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

Argentina

87.63 million

in 2010

Mongolia

102.78 million

in 2010

Argentina rank

8th

Mongolia rank

7th

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

Mongolia currently reports 102.78 million against 87.63 million in Argentina, a difference of 15.14 million.

That makes Mongolia's figure about 1.2 times Argentina's.

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

Argentina ranks 8th and Mongolia ranks 7th 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.