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

Brazil

172.95 million

in 2010

Kazakhstan

173.08 million

in 2010

Brazil rank

5th

Kazakhstan rank

4th

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

Kazakhstan currently reports 173.08 million against 172.95 million in Brazil, a difference of 138,000.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 24 shared years of data; in 1780 it was Kazakhstan ahead.

Brazil ranks 5th and Kazakhstan ranks 4th 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.