
1980–2023

Share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures in Hong Kong, 1980–2023

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Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in percent.

Analysis

In 2023, share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures in Hong Kong stood at 0.95 percent. That is the lowest value across all 44 years on record.

That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.

Over the whole period, share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures in Hong Kong peaked at 1.01 percent in 1982 and was at its lowest, 0.95 percent, in 1995.

Hong Kong ranks 187th of 208 regions on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 44 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1980s 1.01 percent 1 percent 1.01 percent 10
1990s 0.98 percent 0.95 percent 1.01 percent 10
2000s 0.95 percent 0.95 percent 0.95 percent 10
2010s 0.95 percent 0.95 percent 0.95 percent 10
2020s 0.95 percent 0.95 percent 0.95 percent 4

Countries ranked near Hong Kong

  1. 184 Trinidad and Tobago 1.36 percent compare
  2. 185 Sweden 1.11 percent compare
  3. 186 Sao Tome and Principe 1.04 percent compare
  4. 188 Malaysia 0.87 percent compare
  5. 189 Japan 0.85 percent compare
  6. 190 Northern Mariana Islands 0.8 percent compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures in Hong Kong?
Share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures in Hong Kong was 0.95 percent in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
What is the highest share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures recorded in Hong Kong?
The highest recorded value was 1.01 percent in 1982.
What is the lowest share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures recorded in Hong Kong?
The lowest recorded value was 0.95 percent in 1995.
How does Hong Kong rank for share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures?
Hong Kong ranks 187th out of 208 regions with data for 2023.
Is share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures rising or falling in Hong Kong?
Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Hong Kong data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

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).