Austria vs Iceland: Share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures

Austria

14.66 percent

in 2023

Iceland

15.05 percent

in 2023

Austria rank

104th

Iceland rank

101st

Share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures over time

Austria
Iceland

How they compare

Iceland currently reports 15.05 percent against 14.66 percent in Austria, a difference of 0.39 percent.

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

Austria ranks 104th and Iceland ranks 101st 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: 07 August 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).