30% of the agricultural land in the European Union is permanent grassland.

Omissions

• The actual figure is approximately 34-35% of utilised agricultural area, not 30%. The claim understates the share of permanent grassland by about 4-5 percentage points.
• The data used is from 2023, which is the most recent available before the session date of April 2026.

Sources

• PrimaryEurostat - Permanent agricultural grassland in EuropePermanent agricultural grassland covered 538,766 km² (53.9 million hectares) in the EU
• PrimaryEurostat - Farms and farmland in the European Union - statisticsEU farms used 156 million hectares of land for agricultural production in 2023 (utilised agricultural area)