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

Mexico
67.32 million
in 2010
South Sudan
40.39 million
in 2010
Mexico rank
11th
South Sudan rank
14th

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

  • Mexico
  • South Sudan
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How they compare

Mexico currently reports 67.32 million against 40.39 million in South Sudan, a difference of 26.93 million.

That makes Mexico's figure about 1.7 times South Sudan's.

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

Mexico ranks 11th and South Sudan ranks 14th of 179 countries.

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About this data

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
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The extent of global pasture used for livestock grazing. It does not include cropland used to grow animal feed.