Table 9.1 - Lowland dry grasslands in 19 European countries

Country Permanent pasture a Cropland c Landuse ratio1 Dry grassland of potential conservation interest2,b Number of sites Percentage of permanent pasture
Albania 4030 7000 0.38 247 4 6.1
Austria 19 930 15 260 0.42 3 2 0.0
Belgiume 5564 8233 0.45 6 >35 0.1
Bulgariad 19 990 41 620 0.56 >3000 >10 15.0
former Czechoslovakia 16 730 50 600 0.53 10 377 6 62.0
Denmarkd 2079 25 484 0.64 <100 nd 4.8
Francee 111 980 192 340 0.55 490 >100 0.4
Germany 53 290 120 020 0.49 1603 >300 3.0
Hungary 11 730 52 870 0.69 2500 57 21.3
Ireland 46 940 9330 0.80 2300 nd 5.0
Italy 48 800 119 750 0.56 2053 21 4.2
The Netherlandse 10 800 9110 0.53 6 10 0.1
Poland 40 380 147 150 0.60 6057 55 15.0
Portugal 8380 31 730 0.43 540 9 6.4
Romania 47 780 100 200 0.62 352 5 0.7
Spain 103 000 200 890 0.60 23 000 63 22.3
Switzerlandd 16 990 4120 0.51 8 nd 0.0
UK (England only) 111 800 66 000 0.73 3815 184 3.4
former Yugoslavia 63 520 77 300 0.55 2794 21 4.4
Totals/average 743 713 1 279 007 0.56 >60 000 >850 9.2

Notes (size of areas in square kilometres):

  1. Calculated as the sum of pasture plus cropland, divided by total land area.
  2. Figures are very approximate and generally represent the maximum likely areas currently holding important populations of grassland species.

nd: no data.

Sources: a ­ FAO; b ­ Nature Conservation Bureau; c ­ Eurostat; d ­ national inventories; e ­ CORINE Biotopes Data8