Canada vs Samoa: Share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures
Canada
2.11 percent
in 2023
Samoa
2.31 percent
in 2023
Canada rank
182nd
Samoa rank
180th
Share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures over time
- Canada
- Samoa
How they compare
Samoa currently reports 2.31 percent against 2.11 percent in Canada, a difference of 0.2 percent.
That makes Samoa's figure about 1.1 times Canada's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Canada ahead.
Canada ranks 182nd and Samoa ranks 180th of 209 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Canada averaged higher in 5 and Samoa in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Canada | Samoa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.81 percent | 0.35 percent | 2.46 percent | Canada |
| 1970s | 2.65 percent | 0.35 percent | 2.3 percent | Canada |
| 1980s | 2.23 percent | 0.386 percent | 1.84 percent | Canada |
| 1990s | 2.23 percent | 0.727 percent | 1.51 percent | Canada |
| 2000s | 2.35 percent | 1.31 percent | 1.04 percent | Canada |
| 2010s | 2.19 percent | 3.06 percent | 0.87 percent | Samoa |
| 2020s | 2.1 percent | 2.31 percent | 0.205 percent | Samoa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures, Canada or Samoa?
- Samoa, at 2.31 percent against 2.11 percent in Canada as of 2023.
- What is the difference in share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures between Canada and Samoa?
- 0.2 percent, with Samoa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Samoa?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Canada and Samoa rank globally for share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures?
- Canada ranks 182nd and Samoa ranks 180th 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).