Mexico vs Russia: How much global land is used as pasture for livestock?

Mexico

67.32 million

in 2010

Russia

69.73 million

in 2010

Mexico rank

11th

Russia rank

9th

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

Russia currently reports 69.73 million against 67.32 million in Mexico, a difference of 2.41 million.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 24 shared years of data; in 1780 it was Mexico ahead.

Mexico ranks 11th and Russia ranks 9th 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.