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

Somalia

39.81 million

in 2010

Sudan

60.98 million

in 2010

Somalia rank

15th

Sudan rank

12th

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

Sudan currently reports 60.98 million against 39.81 million in Somalia, a difference of 21.17 million.

That makes Sudan's figure about 1.5 times Somalia's.

Across all 24 years both countries report, Sudan has been ahead every year.

Somalia ranks 15th and Sudan ranks 12th 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.