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Area of permanent meadows and pastures, per capita by country

Area of permanent meadows and pastures divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Countries reporting
196
Highest
30.54 hectares per person
Mongolia
Lowest
0.0001 hectares per person
Hong Kong
Median
0.1574 hectares per person
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
11,286

What the numbers show

Area of permanent meadows and pastures, per capita is currently reported for 196 countries. The highest value is 30.54 hectares per person in Mongolia; the lowest is 0.0001 hectares per person in Hong Kong.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.1574 hectares per person, and the mean is 0.8807 hectares per person.

Over the past decade 22 countries rose and 174 fell. The largest increase was in Myanmar (up 45.6%), and the largest decrease in French Polynesia (down 76.4%).

Area of permanent meadows and pastures, per capita: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Mongolia 30.54 hectares per person 2023 down 21.5% falling
2 Namibia 12.82 hectares per person 2023 down 24.0% falling
3 Australia 12.45 hectares per person 2023 down 15.4% falling
4 Botswana 10.32 hectares per person 2023 down 13.7% volatile
5 Kazakhstan 9.07 hectares per person 2023 down 15.0% falling
6 Mauritania 7.81 hectares per person 2023 down 25.6% volatile
7 Turkmenistan 5.15 hectares per person 2023 down 8.4% falling
8 Saudi Arabia 5.04 hectares per person 2023 down 18.0% volatile
9 Greenland 4.28 hectares per person 2023 down 0.7% falling
10 Iceland 3.93 hectares per person 2023 down 27.3% falling
11 Uruguay 3.54 hectares per person 2023 down 1.3% falling
12 Bolivia 2.7 hectares per person 2023 down 12.8% falling
13 Paraguay 2.45 hectares per person 2023 down 5.0% falling
14 Somalia 2.34 hectares per person 2023 down 29.9% volatile
15 Chad 2.33 hectares per person 2023 down 29.1% falling
16 South Sudan 2.24 hectares per person 2023 down 2.8% flat
17 Eritrea 1.99 hectares per person 2023 down 11.4% falling
18 Sudan 1.83 hectares per person 2023 down 24.5% falling
19 Libya 1.82 hectares per person 2023 down 13.7% falling
20 Faroe Islands 1.76 hectares per person 2023 down 11.6% falling
21 New Zealand 1.75 hectares per person 2023 down 25.7% falling
22 Argentina 1.64 hectares per person 2023 down 15.4% falling
23 Congo 1.62 hectares per person 2023 down 21.4% falling
24 Djibouti 1.47 hectares per person 2023 down 14.6% volatile
25 Mali 1.46 hectares per person 2023 down 26.5% falling
26 South Africa 1.33 hectares per person 2023 down 13.5% falling
27 Kyrgyzstan 1.27 hectares per person 2023 down 20.5% falling
28 Madagascar 1.2 hectares per person 2023 down 22.7% falling
29 Niger 1.1 hectares per person 2023 down 29.2% falling
30 Angola 1.1 hectares per person 2023 down 28.8% volatile
31 Mozambique 1.05 hectares per person 2023 down 23.1% falling
32 Zambia 0.9651 hectares per person 2023 down 25.7% falling
33 Lesotho 0.8652 hectares per person 2023 down 11.0% falling
34 Brazil 0.8211 hectares per person 2023 down 5.0% falling
35 Eswatini 0.8127 hectares per person 2023 down 10.5% volatile
36 United States 0.7923 hectares per person 2023 down 5.5% falling
37 Guinea 0.7428 hectares per person 2023 down 22.3% falling
38 Zimbabwe 0.7405 hectares per person 2023 down 14.2% falling
39 Afghanistan 0.7237 hectares per person 2023 down 23.7% falling
40 Guyana 0.7188 hectares per person 2023 down 9.2% falling
41 Algeria 0.7107 hectares per person 2023 down 17.3% volatile
