Area of permanent meadows and pastures, per square kilometre by country
Area of permanent meadows and pastures divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
196
Highest
80.75 hectares per square kilometre
Turkmenistan
Lowest
0.0428 hectares per square kilometre
Finland
Median
14.74 hectares per square kilometre
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
11,315
What the numbers show
Area of permanent meadows and pastures, per square kilometre is currently reported for 196 countries. The highest value is 80.75 hectares per square kilometre in Turkmenistan; the lowest is 0.0428 hectares per square kilometre in Finland.
The median across all reporting countries is 14.74 hectares per square kilometre, and the mean is 20.33 hectares per square kilometre.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 1,888.
Over the past decade 47 countries rose and 68 fell. The largest increase was in Myanmar (up 57.0%), and the largest decrease in French Polynesia (down 75.8%).
Area of permanent meadows and pastures, per square kilometre: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turkmenistan | 80.75 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 2 | Saudi Arabia | 79.08 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 3 | Djibouti | 73.34 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 4 | Faroe Islands | 70.07 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 5 | South Africa | 69.19 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 6 | Uruguay | 68.56 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 7 | Somalia | 68.54 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 8 | Kazakhstan | 68.33 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 9 | Mongolia | 68.22 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 10 | Lesotho | 65.88 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 11 | Madagascar | 64.1 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 12 | Eswatini | 58.14 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 13 | Eritrea | 56.94 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 14 | Ireland | 54.42 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 15 | Sudan | 48.96 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 16 | Uzbekistan | 47.92 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 17 | Morocco | 47.05 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 18 | Kyrgyzstan | 46.9 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 19 | Namibia | 46.16 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 20 | Palestine | 46.14 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 21 | Afghanistan | 46 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 22 | Botswana | 45.17 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 23 | United Kingdom | 45.15 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 24 | Mozambique | 45.1 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 25 | Syria | 44.46 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 26 | Guinea | 43.55 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 27 | Australia | 43.14 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 28 | Paraguay | 42.38 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 29 | China | 41.84 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 30 | Yemen | 41.67 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 31 | Cote d'Ivoire | 41.51 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 32 | Armenia | 41.51 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 33 | South Sudan | 40.78 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 34 | Lebanon | 39.1 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 35 | Andorra | 38.3 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 36 | Mexico | 38.12 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 37 | Mauritania | 38.08 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 38 | Kenya | 36.67 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 39 | Chad | 35.74 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 40 | New Zealand | 34.63 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 41 | British Virgin Islands | 33.33 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 42 | Angola | 32.37 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 43 | Colombia | 31.99 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.2% | flat |
| 44 | North Macedonia | 31.52 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 45 | Zimbabwe | 31.28 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 46 | Tunisia | 30.57 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 47 | Sierra Leone | 30.48 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 48 | Bolivia | 30.46 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 49 | Congo | 29.28 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 50 | Azerbaijan | 29.21 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.6% | flat |
| 51 | United States | 29.17 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 52 | Senegal | 29.09 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 53 | Mali | 28.39 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 54 | Isle of Man | 27.97 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.7% | rising |
| 55 | Georgia | 27.92 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 56 | Nigeria | 27.64 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 57 | Nicaragua | 27.36 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 58 | Cuba | 27.35 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 59 | Argentina | 27.29 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 60 | Switzerland | 27.12 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 61 | Luxembourg | 27.1 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 62 | Tanzania | 27.09 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 63 | Zambia | 26.9 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 64 | Uganda | 26.51 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 65 | Dominican Republic | 23.83 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 66 | Portugal | 23.6 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 67 | Ghana | 22.79 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 68 | Niger | 22.72 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 69 | Netherlands | 22.51 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 70 | Costa Rica | 22.48 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 71 | Burkina Faso | 21.93 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 72 | Liechtenstein | 21.5 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 73 | Jamaica | 21.14 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 74 | Brazil | 20.74 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 75 | Venezuela | 20.63 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 76 | Tajikistan | 20.39 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 77 | Panama | 20.34 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 78 | Spain | 19.78 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.1% | falling |
| 79 | Malawi | 19.62 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 80 | France | 19.24 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.5% | falling |
| 81 | Greece | 19.21 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 29.6% | falling |
| 82 | Turkey | 18.99 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 83 | Slovenia | 18.81 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 84 | Burundi | 18.81 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 85 | Montenegro | 18.53 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.3% | falling |
| 86 | Gambia | 18.48 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 87 | Togo | 18.39 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 88 | Iran | 18.17 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 89 | Haiti | 17.78 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 90 | Ethiopia | 17.72 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.0% | falling |
| 91 | Honduras | 17.5 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 92 | Guatemala | 17.5 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 93 | Romania | 16.96 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 17.3% | flat |
