Iceland vs Rwanda: Share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures

Iceland

15.05 percent

in 2023

Rwanda

15.65 percent

in 2023

Iceland rank

101st

Rwanda rank

98th

Share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures over time

Iceland
Rwanda

How they compare

Rwanda currently reports 15.65 percent against 15.05 percent in Iceland, a difference of 0.6 percent.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Rwanda ahead.

Iceland ranks 101st and Rwanda ranks 98th 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: 07 August 2026

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).