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

Kenya

18.55 million

in 2010

Mauritania

22.28 million

in 2010

Kenya rank

31st

Mauritania rank

28th

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

Mauritania currently reports 22.28 million against 18.55 million in Kenya, a difference of 3.73 million.

That makes Mauritania's figure about 1.2 times Kenya's.

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

Kenya ranks 31st and Mauritania ranks 28th 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.