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Share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures

Name: Share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures by country, 2023
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Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0); underlying sources incl. V-DemCC BY 4.0updated 2023

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197 countries · 2023

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Share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures league table
#	Country	%	Region	Income
1	Turkmenistan	80.8%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
2	Saudi Arabia	79.1%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
3	Djibouti	73.3%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
4	Faroe Islands	70.1%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
5	South Africa	69.2%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
6	Uruguay	68.6%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
7	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	68.5%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
8	Kazakhstan	68.3%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
9	Mongolia	68.2%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
10	Lesotho	65.9%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
11	Madagascar	64.1%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
12	Eswatini	58.1%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
13	Eritrea	56.9%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
14	Ireland	54.4%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
15	Sudan	49%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
16	Uzbekistan	47.9%	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
17	Morocco	47.1%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
18	Kyrgyz Republic	46.9%	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
19	Namibia	46.2%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
20	West Bank and Gaza	46.1%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
21	Afghanistan	46%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
22	Botswana	45.2%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
23	United Kingdom	45.2%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
24	Mozambique	45.1%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
25	Syrian Arab Republic	44.5%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
26	Guinea	43.6%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
27	Australia	43.1%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
28	Paraguay	42.4%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
29	China	41.8%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
30	Yemen, Rep.	41.7%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
31	Cote d'Ivoire	41.5%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
32	Armenia	41.5%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
33	South Sudan	40.8%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
34	Lebanon	39.1%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
35	Andorra	38.3%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
36	Mexico	38.1%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
37	Mauritania	38.1%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
38	Kenya	36.7%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
39	Chad	35.7%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
40	New Zealand	34.6%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
41	British Virgin Islands	33.3%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
42	Angola	32.4%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
43	Colombia	32%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
44	North Macedonia	31.5%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
45	Zimbabwe	31.3%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
46	Tunisia	30.6%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
47	Sierra Leone	30.5%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
48	Bolivia	30.5%	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
49	Congo, Rep.	29.3%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
50	Azerbaijan	29.2%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
51	United States	29.2%	North America	High income
52	Senegal	29.1%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
53	Mali	28.4%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
54	Isle of Man	28%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
55	Georgia	27.9%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
56	Nigeria	27.6%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
57	Nicaragua	27.4%	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
58	Cuba	27.4%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
59	Argentina	27.3%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
60	Switzerland	27.1%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
61	Luxembourg	27.1%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
62	Tanzania	27.1%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
63	Zambia	26.9%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
64	Uganda	26.5%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
65	Dominican Republic	23.8%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
66	Portugal	23.6%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
67	Ghana	22.8%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
68	Niger	22.7%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
69	Netherlands	22.5%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
70	Costa Rica	22.5%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
71	Burkina Faso	21.9%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
72	Liechtenstein	21.5%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
73	Jamaica	21.1%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
74	Brazil	20.7%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
75	Venezuela, RB	20.6%	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
76	Tajikistan	20.4%	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
77	Panama	20.3%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
78	Spain	19.8%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
79	Malawi	19.6%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
80	France	19.2%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
81	Greece	19.2%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
82	Turkiye	19%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
83	Slovenia	18.8%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
84	Burundi	18.8%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
85	Montenegro	18.5%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
86	Gambia, The	18.5%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
87	Togo	18.4%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
88	Iran, Islamic Rep.	18.2%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
89	Haiti	17.8%	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
90	Ethiopia	17.7%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
91	Honduras	17.5%	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
92	Guatemala	17.5%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
93	Romania	17%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
94	Rwanda	15.7%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
95	Belgium	15.3%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
96	El Salvador	15.2%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
97	Iceland	15.1%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
98	Guam	14.8%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
99	Austria	14.7%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
100	Peru	14.2%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
101	Algeria	13.8%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
102	Germany	13.5%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
103	Albania	13.4%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
104	Ukraine	13%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
105	Bosnia and Herzegovina	12.8%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
106	Bulgaria	12.7%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
107	Liberia	12.7%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
108	Czechia	12.6%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
109	Nepal	12.5%	South Asia	Lower middle income
110	Italy	12.2%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
111	Ecuador	11.8%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
112	Chile	11.8%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
113	Belarus	11.7%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
114	Puerto Rico (US)	11.6%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
115	Bhutan	10.8%	South Asia	Lower middle income
116	Slovak Republic	10.4%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
117	Timor-Leste	10.1%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
118	Poland	9.8%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
119	Latvia	9.7%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
120	Croatia	9.6%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
121	New Caledonia	9.5%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
122	Fiji	9.5%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
123	Moldova	9.4%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
124	Iraq	9.2%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
125	Antigua and Barbuda	9.1%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
126	Hungary	8.6%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
127	Lithuania	8.6%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
128	Cambodia	8.5%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
129	Jordan	8.4%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
130	Cayman Islands	8.3%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
131	Comoros	8.1%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
132	Congo, Dem. Rep.	8%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
133	Kuwait	7.6%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
134	Israel	7.6%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
135	Libya	7.6%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
136	Sri Lanka	7.1%	South Asia	Upper middle income
137	Guinea-Bissau	6.9%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
138	Serbia	6.6%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
139	Pakistan	6.5%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
140	Gabon	6.4%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
141	Estonia	6.4%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
142	Virgin Islands (U.S.)	6.3%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
143	Cabo Verde	6.2%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
144	Indonesia	5.8%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
145	Denmark	5.7%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
146	Russian Federation	5.6%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
147	Tonga	5.6%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
148	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	5.1%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
149	Philippines	5%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
150	Bahrain	5%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
151	Benin	4.9%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
152	Central African Republic	4.8%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
153	Barbados	4.7%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
154	Bangladesh	4.6%	South Asia	Lower middle income
155	Oman	4.4%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
156	Qatar	4.4%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
157	Palau	4.4%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
158	Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	4.3%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
159	Cameroon	4.2%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
160	United Arab Emirates	4.2%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
161	Mauritius	3.5%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
162	St. Kitts and Nevis	3.5%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
163	India	3.5%	South Asia	Lower middle income
164	Vanuatu	3.5%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
165	Maldives	3.4%	South Asia	Upper middle income
166	Grenada	2.9%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
167	Lao PDR	2.9%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
168	Guyana	2.8%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
169	Dominica	2.7%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
170	Samoa	2.3%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
171	Belize	2.2%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
172	Canada	2.1%	North America	High income
173	Viet Nam	2.1%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
174	Thailand	1.6%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
175	Trinidad and Tobago	1.4%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
176	Sweden	1.1%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
177	Sao Tome and Principe	1%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
178	Hong Kong SAR, China	0.95%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
179	Malaysia	0.87%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
180	Japan	0.85%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
181	Northern Mariana Islands	0.8%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
182	Myanmar	0.74%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
183	Brunei Darussalam	0.65%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
184	St. Lucia	0.61%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
185	Greenland	0.59%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
186	Korea, Rep.	0.57%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
187	Norway	0.48%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
188	French Polynesia	0.45%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
189	Papua New Guinea	0.42%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
190	Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	0.42%	East Asia & Pacific	Low income
191	Solomon Islands	0.29%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
192	Cyprus	0.23%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
193	Bahamas, The	0.2%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
194	Equatorial Guinea	0.18%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
195	Suriname	0.1%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
196	Finland	0.04%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
197	American Samoa	0%	East Asia & Pacific	High income

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