Ecuador vs Italy: Share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures
Ecuador
11.84 percent
in 2023
Italy
12.19 percent
in 2023
Ecuador rank
118th
Italy rank
117th
Share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures over time
- Ecuador
- Italy
How they compare
Italy currently reports 12.19 percent against 11.84 percent in Ecuador, a difference of 0.35 percent.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Italy ahead.
Ecuador ranks 118th and Italy ranks 117th of 209 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Ecuador averaged higher in 4 and Italy in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ecuador | Italy | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7.97 percent | 17.44 percent | 9.47 percent | Italy |
| 1970s | 10.24 percent | 17.69 percent | 7.45 percent | Italy |
| 1980s | 16.59 percent | 16.99 percent | 0.409 percent | Italy |
| 1990s | 18.52 percent | 15.08 percent | 3.43 percent | Ecuador |
| 2000s | 19.99 percent | 14.81 percent | 5.18 percent | Ecuador |
| 2010s | 15.34 percent | 13.62 percent | 1.73 percent | Ecuador |
| 2020s | 11.99 percent | 11.25 percent | 0.7325 percent | Ecuador |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures, Ecuador or Italy?
- Italy, at 12.19 percent against 11.84 percent in Ecuador as of 2023.
- What is the difference in share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures between Ecuador and Italy?
- 0.35 percent, with Italy ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ecuador and Italy?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Ecuador and Italy rank globally for share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures?
- Ecuador ranks 118th and Italy ranks 117th 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).