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

Australia

307.84 million

in 2010

Brazil

172.95 million

in 2010

Australia rank

2nd

Brazil rank

5th

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

Australia currently reports 307.84 million against 172.95 million in Brazil, a difference of 134.90 million.

That makes Australia's figure about 1.8 times Brazil's.

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

Australia ranks 2nd 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.