Eritrea vs Lesotho: Share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures

Eritrea
56.94 percent
in 2023
Lesotho
65.88 percent
in 2023
Eritrea rank
14th
Lesotho rank
11th

Share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures over time

  • Eritrea
  • Lesotho
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How they compare

Lesotho currently reports 65.88 percent against 56.94 percent in Eritrea, a difference of 8.94 percent.

That makes Lesotho's figure about 1.2 times Eritrea's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 31 shared years of data; in 1993 it was Eritrea ahead.

Eritrea ranks 14th and Lesotho ranks 11th of 208 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures
Unit
percent
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
210 places, 12,094 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

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).