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

Afghanistan

29.01 million

in 2010

Iran

27.51 million

in 2010

Afghanistan rank

23rd

Iran rank

25th

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

Afghanistan currently reports 29.01 million against 27.51 million in Iran, a difference of 1.51 million.

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

The two have swapped places 1 time across 24 shared years of data; in 1780 it was Iran ahead.

Afghanistan ranks 23rd and Iran ranks 25th 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.