Indonesia vs Spain: How much global land is used as pasture for livestock?

Indonesia

6.87 million

in 2010

Spain

7.28 million

in 2010

Indonesia rank

58th

Spain rank

55th

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

Spain currently reports 7.28 million against 6.87 million in Indonesia, a difference of 403,070.

That makes Spain's figure about 1.1 times Indonesia's.

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

Indonesia ranks 58th and Spain ranks 55th 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.