Ethiopia vs Kenya: How much global land is used as pasture for livestock?

Ethiopia
17.42 million
in 2010
Kenya
18.55 million
in 2010
Ethiopia rank
34th
Kenya rank
31st

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

  • Ethiopia
  • Kenya
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How they compare

Kenya currently reports 18.55 million against 17.42 million in Ethiopia, a difference of 1.12 million.

That makes Kenya's figure about 1.1 times Ethiopia's.

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

Ethiopia ranks 34th and Kenya ranks 31st of 179 countries.

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About this data

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
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The extent of global pasture used for livestock grazing. It does not include cropland used to grow animal feed.