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

Botswana

18.42 million

in 2010

Paraguay

16.29 million

in 2010

Botswana rank

32nd

Paraguay rank

35th

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

Botswana currently reports 18.42 million against 16.29 million in Paraguay, a difference of 2.14 million.

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

Across all 24 years both countries report, Botswana has been ahead every year.

Botswana ranks 32nd and Paraguay ranks 35th 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.