Argentina vs Brazil: How much global land is used as pasture for livestock?

Argentina

87.63 million

in 2010

Brazil

172.95 million

in 2010

Argentina rank

8th

Brazil rank

5th

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

Brazil currently reports 172.95 million against 87.63 million in Argentina, a difference of 85.31 million.

That makes Brazil's figure about 2.0 times Argentina's.

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

Argentina ranks 8th and Brazil ranks 5th 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.