Share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures in Portugal
Portugal: Share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures was 23.6 percent in 2023. ▲ Rising
Share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures in Portugal, 1961–2023
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 Portugal stood at 23.6 percent. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.0% on the previous year and up 19.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures in Portugal peaked at 23.6 percent in 2023 and was at its lowest, 9.16 percent, in 1961.
Portugal ranks 68th of 208 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9.16 percent | 9.16 percent | 9.16 percent | 9 |
| 1970s | 9.16 percent | 9.16 percent | 9.16 percent | 10 |
| 1980s | 9.16 percent | 9.16 percent | 9.16 percent | 10 |
| 1990s | 11.08 percent | 9.16 percent | 15.7 percent | 10 |
| 2000s | 17.87 percent | 15.49 percent | 19.49 percent | 10 |
| 2010s | 20.46 percent | 19.57 percent | 22.82 percent | 10 |
| 2020s | 23.27 percent | 23.07 percent | 23.6 percent | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures in Portugal?
- Share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures in Portugal was 23.6 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 Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 23.6 percent in 2023.
- What is the lowest share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.16 percent in 1961.
- How does Portugal rank for share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures?
- Portugal ranks 68th out of 208 countries with data for 2023.
- Is share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Portugal 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
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).