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

Mauritania

22.28 million

in 2010

Uzbekistan

20.79 million

in 2010

Mauritania rank

28th

Uzbekistan rank

30th

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

Mauritania currently reports 22.28 million against 20.79 million in Uzbekistan, a difference of 1.49 million.

That makes Mauritania's figure about 1.1 times Uzbekistan's.

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

Mauritania ranks 28th and Uzbekistan ranks 30th 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.