Share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures in Luxembourg

Luxembourg: Share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures was 27.1 percent in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
27.1 percent
Change on year
up 1.6%
Rank
62nd
of 208 regions
All-time high
27.1 percent
in 2023
All-time low
25.25 percent
in 2000
Years of data
24
2000–2023

Share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures in Luxembourg, 2000–2023

01020302000201120232000: 25.2 percent2001: 25.2 percent2002: 25.2 percent2003: 25.2 percent2004: 25.2 percent2005: 26 percent2006: 26 percent2007: 26.4 percent2008: 26 percent2009: 26.2 percent2010: 26.2 percent2011: 26.3 percent2012: 26.1 percent2013: 26 percent2014: 26 percent2015: 26 percent2016: 26.1 percent2017: 26.2 percent2018: 26.3 percent2019: 26.4 percent2020: 26.5 percent2021: 26.6 percent2022: 26.7 percent2023: 27.1 percent

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

Analysis

The most recent figure for share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures in Luxembourg is 27.1 percent, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.

That represents a change of up 1.6% on the previous year and up 4.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures in Luxembourg peaked at 27.1 percent in 2023 and was at its lowest, 25.25 percent, in 2000.

Luxembourg ranks 62nd of 208 regions on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 25.69 percent 25.25 percent 26.41 percent 10
2010s 26.15 percent 25.96 percent 26.37 percent 10
2020s 26.73 percent 26.51 percent 27.1 percent 4

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Frequently asked questions

What is share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures in Luxembourg?
Share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures in Luxembourg was 27.1 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 Luxembourg?
The highest recorded value was 27.1 percent in 2023.
What is the lowest share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures recorded in Luxembourg?
The lowest recorded value was 25.25 percent in 2000.
How does Luxembourg rank for share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures?
Luxembourg ranks 62nd out of 208 regions with data for 2023.
Is share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures rising or falling in Luxembourg?
Over the last ten years it is up 4.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Luxembourg 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).