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

Argentina

87.63 million

in 2010

Saudi Arabia

109.97 million

in 2010

Argentina rank

8th

Saudi Arabia rank

6th

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

Saudi Arabia currently reports 109.97 million against 87.63 million in Argentina, a difference of 22.34 million.

That makes Saudi Arabia's figure about 1.3 times Argentina's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 24 shared years of data; in 1780 it was Saudi Arabia ahead.

Argentina ranks 8th and Saudi Arabia ranks 6th 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.