Botswana vs Syria: Share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures
Botswana
45.17 percent
in 2023
Syria
44.46 percent
in 2023
Botswana rank
23rd
Syria rank
26th
Share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures over time
- Botswana
- Syria
How they compare
Botswana currently reports 45.17 percent against 44.46 percent in Syria, a difference of 0.71 percent.
The two have swapped places 11 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Syria ahead.
Botswana ranks 23rd and Syria ranks 26th of 209 countries.
Botswana has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Botswana | Syria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 45.17 percent | 43.3 percent | 1.87 percent | Botswana |
| 1970s | 45.17 percent | 45.02 percent | 0.145 percent | Botswana |
| 1980s | 45.17 percent | 45.09 percent | 0.078 percent | Botswana |
| 1990s | 45.17 percent | 44.51 percent | 0.658 percent | Botswana |
| 2000s | 45.17 percent | 45.1 percent | 0.07 percent | Botswana |
| 2010s | 45.17 percent | 44.61 percent | 0.563 percent | Botswana |
| 2020s | 45.17 percent | 44.52 percent | 0.65 percent | Botswana |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures, Botswana or Syria?
- Botswana, at 45.17 percent against 44.46 percent in Syria as of 2023.
- What is the difference in share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures between Botswana and Syria?
- 0.71 percent, with Botswana ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and Syria?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Botswana and Syria rank globally for share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures?
- Botswana ranks 23rd and Syria ranks 26th 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).