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

Brazil

172.95 million

in 2010

Mongolia

102.78 million

in 2010

Brazil rank

5th

Mongolia rank

7th

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

Brazil currently reports 172.95 million against 102.78 million in Mongolia, a difference of 70.17 million.

That makes Brazil's figure about 1.7 times Mongolia's.

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

Brazil ranks 5th and Mongolia ranks 7th 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.