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

Mauritania

22.28 million

in 2010

Namibia

26.28 million

in 2010

Mauritania rank

28th

Namibia rank

27th

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

Namibia currently reports 26.28 million against 22.28 million in Mauritania, a difference of 4.00 million.

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

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

Mauritania ranks 28th and Namibia ranks 27th 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.