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Area of permanent meadows and pastures by country

This is the land used for livestock grazing. The total land use for livestock farming is higher as it additionally requires cropland used to grow animal feed.

Countries reporting
208
Highest
392.83 million hectares
China
Lowest
12 hectares
Mayotte
Median
1.14 million hectares
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
12,094

What the numbers show

Area of permanent meadows and pastures is currently reported for 208 countries. The highest value is 392.83 million hectares in China; the lowest is 12 hectares in Mayotte.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.14 million hectares, and the mean is 17.10 million hectares.

Over the past decade 41 countries rose and 67 fell. The largest increase was in French Guiana (up 132.4%), and the largest decrease in French Polynesia (down 75.8%).

Area of permanent meadows and pastures: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China 392.83 million hectares 2023 unchanged rising
2 Australia 331.87 million hectares 2023 down 2.4% falling
3 USSR 326.50 million hectares 1991 up 1.5% rising
4 United States 266.81 million hectares 2023 up 0.5% rising
5 Kazakhstan 184.46 million hectares 2023 down 1.6% flat
6 Brazil 173.36 million hectares 2023 up 1.1% rising
7 Saudi Arabia 170.00 million hectares 2023 unchanged rising
8 Mongolia 106.32 million hectares 2023 down 5.7% falling
9 Russia 92.05 million hectares 2023 unchanged rising
10 Sudan 91.45 million hectares 2023 up 0.0% flat
11 South Africa 83.93 million hectares 2023 unchanged flat
12 Argentina 74.68 million hectares 2023 down 9.5% falling
13 Mexico 74.10 million hectares 2023 down 0.5% flat
14 Chad 45.00 million hectares 2023 unchanged flat
15 Somalia 43.00 million hectares 2023 unchanged flat
16 Angola 40.36 million hectares 2023 up 0.0% flat
17 Mauritania 39.25 million hectares 2023 unchanged flat
18 Namibia 38.00 million hectares 2023 unchanged flat
19 Turkmenistan 37.95 million hectares 2023 up 13.6% rising
20 Madagascar 37.30 million hectares 2023 unchanged rising
21 Colombia 35.49 million hectares 2023 down 14.2% flat
22 Mozambique 35.46 million hectares 2023 up 3.3% rising
23 Mali 34.64 million hectares 2023 unchanged rising
24 Bolivia 33.00 million hectares 2023 unchanged rising
25 Algeria 32.81 million hectares 2023 down 0.6% falling
26 Afghanistan 30.00 million hectares 2023 unchanged flat
27 Iran 29.48 million hectares 2023 unchanged falling
28 Niger 28.78 million hectares 2023 unchanged rising
29 South Sudan 25.77 million hectares 2023 down 0.0% flat
30 Botswana 25.60 million hectares 2023 unchanged flat
31 Nigeria 25.17 million hectares 2023 up 1.1% falling
32 Tanzania 24.00 million hectares 2023 unchanged rising
33 Yemen 22.00 million hectares 2023 unchanged flat
34 Kenya 21.30 million hectares 2023 unchanged flat
35 Uzbekistan 21.11 million hectares 2023 up 2.3% falling
36 Morocco 21.00 million hectares 2023 unchanged rising
37 Ethiopia 20.00 million hectares 2023 unchanged flat
37 Zambia 20.00 million hectares 2023 unchanged rising
39 Canada 18.56 million hectares 2023 down 6.6% falling
40 Democratic Republic of Congo 18.20 million hectares 2023 unchanged flat
40 Venezuela 18.20 million hectares 2023 unchanged rising
42 Peru 18.19 million hectares 2023 down 2.6% rising
43 Paraguay 16.78 million hectares 2023 up 8.6% rising
44 Turkey 14.62 million hectares 2023 unchanged rising
45 Libya 13.30 million hectares 2023 unchanged rising
46 Cote d'Ivoire 13.20 million hectares 2023 unchanged flat
47 Zimbabwe 12.10 million hectares 2023 unchanged rising
48 Uruguay 12.00 million hectares 2023 unchanged falling
49 Indonesia 11.00 million hectares 2023 unchanged falling
50 United Kingdom 10.92 million hectares 2023 down 0.2% falling
