Paraguay vs Tanzania: How much global land is used as pasture for livestock?

Paraguay

16.29 million

in 2010

Tanzania

14.43 million

in 2010

Paraguay rank

35th

Tanzania rank

38th

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

Paraguay currently reports 16.29 million against 14.43 million in Tanzania, a difference of 1.86 million.

That makes Paraguay's figure about 1.1 times Tanzania's.

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

Paraguay ranks 35th and Tanzania ranks 38th 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.