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 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.

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.