42 Ireland 0.7058 hectares per person 2023 down 18.5% falling
43 Colombia 0.6783 hectares per person 2023 down 24.3% falling
44 Gabon 0.6674 hectares per person 2023 down 23.0% falling
45 Venezuela 0.6431 hectares per person 2023 up 5.7% falling
46 Russia 0.64 hectares per person 2023 down 0.0% rising
47 New Caledonia 0.6014 hectares per person 2023 down 4.3% falling
48 Uzbekistan 0.5922 hectares per person 2023 down 14.7% falling
49 Central African Republic 0.5803 hectares per person 2023 down 9.9% falling
50 Mexico 0.5711 hectares per person 2023 down 9.2% falling
51 Yemen 0.5585 hectares per person 2023 down 25.6% volatile
52 Morocco 0.5568 hectares per person 2023 down 10.4% falling
53 Peru 0.5373 hectares per person 2023 down 14.2% falling
54 Bhutan 0.5252 hectares per person 2023 down 6.4% falling
55 Georgia 0.5221 hectares per person 2023 up 0.0% rising
56 Nicaragua 0.4824 hectares per person 2023 down 11.8% falling
57 Canada 0.4634 hectares per person 2023 down 18.2% falling
58 Chile 0.4468 hectares per person 2023 down 32.9% falling
59 North Macedonia 0.4349 hectares per person 2023 up 3.2% rising
60 Cote d'Ivoire 0.4235 hectares per person 2023 down 23.2% volatile
61 Montenegro 0.3996 hectares per person 2023 up 18.1% falling
62 Armenia 0.3949 hectares per person 2023 up 1.4% rising
63 Tunisia 0.3893 hectares per person 2023 down 9.9% falling
64 Kenya 0.3849 hectares per person 2023 down 18.7% volatile
65 Tanzania 0.3603 hectares per person 2023 down 26.7% falling
66 Syria 0.346 hectares per person 2023 down 8.4% volatile
67 Panama 0.3384 hectares per person 2023 down 14.2% falling
68 Iran 0.3253 hectares per person 2023 down 11.3% volatile
69 Latvia 0.3191 hectares per person 2023 down 3.1% rising
70 Senegal 0.3098 hectares per person 2023 down 24.2% falling
71 China 0.2785 hectares per person 2023 down 3.4% falling
72 Tajikistan 0.2724 hectares per person 2023 down 20.0% falling
73 Oman 0.2674 hectares per person 2023 down 24.1% volatile
74 Burkina Faso 0.2606 hectares per person 2023 down 23.1% falling
75 Sierra Leone 0.26 hectares per person 2023 down 20.6% falling
76 Belarus 0.2594 hectares per person 2023 down 19.2% falling
77 Cuba 0.2577 hectares per person 2023 up 5.3% falling
78 Greece 0.2379 hectares per person 2023 down 25.9% falling
79 Azerbaijan 0.2378 hectares per person 2023 down 14.3% falling
80 Costa Rica 0.2249 hectares per person 2023 down 15.2% falling
81 Liberia 0.2227 hectares per person 2023 down 4.9% falling
82 Andorra 0.2226 hectares per person 2023 down 7.0% volatile
83 Bulgaria 0.2141 hectares per person 2023 up 11.0% rising
84 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.206 hectares per person 2023 down 28.9% flat
85 Romania 0.2047 hectares per person 2023 down 13.3% flat
86 Spain 0.2045 hectares per person 2023 down 0.7% falling
87 Portugal 0.2044 hectares per person 2023 up 17.7% rising
88 Ukraine 0.1997 hectares per person 2023 up 17.3% rising
89 Estonia 0.1985 hectares per person 2023 down 19.3% rising
90 Isle of Man 0.1894 hectares per person 2023 down 5.7% rising
91 Fiji 0.1872 hectares per person 2023 down 0.8% rising
92 Lithuania 0.187 hectares per person 2023 down 2.6% rising
93 Honduras 0.1839 hectares per person 2023 down 9.8% falling
94 Slovenia 0.1787 hectares per person 2023 down 1.3% rising
95 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.172 hectares per person 2023 down 28.4% volatile
96 Turkey 0.1713 hectares per person 2023 down 10.8% falling
97 Ecuador 0.1636 hectares per person 2023 down 46.7% falling
