India vs Syria: How much global land is used as pasture for livestock?

India
9.67 million
in 2010
Syria
7.91 million
in 2010
India rank
48th
Syria rank
51st

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

  • India
  • Syria
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How they compare

India currently reports 9.67 million against 7.91 million in Syria, a difference of 1.77 million.

That makes India's figure about 1.2 times Syria's.

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

India ranks 48th and Syria ranks 51st of 179 countries.

Across the 24 decades both report, India averaged higher in 23 and Syria in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade India Syria Difference Ahead
1780s 2.34 million 2.22 million 121,980 India
1790s 2.44 million 2.23 million 210,530 India
1800s 2.53 million 2.25 million 285,680 India
1810s 2.67 million 2.27 million 399,650 India
1820s 2.79 million 2.28 million 507,670 India
1830s 2.93 million 2.38 million 546,850 India
1840s 3.15 million 2.47 million 688,390 India
1850s 3.39 million 2.55 million 839,440 India
1860s 3.54 million 2.64 million 897,940 India
1870s 3.73 million 2.73 million 997,300 India
1880s 3.82 million 3.08 million 733,880 India
1890s 4.25 million 3.44 million 807,740 India
1900s 4.36 million 3.39 million 975,120 India
1910s 3.98 million 3.33 million 644,300 India
1920s 4.05 million 3.28 million 770,040 India
1930s 4.53 million 3.23 million 1.30 million India
1940s 5.28 million 5.07 million 209,830 India
1950s 6.09 million 6.17 million 77,510 Syria
1960s 13.04 million 8.02 million 5.01 million India
1970s 12.04 million 7.10 million 4.94 million India
1980s 11.04 million 7.87 million 3.17 million India
1990s 10.43 million 7.42 million 3.01 million India
2000s 9.53 million 7.72 million 1.81 million India
2010s 9.67 million 7.91 million 1.77 million India

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?, India or Syria?
India, at 9.67 million against 7.91 million in Syria as of 2010.
What is the difference in how much global land is used as pasture for livestock? between India and Syria?
1.77 million, with India ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for India and Syria?
24 years are reported by both, from 1780 to 2010.
How do India and Syria rank globally for how much global land is used as pasture for livestock??
India ranks 48th and Syria ranks 51st 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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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.