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

China

369.17 million

in 2010

United States

211.13 million

in 2010

China rank

1st

United States rank

3rd

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

China currently reports 369.17 million against 211.13 million in United States, a difference of 158.04 million.

That makes China's figure about 1.7 times United States's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 24 shared years of data; in 1780 it was China ahead.

China ranks 1st 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.