98 United Kingdom 0.1594 hectares per person 2023 down 6.5% falling
99 Ethiopia 0.1554 hectares per person 2023 down 23.5% falling
100 Ghana 0.1535 hectares per person 2023 down 26.1% volatile
101 Albania 0.1518 hectares per person 2023 down 12.9% falling
102 France 0.1517 hectares per person 2023 up 5.7% falling
103 Croatia 0.1396 hectares per person 2023 down 4.3% falling
104 Austria 0.1325 hectares per person 2023 down 13.4% falling
105 Vanuatu 0.1311 hectares per person 2023 down 20.6% falling
106 British Virgin Islands 0.1283 hectares per person 2023 down 18.7% falling
107 Moldova 0.1265 hectares per person 2023 up 3.4% flat
108 Belize 0.1216 hectares per person 2023 down 16.9% falling
109 Togo 0.1216 hectares per person 2023 down 17.3% volatile
110 Switzerland 0.1205 hectares per person 2023 down 11.1% falling
111 Palau 0.1128 hectares per person 2023 down 0.4% flat
112 Nigeria 0.1105 hectares per person 2023 down 19.7% volatile
113 Uganda 0.1092 hectares per person 2023 down 27.4% falling
114 East Timor 0.1084 hectares per person 2023 down 16.3% falling
115 Luxembourg 0.1047 hectares per person 2023 down 15.0% falling
116 Guatemala 0.1034 hectares per person 2023 down 12.1% falling
117 Dominican Republic 0.1014 hectares per person 2023 down 8.3% falling
118 Slovakia 0.0923 hectares per person 2023 down 2.2% falling
119 Guinea-Bissau 0.0906 hectares per person 2023 down 31.1% falling
120 Czechia 0.0891 hectares per person 2023 down 3.8% rising
121 Iraq 0.0884 hectares per person 2023 down 22.0% volatile
122 Laos 0.0883 hectares per person 2023 down 13.7% falling
123 Malawi 0.0877 hectares per person 2023 down 23.4% volatile
124 Liechtenstein 0.0863 hectares per person 2023 down 6.1% falling
125 Cambodia 0.0861 hectares per person 2023 down 12.9% flat
126 Serbia 0.0839 hectares per person 2023 down 15.6% falling
127 Hungary 0.0822 hectares per person 2023 up 7.0% falling
128 Poland 0.0822 hectares per person 2023 down 2.5% falling
129 Jamaica 0.0806 hectares per person 2023 down 2.0% falling
130 Cameroon 0.0705 hectares per person 2023 down 24.6% falling
131 Gambia 0.0693 hectares per person 2023 down 22.0% volatile
132 Lebanon 0.0693 hectares per person 2023 down 0.5% falling
133 Jordan 0.0649 hectares per person 2023 down 30.1% volatile
134 Italy 0.0611 hectares per person 2023 down 18.9% falling
135 Nepal 0.0605 hectares per person 2023 down 7.1% falling
136 Germany 0.0565 hectares per person 2023 down 1.4% falling
137 Palestine 0.0538 hectares per person 2023 down 20.8% falling
138 El Salvador 0.0499 hectares per person 2023 down 10.8% falling
139 Guam 0.048 hectares per person 2023 down 0.3% falling
140 Cape Verde 0.0479 hectares per person 2023 down 1.9% falling
141 Sweden 0.043 hectares per person 2023 down 6.8% falling
142 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0429 hectares per person 2023 down 5.6% flat
143 Netherlands 0.0424 hectares per person 2023 down 7.8% falling
144 Haiti 0.0421 hectares per person 2023 down 12.2% falling
145 Belgium 0.0396 hectares per person 2023 down 11.2% falling
146 Indonesia 0.0391 hectares per person 2023 down 9.0% falling
147 Benin 0.039 hectares per person 2023 down 24.1% falling
148 Tonga 0.0382 hectares per person 2023 up 2.4% rising
149 Denmark 0.038 hectares per person 2023 up 9.4% falling
150 Burundi 0.0353 hectares per person 2023 down 23.7% volatile
151 Puerto Rico 0.0321 hectares per person 2023 up 4.9% volatile
152 Norway 0.0319 hectares per person 2023 down 8.2% falling
153 Dominica 0.0301 hectares per person 2023 up 4.8% flat
