Australia vs China: Share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures

Australia
43.14 percent
in 2023
China
41.84 percent
in 2023
Australia rank
28th
China rank
30th

Share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures over time

  • Australia
  • China
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How they compare

Australia currently reports 43.14 percent against 41.84 percent in China, a difference of 1.3 percent.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Australia ahead.

Australia ranks 28th and China ranks 30th of 208 countries.

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About this data

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

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).