Barbados vs Benin: Share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures
Barbados
4.65 percent
in 2023
Benin
4.88 percent
in 2023
Barbados rank
162nd
Benin rank
160th
Share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures over time
- Barbados
- Benin
How they compare
Benin currently reports 4.88 percent against 4.65 percent in Barbados, a difference of 0.23 percent.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Barbados ahead.
Barbados ranks 162nd and Benin ranks 160th of 209 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Barbados averaged higher in 3 and Benin in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | Benin | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4.65 percent | 3.92 percent | 0.73 percent | Barbados |
| 1970s | 4.65 percent | 3.92 percent | 0.73 percent | Barbados |
| 1980s | 4.65 percent | 4.15 percent | 0.498 percent | Barbados |
| 1990s | 4.65 percent | 4.88 percent | 0.23 percent | Benin |
| 2000s | 4.65 percent | 4.88 percent | 0.23 percent | Benin |
| 2010s | 4.65 percent | 4.88 percent | 0.23 percent | Benin |
| 2020s | 4.65 percent | 4.88 percent | 0.23 percent | Benin |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures, Barbados or Benin?
- Benin, at 4.88 percent against 4.65 percent in Barbados as of 2023.
- What is the difference in share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures between Barbados and Benin?
- 0.23 percent, with Benin ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Benin?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Barbados and Benin rank globally for share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures?
- Barbados ranks 162nd and Benin ranks 160th 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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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).