Iran vs Turkmenistan: How much global land is used as pasture for livestock?

Iran

27.51 million

in 2010

Turkmenistan

27.99 million

in 2010

Iran rank

25th

Turkmenistan rank

24th

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

Turkmenistan currently reports 27.99 million against 27.51 million in Iran, a difference of 483,400.

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

Iran ranks 25th and Turkmenistan ranks 24th 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.