Colombia vs Madagascar: How much global land is used as pasture for livestock?

Colombia

31.14 million

in 2010

Madagascar

32.82 million

in 2010

Colombia rank

20th

Madagascar rank

18th

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

Madagascar currently reports 32.82 million against 31.14 million in Colombia, a difference of 1.68 million.

That makes Madagascar's figure about 1.1 times Colombia's.

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

Colombia ranks 20th and Madagascar ranks 18th 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.