Bulgaria vs Lesotho: How much global land is used as pasture for livestock?

Bulgaria

1.39 million

in 2010

Lesotho

1.79 million

in 2010

Bulgaria rank

89th

Lesotho rank

86th

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

Lesotho currently reports 1.79 million against 1.39 million in Bulgaria, a difference of 404,750.

That makes Lesotho's figure about 1.3 times Bulgaria's.

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

Bulgaria ranks 89th and Lesotho ranks 86th 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.