Canada vs Zambia: How much global land is used as pasture for livestock?

Canada
12.69 million
in 2010
Zambia
13.23 million
in 2010
Canada rank
42nd
Zambia rank
40th

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

  • Canada
  • Zambia
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How they compare

Zambia currently reports 13.23 million against 12.69 million in Canada, a difference of 537,000.

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

Canada ranks 42nd and Zambia ranks 40th of 179 countries.

Across the 24 decades both report, Canada averaged higher in 8 and Zambia in 16.

Head to head by decade

Decade Canada Zambia Difference Ahead
1780s 0 1.62 million 1.62 million Zambia
1790s 0 1.69 million 1.69 million Zambia
1800s 0 1.76 million 1.76 million Zambia
1810s 57,492 1.83 million 1.77 million Zambia
1820s 0 1.96 million 1.96 million Zambia
1830s 0 2.11 million 2.11 million Zambia
1840s 12,014 2.26 million 2.25 million Zambia
1850s 212,963 2.43 million 2.22 million Zambia
1860s 758,571 2.62 million 1.86 million Zambia
1870s 2.15 million 2.96 million 808,580 Zambia
1880s 2.67 million 3.34 million 668,390 Zambia
1890s 3.53 million 3.78 million 249,410 Zambia
1900s 3.70 million 4.27 million 574,840 Zambia
1910s 5.30 million 5.52 million 220,730 Zambia
1920s 8.92 million 6.87 million 2.05 million Canada
1930s 11.69 million 8.54 million 3.15 million Canada
1940s 15.20 million 10.65 million 4.54 million Canada
1950s 15.44 million 13.12 million 2.32 million Canada
1960s 15.01 million 16.04 million 1.02 million Zambia
1970s 14.06 million 10.88 million 3.18 million Canada
1980s 13.66 million 10.80 million 2.86 million Canada
1990s 13.58 million 11.04 million 2.54 million Canada
2000s 12.84 million 12.08 million 754,300 Canada
2010s 12.69 million 13.23 million 537,000 Zambia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher how much global land is used as pasture for livestock?, Canada or Zambia?
Zambia, at 13.23 million against 12.69 million in Canada as of 2010.
What is the difference in how much global land is used as pasture for livestock? between Canada and Zambia?
537,000, with Zambia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Zambia?
24 years are reported by both, from 1780 to 2010.
How do Canada and Zambia rank globally for how much global land is used as pasture for livestock??
Canada ranks 42nd and Zambia ranks 40th of 179 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Taylor and Rising, and United Nations (2021) – processed by Our World in Data, published as How much global land is used as pasture for livestock?. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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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
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The extent of global pasture used for livestock grazing. It does not include cropland used to grow animal feed.