How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Somalia?

63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.

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.

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

Lesotho

65.88 percent

in 2023

Somalia

68.54 percent

in 2023

Lesotho rank

11th

Somalia rank

8th

Share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures over time

Lesotho
Somalia

How they compare

Somalia currently reports 68.54 percent against 65.88 percent in Lesotho, a difference of 2.66 percent.

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

Lesotho ranks 11th and Somalia ranks 8th of 209 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Lesotho averaged higher in 1 and Somalia in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Lesotho	Somalia	Difference	Ahead
1960s	72.52 percent	68.54 percent	3.98 percent	Lesotho
1970s	66.06 percent	68.54 percent	2.48 percent	Somalia
1980s	65.88 percent	68.54 percent	2.66 percent	Somalia
1990s	65.88 percent	68.54 percent	2.66 percent	Somalia
2000s	65.88 percent	68.54 percent	2.66 percent	Somalia
2010s	65.88 percent	68.54 percent	2.66 percent	Somalia
2020s	65.88 percent	68.54 percent	2.66 percent	Somalia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures, Lesotho or Somalia?: Somalia, at 68.54 percent against 65.88 percent in Lesotho as of 2023.
What is the difference in share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures between Lesotho and Somalia?: 2.66 percent, with Somalia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Somalia?: 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Lesotho and Somalia rank globally for share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures?: Lesotho ranks 11th and Somalia ranks 8th 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: 18 September 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).