Ecuador vs Gabon: How much global land is used as pasture for livestock?

Ecuador

4.05 million

in 2010

Gabon

3.40 million

in 2010

Ecuador rank

67th

Gabon rank

69th

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

Ecuador currently reports 4.05 million against 3.40 million in Gabon, a difference of 656,000.

That makes Ecuador's figure about 1.2 times Gabon's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 24 shared years of data; in 1780 it was Gabon ahead.

Ecuador ranks 67th and Gabon ranks 69th 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.