Afghanistan vs Algeria: How much global land is used as pasture for livestock?

Afghanistan
29.01 million
in 2010
Algeria
29.79 million
in 2010
Afghanistan rank
23rd
Algeria rank
22nd

How much global land is used as pasture for livestock? over time

  • Afghanistan
  • Algeria
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How they compare

Algeria currently reports 29.79 million against 29.01 million in Afghanistan, a difference of 771,900.

Across all 24 years both countries report, Algeria has been ahead every year.

Afghanistan ranks 23rd and Algeria ranks 22nd of 179 countries.

Algeria has averaged higher in every one of the 24 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Afghanistan Algeria Difference Ahead
1780s 3.76 million 8.08 million 4.32 million Algeria
1790s 4.06 million 8.36 million 4.31 million Algeria
1800s 4.38 million 8.65 million 4.27 million Algeria
1810s 4.71 million 8.93 million 4.22 million Algeria
1820s 5.08 million 9.21 million 4.14 million Algeria
1830s 5.52 million 10.82 million 5.30 million Algeria
1840s 6.12 million 12.42 million 6.30 million Algeria
1850s 6.80 million 14.03 million 7.23 million Algeria
1860s 7.55 million 15.64 million 8.10 million Algeria
1870s 8.37 million 17.27 million 8.89 million Algeria
1880s 9.43 million 18.90 million 9.46 million Algeria
1890s 10.74 million 20.53 million 9.80 million Algeria
1900s 12.21 million 22.18 million 9.97 million Algeria
1910s 13.88 million 23.83 million 9.95 million Algeria
1920s 16.09 million 25.48 million 9.39 million Algeria
1930s 18.48 million 27.13 million 8.65 million Algeria
1940s 21.06 million 28.83 million 7.77 million Algeria
1950s 23.78 million 30.47 million 6.69 million Algeria
1960s 29.01 million 37.67 million 8.66 million Algeria
1970s 29.04 million 34.57 million 5.52 million Algeria
1980s 29.09 million 33.07 million 3.97 million Algeria
1990s 29.13 million 29.37 million 246,900 Algeria
2000s 29.02 million 29.61 million 585,800 Algeria
2010s 29.01 million 29.79 million 771,900 Algeria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher how much global land is used as pasture for livestock?, Afghanistan or Algeria?
Algeria, at 29.79 million against 29.01 million in Afghanistan as of 2010.
What is the difference in how much global land is used as pasture for livestock? between Afghanistan and Algeria?
771,900, with Algeria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Algeria?
24 years are reported by both, from 1780 to 2010.
How do Afghanistan and Algeria rank globally for how much global land is used as pasture for livestock??
Afghanistan ranks 23rd and Algeria ranks 22nd of 179 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Taylor and Rising, and United Nations (2021) – processed by Our World in Data, published as How much global land is used as pasture for livestock?. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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How much global land is used as pasture for livestock?
Source
Taylor and Rising, and United Nations (2021) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
179 places, 4,296 data points, 1780–2010
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The extent of global pasture used for livestock grazing. It does not include cropland used to grow animal feed.