Australia vs Syria: Share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures
Australia
43.14 percent
in 2023
Syria
44.46 percent
in 2023
Australia rank
28th
Syria rank
26th
Share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures over time
- Australia
- Syria
How they compare
Syria currently reports 44.46 percent against 43.14 percent in Australia, a difference of 1.32 percent.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Australia ahead.
Australia ranks 28th and Syria ranks 26th of 208 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 5 and Syria in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Syria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 61.32 percent | 43.3 percent | 18.03 percent | Australia |
| 1970s | 62.63 percent | 45.02 percent | 17.61 percent | Australia |
| 1980s | 60.17 percent | 45.09 percent | 15.08 percent | Australia |
| 1990s | 57.82 percent | 44.51 percent | 13.31 percent | Australia |
| 2000s | 51.23 percent | 45.1 percent | 6.12 percent | Australia |
| 2010s | 43.98 percent | 44.61 percent | 0.623 percent | Syria |
| 2020s | 42.91 percent | 44.52 percent | 1.61 percent | Syria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures, Australia or Syria?
- Syria, at 44.46 percent against 43.14 percent in Australia as of 2023.
- What is the difference in share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures between Australia and Syria?
- 1.32 percent, with Syria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Syria?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Australia and Syria rank globally for share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures?
- Australia ranks 28th and Syria ranks 26th of 208 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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About this data
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).