Madagascar vs Somalia: How much global land is used as pasture for livestock?

Madagascar

32.82 million

in 2010

Somalia

39.81 million

in 2010

Madagascar rank

18th

Somalia rank

15th

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

Somalia currently reports 39.81 million against 32.82 million in Madagascar, a difference of 6.99 million.

That makes Somalia's figure about 1.2 times Madagascar's.

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

Madagascar ranks 18th and Somalia ranks 15th 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.