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
- Colombia
- Madagascar
How they compare
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.
Across the 24 decades both report, Colombia averaged higher in 16 and Madagascar in 8.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Colombia | Madagascar | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780s | 6.47 million | 7.60 million | 1.13 million | Madagascar |
| 1790s | 6.95 million | 7.90 million | 946,500 | Madagascar |
| 1800s | 7.46 million | 8.20 million | 739,310 | Madagascar |
| 1810s | 8.02 million | 8.52 million | 504,220 | Madagascar |
| 1820s | 8.61 million | 8.91 million | 296,170 | Madagascar |
| 1830s | 9.25 million | 9.32 million | 67,100 | Madagascar |
| 1840s | 9.93 million | 9.75 million | 186,100 | Colombia |
| 1850s | 10.66 million | 10.19 million | 468,800 | Colombia |
| 1860s | 11.69 million | 10.66 million | 1.03 million | Colombia |
| 1870s | 12.81 million | 11.27 million | 1.54 million | Colombia |
| 1880s | 14.04 million | 11.91 million | 2.13 million | Colombia |
| 1890s | 15.39 million | 12.58 million | 2.80 million | Colombia |
| 1900s | 16.85 million | 13.30 million | 3.55 million | Colombia |
| 1910s | 18.45 million | 15.96 million | 2.49 million | Colombia |
| 1920s | 20.20 million | 18.09 million | 2.11 million | Colombia |
| 1930s | 22.33 million | 20.62 million | 1.71 million | Colombia |
| 1940s | 24.64 million | 23.52 million | 1.12 million | Colombia |
| 1950s | 27.21 million | 26.61 million | 601,200 | Colombia |
| 1960s | 31.62 million | 30.31 million | 1.31 million | Colombia |
| 1970s | 32.47 million | 30.32 million | 2.15 million | Colombia |
| 1980s | 33.34 million | 30.32 million | 3.03 million | Colombia |
| 1990s | 33.32 million | 30.12 million | 3.20 million | Colombia |
| 2000s | 32.44 million | 33.08 million | 640,500 | Madagascar |
| 2010s | 31.14 million | 32.82 million | 1.68 million | Madagascar |
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?, Colombia or Madagascar?
- Madagascar, at 32.82 million against 31.14 million in Colombia as of 2010.
- What is the difference in how much global land is used as pasture for livestock? between Colombia and Madagascar?
- 1.68 million, with Madagascar ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Colombia and Madagascar?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 1780 to 2010.
- How do Colombia and Madagascar rank globally for how much global land is used as pasture for livestock??
- Colombia ranks 20th and Madagascar ranks 18th 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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About this data
The extent of global pasture used for livestock grazing. It does not include cropland used to grow animal feed.