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

Australia

307.84 million

in 2010

United States

211.13 million

in 2010

Australia rank

2nd

United States rank

3rd

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

Australia currently reports 307.84 million against 211.13 million in United States, a difference of 96.71 million.

That makes Australia's figure about 1.5 times United States's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 24 shared years of data; in 1780 it was United States ahead.

Australia ranks 2nd and United States ranks 3rd 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.