Libya vs Sri Lanka: Share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures

Libya
7.56 percent
in 2023
Sri Lanka
7.11 percent
in 2023
Libya rank
142nd
Sri Lanka rank
143rd

Share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures over time

  • Libya
  • Sri Lanka
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How they compare

Libya currently reports 7.56 percent against 7.11 percent in Sri Lanka, a difference of 0.45 percent.

That makes Libya's figure about 1.1 times Sri Lanka's.

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

Libya ranks 142nd and Sri Lanka ranks 143rd 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).