What is the difference in share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures between Argentina and Nicaragua?

0.07 percent, with Nicaragua ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Argentina and Nicaragua?

63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Argentina vs Nicaragua: Share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures

Argentina

27.29 percent

in 2023

Nicaragua

27.36 percent

in 2023

Argentina rank

60th

Nicaragua rank

58th

Share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures over time

Argentina
Nicaragua

How they compare

Nicaragua currently reports 27.36 percent against 27.29 percent in Argentina, a difference of 0.07 percent.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Argentina ahead.

Argentina ranks 60th and Nicaragua ranks 58th of 209 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Argentina averaged higher in 6 and Nicaragua in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Argentina	Nicaragua	Difference	Ahead
1960s	40.35 percent	19.33 percent	21.02 percent	Argentina
1970s	37.18 percent	20.17 percent	17.01 percent	Argentina
1980s	36.71 percent	20.62 percent	16.09 percent	Argentina
1990s	36.51 percent	22.5 percent	14.02 percent	Argentina
2000s	34.88 percent	25.33 percent	9.55 percent	Argentina
2010s	29.36 percent	27.17 percent	2.19 percent	Argentina
2020s	27.29 percent	27.36 percent	0.07 percent	Nicaragua

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures, Argentina or Nicaragua?: Nicaragua, at 27.36 percent against 27.29 percent in Argentina as of 2023.
What is the difference in share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures between Argentina and Nicaragua?: 0.07 percent, with Nicaragua ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Argentina and Nicaragua?: 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Argentina and Nicaragua rank globally for share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures?: Argentina ranks 60th and Nicaragua ranks 58th of 209 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures
Unit: percent
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 210 places, 12,094 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

Permanent meadows and pastures are areas used permanently (five years or more) for herbaceous forage crops, either cultivated or growing wild (wild prairie or grazing land).