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

Tanzania

14.43 million

in 2010

Zambia

13.23 million

in 2010

Tanzania rank

38th

Zambia rank

40th

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

Tanzania currently reports 14.43 million against 13.23 million in Zambia, a difference of 1.20 million.

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

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

Tanzania ranks 38th and Zambia ranks 40th 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.