Cuba vs Nicaragua: Share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures
Cuba
27.35 percent
in 2023
Nicaragua
27.36 percent
in 2023
Cuba rank
59th
Nicaragua rank
58th
Share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures over time
- Cuba
- Nicaragua
How they compare
Nicaragua currently reports 27.36 percent against 27.35 percent in Cuba, a difference of 0.01 percent.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Nicaragua ahead.
Cuba ranks 59th and Nicaragua ranks 58th of 209 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Cuba averaged higher in 4 and Nicaragua in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cuba | Nicaragua | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 22.95 percent | 19.33 percent | 3.62 percent | Cuba |
| 1970s | 24.04 percent | 20.17 percent | 3.87 percent | Cuba |
| 1980s | 25.76 percent | 20.62 percent | 5.14 percent | Cuba |
| 1990s | 24.4 percent | 22.5 percent | 1.9 percent | Cuba |
| 2000s | 23.63 percent | 25.33 percent | 1.69 percent | Nicaragua |
| 2010s | 26.25 percent | 27.17 percent | 0.921 percent | Nicaragua |
| 2020s | 27.35 percent | 27.36 percent | 0.01 percent | Nicaragua |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures, Cuba or Nicaragua?
- Nicaragua, at 27.36 percent against 27.35 percent in Cuba as of 2023.
- What is the difference in share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures between Cuba and Nicaragua?
- 0.01 percent, with Nicaragua ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cuba and Nicaragua?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Cuba and Nicaragua rank globally for share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures?
- Cuba ranks 59th and Nicaragua ranks 58th 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).