Japan vs Malaysia: Share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures

Japan
0.85 percent
in 2023
Malaysia
0.87 percent
in 2023
Japan rank
190th
Malaysia rank
189th

Share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures over time

  • Japan
  • Malaysia
0.511.522.53196119922023

How they compare

Malaysia currently reports 0.87 percent against 0.85 percent in Japan, a difference of 0.02 percent.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Japan ahead.

Japan ranks 190th and Malaysia ranks 189th of 209 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 6 and Malaysia in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Japan Malaysia Difference Ahead
1960s 2.67 percent 0.6967 percent 1.97 percent Japan
1970s 2.09 percent 0.755 percent 1.33 percent Japan
1980s 1.76 percent 0.813 percent 0.948 percent Japan
1990s 1.45 percent 0.86 percent 0.592 percent Japan
2000s 1.08 percent 0.87 percent 0.211 percent Japan
2010s 0.947 percent 0.87 percent 0.077 percent Japan
2020s 0.85 percent 0.87 percent 0.02 percent Malaysia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures, Japan or Malaysia?
Malaysia, at 0.87 percent against 0.85 percent in Japan as of 2023.
What is the difference in share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures between Japan and Malaysia?
0.02 percent, with Malaysia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Malaysia?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Japan and Malaysia rank globally for share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures?
Japan ranks 190th and Malaysia ranks 189th 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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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).