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

Namibia

26.28 million

in 2010

Turkmenistan

27.99 million

in 2010

Namibia rank

27th

Turkmenistan rank

24th

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

Turkmenistan currently reports 27.99 million against 26.28 million in Namibia, a difference of 1.71 million.

That makes Turkmenistan's figure about 1.1 times Namibia's.

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

Namibia ranks 27th and Turkmenistan ranks 24th 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.