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

Botswana

18.42 million

in 2010

Niger

21.81 million

in 2010

Botswana rank

32nd

Niger rank

29th

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

Niger currently reports 21.81 million against 18.42 million in Botswana, a difference of 3.39 million.

That makes Niger's figure about 1.2 times Botswana's.

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

Botswana ranks 32nd and Niger ranks 29th 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.