Colombia vs Nigeria: How much global land is used as pasture for livestock?
Colombia
31.14 million
in 2010
Nigeria
31.28 million
in 2010
Colombia rank
20th
Nigeria rank
19th
How much global land is used as pasture for livestock? over time
- Colombia
- Nigeria
How they compare
Nigeria currently reports 31.28 million against 31.14 million in Colombia, a difference of 146,600.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 24 shared years of data; in 1780 it was Nigeria ahead.
Colombia ranks 20th and Nigeria ranks 19th of 179 countries.
Across the 24 decades both report, Colombia averaged higher in 1 and Nigeria in 23.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Colombia | Nigeria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780s | 6.47 million | 8.60 million | 2.13 million | Nigeria |
| 1790s | 6.95 million | 9.03 million | 2.08 million | Nigeria |
| 1800s | 7.46 million | 9.49 million | 2.03 million | Nigeria |
| 1810s | 8.02 million | 9.97 million | 1.95 million | Nigeria |
| 1820s | 8.61 million | 10.63 million | 2.01 million | Nigeria |
| 1830s | 9.25 million | 11.33 million | 2.08 million | Nigeria |
| 1840s | 9.93 million | 12.08 million | 2.15 million | Nigeria |
| 1850s | 10.66 million | 12.88 million | 2.22 million | Nigeria |
| 1860s | 11.69 million | 13.73 million | 2.04 million | Nigeria |
| 1870s | 12.81 million | 14.77 million | 1.96 million | Nigeria |
| 1880s | 14.04 million | 15.88 million | 1.84 million | Nigeria |
| 1890s | 15.39 million | 17.07 million | 1.68 million | Nigeria |
| 1900s | 16.85 million | 18.36 million | 1.50 million | Nigeria |
| 1910s | 18.45 million | 20.38 million | 1.93 million | Nigeria |
| 1920s | 20.20 million | 23.21 million | 3.01 million | Nigeria |
| 1930s | 22.33 million | 25.71 million | 3.38 million | Nigeria |
| 1940s | 24.64 million | 28.47 million | 3.83 million | Nigeria |
| 1950s | 27.21 million | 31.51 million | 4.30 million | Nigeria |
| 1960s | 31.62 million | 34.80 million | 3.18 million | Nigeria |
| 1970s | 32.47 million | 34.52 million | 2.04 million | Nigeria |
| 1980s | 33.34 million | 34.49 million | 1.15 million | Nigeria |
| 1990s | 33.32 million | 34.18 million | 861,300 | Nigeria |
| 2000s | 32.44 million | 32.01 million | 425,300 | Colombia |
| 2010s | 31.14 million | 31.28 million | 146,600 | Nigeria |
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 Nigeria?
- Nigeria, at 31.28 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 Nigeria?
- 146,600, with Nigeria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Colombia and Nigeria?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 1780 to 2010.
- How do Colombia and Nigeria rank globally for how much global land is used as pasture for livestock??
- Colombia ranks 20th and Nigeria ranks 19th 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.