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

Brazil

172.95 million

in 2010

United States

211.13 million

in 2010

Brazil rank

5th

United States rank

3rd

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

United States currently reports 211.13 million against 172.95 million in Brazil, a difference of 38.18 million.

That makes United States's figure about 1.2 times Brazil's.

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

Brazil ranks 5th and United States ranks 3rd 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.