Ireland vs Madagascar: Share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures

Ireland
54.42 percent
in 2023
Madagascar
64.1 percent
in 2023
Ireland rank
15th
Madagascar rank
12th

Share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures over time

  • Ireland
  • Madagascar
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How they compare

Madagascar currently reports 64.1 percent against 54.42 percent in Ireland, a difference of 9.68 percent.

That makes Madagascar's figure about 1.2 times Ireland's.

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

Ireland ranks 15th and Madagascar ranks 12th of 208 regions.

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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).