Share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures in Togo

Togo: Share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures was 18.39 percent in 2023. ▼ Falling

Latest (2023)
18.39 percent
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
91st
of 208 countries
All-time high
22.06 percent
in 1961
All-time low
18.39 percent
in 1971
Years of data
63
1961–2023

Share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures in Togo, 1961–2023

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Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in percent.

Analysis

In 2023, share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures in Togo stood at 18.39 percent. That is the lowest value across all 63 years on record.

That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.

Over the whole period, share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures in Togo peaked at 22.06 percent in 1961 and was at its lowest, 18.39 percent, in 1971.

Togo ranks 91st of 208 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 22.06 percent 22.06 percent 22.06 percent 9
1970s 18.76 percent 18.39 percent 22.06 percent 10
1980s 18.39 percent 18.39 percent 18.39 percent 10
1990s 18.39 percent 18.39 percent 18.39 percent 10
2000s 18.39 percent 18.39 percent 18.39 percent 10
2010s 18.39 percent 18.39 percent 18.39 percent 10
2020s 18.39 percent 18.39 percent 18.39 percent 4

Countries ranked near Togo

  1. 88 Western Sahara 18.8 percent compare
  2. 89 Montenegro 18.53 percent compare
  3. 90 Gambia 18.48 percent compare
  4. 92 Iran 18.17 percent compare
  5. 93 Haiti 17.78 percent compare
  6. 94 Ethiopia 17.72 percent compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures in Togo?
Share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures in Togo was 18.39 percent in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
What is the highest share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures recorded in Togo?
The highest recorded value was 22.06 percent in 1961.
What is the lowest share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures recorded in Togo?
The lowest recorded value was 18.39 percent in 1971.
How does Togo rank for share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures?
Togo ranks 91st out of 208 countries with data for 2023.
Is share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures rising or falling in Togo?
Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Togo data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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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).