| 94 | Rwanda | 15.65 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 95 | Belgium | 15.31 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 96 | El Salvador | 15.19 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 97 | Iceland | 15.05 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 98 | Guam | 14.81 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 99 | Austria | 14.66 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 100 | Peru | 14.21 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 101 | Algeria | 13.77 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 102 | Germany | 13.46 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 103 | Albania | 13.36 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 104 | Ukraine | 13 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 105 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 12.81 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 37.3% | falling |
| 106 | Bulgaria | 12.72 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 107 | Liberia | 12.7 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 108 | Czechia | 12.55 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 109 | Nepal | 12.52 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 110 | Italy | 12.19 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 111 | Ecuador | 11.84 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 39.4% | rising |
| 112 | Chile | 11.82 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 25.3% | flat |
| 113 | Belarus | 11.73 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 114 | Puerto Rico | 11.58 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 115 | Bhutan | 10.83 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 116 | Slovakia | 10.42 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 117 | East Timor | 10.09 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 118 | Poland | 9.84 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 119 | Latvia | 9.66 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 120 | Croatia | 9.63 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 121 | New Caledonia | 9.54 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 122 | Fiji | 9.47 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 123 | Moldova | 9.44 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 124 | Iraq | 9.18 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 125 | Antigua and Barbuda | 9.09 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 126 | Hungary | 8.64 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.1% | falling |
| 127 | Lithuania | 8.58 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 128 | Cambodia | 8.5 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 129 | Jordan | 8.36 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.0% | falling |
| 130 | Cayman Islands | 8.33 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 131 | Comoros | 8.06 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 132 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 8.03 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 133 | Kuwait | 7.63 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 134 | Israel | 7.58 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 135 | Libya | 7.56 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 136 | Sri Lanka | 7.11 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 137 | Guinea-Bissau | 6.93 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 138 | Serbia | 6.61 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 139 | Pakistan | 6.49 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 140 | Gabon | 6.44 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 141 | Estonia | 6.37 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.6% | rising |
| 142 | United States Virgin Islands | 6.29 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.0% | volatile |
| 143 | Cape Verde | 6.2 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 144 | Indonesia | 5.81 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 145 | Denmark | 5.65 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.9% | falling |
| 146 | Russia | 5.62 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 147 | Tonga | 5.56 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 148 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 5.13 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 149 | Philippines | 5.03 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 150 | Bahrain | 5 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 151 | Benin | 4.88 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 152 | Central African Republic | 4.8 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 153 | Barbados | 4.65 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 154 | Bangladesh | 4.62 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 155 | Oman | 4.36 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 156 | Qatar | 4.35 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 157 | Palau | 4.35 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 158 | Micronesia (country) | 4.29 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 159 | Cameroon | 4.23 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 160 | United Arab Emirates | 4.22 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 161 | Mauritius | 3.51 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 162 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 3.46 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 163 | India | 3.45 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 164 | Vanuatu | 3.45 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 165 | Maldives | 3.36 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 166 | Grenada | 2.94 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 167 | Laos | 2.93 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 168 | Guyana | 2.81 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 169 | Dominica | 2.67 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 170 | Samoa | 2.31 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 27.5% | volatile |
| 171 | Belize | 2.19 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 172 | Canada | 2.11 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 173 | Vietnam | 2.05 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 174 | Thailand | 1.57 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 175 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.36 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 176 | Sweden | 1.11 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 177 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1.04 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 178 | Hong Kong | 0.9524 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 179 | Malaysia | 0.8674 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 180 | Japan | 0.8503 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 181 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0.8043 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 69.2% | falling |
| 182 | Myanmar | 0.7354 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 57.0% | rising |
| 183 | Brunei | 0.6452 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 184 | Saint Lucia | 0.6066 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 185 | Greenland | 0.5923 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.0% | falling |
| 186 | South Korea | 0.5738 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 187 | Norway | 0.4832 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 188 | French Polynesia | 0.4509 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 75.8% | falling |
| 189 | Papua New Guinea | 0.4196 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 190 | North Korea | 0.4152 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 191 | Solomon Islands | 0.2858 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 192 | Cyprus | 0.2277 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.9% | falling |
| 193 | Bahamas | 0.1998 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 194 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.1754 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.4% | rising |
| 195 | Suriname | 0.0997 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 196 | Finland | 0.0428 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 58.1% | volatile |
How this figure is calculated
Area of permanent meadows and pastures divided by Land area (sq. km), 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 ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Area of permanent meadows and pastures Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Area of permanent meadows and pastures divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.