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

Algeria
29.79 million
in 2010
Nigeria
31.28 million
in 2010
Algeria rank
22nd
Nigeria rank
19th

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

  • Algeria
  • Nigeria
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How they compare

Nigeria currently reports 31.28 million against 29.79 million in Algeria, a difference of 1.50 million.

That makes Nigeria's figure about 1.1 times Algeria's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 24 shared years of data; in 1780 it was Nigeria ahead.

Algeria ranks 22nd and Nigeria ranks 19th of 179 countries.

Across the 24 decades both report, Algeria averaged higher in 13 and Nigeria in 11.

Head to head by decade

Decade Algeria Nigeria Difference Ahead
1780s 8.08 million 8.60 million 516,850 Nigeria
1790s 8.36 million 9.03 million 669,090 Nigeria
1800s 8.65 million 9.49 million 842,550 Nigeria
1810s 8.93 million 9.97 million 1.04 million Nigeria
1820s 9.21 million 10.63 million 1.41 million Nigeria
1830s 10.82 million 11.33 million 511,100 Nigeria
1840s 12.42 million 12.08 million 344,000 Algeria
1850s 14.03 million 12.88 million 1.15 million Algeria
1860s 15.64 million 13.73 million 1.91 million Algeria
1870s 17.27 million 14.77 million 2.50 million Algeria
1880s 18.90 million 15.88 million 3.02 million Algeria
1890s 20.53 million 17.07 million 3.46 million Algeria
1900s 22.18 million 18.36 million 3.82 million Algeria
1910s 23.83 million 20.38 million 3.45 million Algeria
1920s 25.48 million 23.21 million 2.27 million Algeria
1930s 27.13 million 25.71 million 1.42 million Algeria
1940s 28.83 million 28.47 million 357,900 Algeria
1950s 30.47 million 31.51 million 1.04 million Nigeria
1960s 37.67 million 34.80 million 2.87 million Algeria
1970s 34.57 million 34.52 million 51,000 Algeria
1980s 33.07 million 34.49 million 1.43 million Nigeria
1990s 29.37 million 34.18 million 4.81 million Nigeria
2000s 29.61 million 32.01 million 2.40 million Nigeria
2010s 29.79 million 31.28 million 1.50 million Nigeria

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?, Algeria or Nigeria?
Nigeria, at 31.28 million against 29.79 million in Algeria as of 2010.
What is the difference in how much global land is used as pasture for livestock? between Algeria and Nigeria?
1.50 million, with Nigeria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Algeria and Nigeria?
24 years are reported by both, from 1780 to 2010.
How do Algeria and Nigeria rank globally for how much global land is used as pasture for livestock??
Algeria ranks 22nd and Nigeria ranks 19th 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.