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

Russia

69.73 million

in 2010

Saudi Arabia

109.97 million

in 2010

Russia rank

9th

Saudi Arabia rank

6th

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

Saudi Arabia currently reports 109.97 million against 69.73 million in Russia, a difference of 40.24 million.

That makes Saudi Arabia's figure about 1.6 times Russia's.

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

Russia ranks 9th and Saudi Arabia ranks 6th 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.