Botswana vs Ethiopia: How much global land is used as pasture for livestock?

Botswana

18.42 million

in 2010

Ethiopia

17.42 million

in 2010

Botswana rank

32nd

Ethiopia rank

34th

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

Botswana currently reports 18.42 million against 17.42 million in Ethiopia, a difference of 1.00 million.

That makes Botswana's figure about 1.1 times Ethiopia's.

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

Botswana ranks 32nd and Ethiopia ranks 34th 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.