Liberia vs Malawi: How much global land is used as pasture for livestock?

Liberia

1.70 million

in 2010

Malawi

1.85 million

in 2010

Liberia rank

87th

Malawi rank

85th

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

Malawi currently reports 1.85 million against 1.70 million in Liberia, a difference of 150,610.

That makes Malawi's figure about 1.1 times Liberia's.

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

Liberia ranks 87th and Malawi ranks 85th 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.