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

Afghanistan

29.01 million

in 2010

Colombia

31.14 million

in 2010

Afghanistan rank

23rd

Colombia rank

20th

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

Colombia currently reports 31.14 million against 29.01 million in Afghanistan, a difference of 2.12 million.

That makes Colombia's figure about 1.1 times Afghanistan's.

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

Afghanistan ranks 23rd and Colombia ranks 20th of 179 countries.

Indicator: 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
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The extent of global pasture used for livestock grazing. It does not include cropland used to grow animal feed.