154 Samoa 0.0296 hectares per person 2023 down 34.8% volatile
155 United Arab Emirates 0.0286 hectares per person 2023 down 26.6% volatile
156 Kuwait 0.028 hectares per person 2023 down 27.7% volatile
157 Rwanda 0.0277 hectares per person 2023 down 25.1% volatile
158 Cayman Islands 0.0274 hectares per person 2023 down 19.7% volatile
159 Micronesia (country) 0.0266 hectares per person 2023 down 4.0% flat
160 Suriname 0.0254 hectares per person 2023 down 15.8% flat
161 United States Virgin Islands 0.021 hectares per person 2023 up 13.3% volatile
162 Pakistan 0.0202 hectares per person 2023 down 14.7% volatile
163 Sri Lanka 0.02 hectares per person 2023 down 6.6% falling
164 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0197 hectares per person 2023 up 6.7% rising
165 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0192 hectares per person 2023 up 0.7% volatile
166 Qatar 0.0188 hectares per person 2023 down 27.8% volatile
167 Papua New Guinea 0.0183 hectares per person 2023 down 20.1% falling
168 Comoros 0.0176 hectares per person 2023 down 18.1% falling
169 Israel 0.0167 hectares per person 2023 down 4.1% falling
170 Philippines 0.0131 hectares per person 2023 down 11.2% falling
171 Thailand 0.0112 hectares per person 2023 down 2.6% falling
172 Solomon Islands 0.01 hectares per person 2023 down 25.6% falling
173 Myanmar 0.0089 hectares per person 2023 up 45.6% falling
174 Grenada 0.0085 hectares per person 2023 down 3.1% volatile
175 Northern Mariana Islands 0.0082 hectares per person 2023 down 64.0% volatile
176 Malaysia 0.0081 hectares per person 2023 down 14.1% falling
177 Brunei 0.0074 hectares per person 2023 down 10.4% volatile
178 India 0.0071 hectares per person 2023 down 10.0% falling
179 Barbados 0.0071 hectares per person 2023 down 1.7% falling
180 Vietnam 0.0064 hectares per person 2023 down 9.7% rising
181 Mauritius 0.0056 hectares per person 2023 up 0.8% falling
182 French Polynesia 0.0056 hectares per person 2023 down 76.4% volatile
183 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0051 hectares per person 2023 down 2.0% falling
184 Bahamas 0.005 hectares per person 2023 down 5.1% falling
185 Sao Tome and Principe 0.0043 hectares per person 2023 down 16.3% falling
186 Bangladesh 0.0035 hectares per person 2023 down 8.7% falling
187 Equatorial Guinea 0.0027 hectares per person 2023 down 10.8% falling
188 Bahrain 0.0025 hectares per person 2023 down 20.5% volatile
189 Japan 0.0025 hectares per person 2023 down 10.4% falling
190 Finland 0.0023 hectares per person 2023 down 59.2% volatile
191 Saint Lucia 0.0021 hectares per person 2023 down 3.3% volatile
192 Maldives 0.0019 hectares per person 2023 down 23.9% volatile
193 North Korea 0.0019 hectares per person 2023 down 4.1% falling
194 Cyprus 0.0016 hectares per person 2023 up 2.9% volatile
195 South Korea 0.0011 hectares per person 2023 down 5.4% rising
196 Hong Kong 0.0001 hectares per person 2023 down 4.7% falling

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Area of permanent meadows and pastures divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Area of permanent meadows and pastures ÷ Population, total

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Indicator
Area of permanent meadows and pastures, per capita
Unit
hectares per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
197 places, 11,286 data points, 1961–2023
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Area of permanent meadows and pastures divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.