Mauritania vs Mexico: Share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures
Mauritania
38.08 percent
in 2023
Mexico
38.12 percent
in 2023
Mauritania rank
38th
Mexico rank
37th
Share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures over time
- Mauritania
- Mexico
How they compare
Mexico currently reports 38.12 percent against 38.08 percent in Mauritania, a difference of 0.04 percent.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Mexico ahead.
Mauritania ranks 38th and Mexico ranks 37th of 209 countries.
Mexico has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mauritania | Mexico | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 38.08 percent | 39.87 percent | 1.79 percent | Mexico |
| 1970s | 38.08 percent | 40.27 percent | 2.19 percent | Mexico |
| 1980s | 38.08 percent | 41.29 percent | 3.21 percent | Mexico |
| 1990s | 38.08 percent | 41.8 percent | 3.72 percent | Mexico |
| 2000s | 38.08 percent | 41.17 percent | 3.09 percent | Mexico |
| 2010s | 38.08 percent | 38.36 percent | 0.276 percent | Mexico |
| 2020s | 38.08 percent | 38.15 percent | 0.0675 percent | Mexico |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures, Mauritania or Mexico?
- Mexico, at 38.12 percent against 38.08 percent in Mauritania as of 2023.
- What is the difference in share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures between Mauritania and Mexico?
- 0.04 percent, with Mexico ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Mexico?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Mauritania and Mexico rank globally for share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures?
- Mauritania ranks 38th and Mexico ranks 37th 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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About this data
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).