France vs Spain: Share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures

France
19.24 percent
in 2023
Spain
19.78 percent
in 2023
France rank
83rd
Spain rank
81st

Share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures over time

  • France
  • Spain
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How they compare

Spain currently reports 19.78 percent against 19.24 percent in France, a difference of 0.54 percent.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Spain ahead.

France ranks 83rd and Spain ranks 81st 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).