51 Guinea 10.70 million hectares 2023 unchanged flat
52 France 10.37 million hectares 2023 up 9.5% falling
53 India 10.25 million hectares 2023 down 0.1% falling
54 Congo 10.00 million hectares 2023 unchanged flat
55 Spain 9.89 million hectares 2023 up 3.0% falling
56 New Zealand 9.12 million hectares 2023 down 13.1% falling
57 Kyrgyzstan 9.00 million hectares 2023 down 2.3% flat
58 Chile 8.78 million hectares 2023 down 25.4% flat
59 Syria 8.16 million hectares 2023 down 0.3% flat
60 Ukraine 7.53 million hectares 2023 down 4.1% flat
61 Eritrea 6.90 million hectares 2023 unchanged flat
62 Burkina Faso 6.00 million hectares 2023 unchanged flat
63 Senegal 5.60 million hectares 2023 unchanged flat
64 Uganda 5.32 million hectares 2023 unchanged rising
65 Ghana 5.19 million hectares 2023 down 8.9% falling
66 Pakistan 5.00 million hectares 2023 unchanged flat
66 Western Sahara 5.00 million hectares 2023 unchanged flat
68 Tunisia 4.75 million hectares 2023 down 1.3% rising
69 Germany 4.70 million hectares 2023 up 1.8% falling
70 Iraq 3.98 million hectares 2023 down 0.4% flat
71 Romania 3.90 million hectares 2023 down 17.3% flat
72 Ireland 3.75 million hectares 2023 down 6.3% falling
73 Italy 3.60 million hectares 2023 down 20.7% falling
74 Nicaragua 3.29 million hectares 2023 up 0.5% rising
75 Poland 3.01 million hectares 2023 down 6.0% falling
76 Central African Republic 2.99 million hectares 2023 unchanged flat
77 Ecuador 2.94 million hectares 2023 down 39.4% rising
78 Cuba 2.84 million hectares 2023 up 2.7% rising
79 Tajikistan 2.83 million hectares 2023 up 1.2% falling
80 Greece 2.48 million hectares 2023 down 29.6% falling
81 Azerbaijan 2.41 million hectares 2023 down 7.6% flat
82 Belarus 2.38 million hectares 2023 down 21.5% falling
83 Sierra Leone 2.20 million hectares 2023 unchanged flat
84 Portugal 2.16 million hectares 2023 up 19.0% rising
85 Cameroon 2.00 million hectares 2023 unchanged flat
85 Lesotho 2.00 million hectares 2023 unchanged falling
87 Honduras 1.96 million hectares 2023 up 8.1% rising
88 Georgia 1.94 million hectares 2023 down 0.0% flat
89 Guatemala 1.88 million hectares 2023 up 3.5% rising
90 Malawi 1.85 million hectares 2023 unchanged flat
91 Nepal 1.80 million hectares 2023 up 0.0% flat
92 Djibouti 1.70 million hectares 2023 unchanged rising
93 Gabon 1.66 million hectares 2023 unchanged rising
94 Iceland 1.52 million hectares 2023 down 13.4% falling
95 Panama 1.51 million hectares 2023 unchanged rising
96 Cambodia 1.50 million hectares 2023 unchanged rising
96 Philippines 1.50 million hectares 2023 unchanged rising
98 Bulgaria 1.38 million hectares 2023 down 0.0% flat
99 Oman 1.35 million hectares 2023 down 0.1% rising
100 Liberia 1.22 million hectares 2023 up 16.9% rising
101 Austria 1.21 million hectares 2023 down 6.7% falling
102 Armenia 1.17 million hectares 2023 down 0.6% rising
103 Dominican Republic 1.15 million hectares 2023 up 2.0% falling
104 Costa Rica 1.15 million hectares 2023 down 8.2% falling
105 Falkland Islands 1.13 million hectares 2023 up 1.3% falling
106 Switzerland 1.07 million hectares 2023 down 2.3% falling
107 Eswatini 1.00 million hectares 2023 down 2.5% falling
107 Togo 1.00 million hectares 2023 unchanged falling
109 Czechia 968,416 hectares 2023 down 0.6% rising
110 Thailand 800,000 hectares 2023 unchanged rising
111 North Macedonia 795,000 hectares 2023 down 1.9% rising
112 Hungary 788,932 hectares 2023 up 3.9% falling
113 Netherlands 758,000 hectares 2023 down 2.0% falling
114 Jordan 742,000 hectares 2023 unchanged falling
115 Laos 677,000 hectares 2023 unchanged falling
116 Bosnia and Herzegovina 656,000 hectares 2023 down 37.3% falling
117 Vietnam 642,000 hectares 2023 unchanged rising
118 Latvia 601,000 hectares 2023 down 9.4% falling
119 Bangladesh 600,000 hectares 2023 unchanged flat
120 Guyana 594,000 hectares 2023 unchanged falling
121 Serbia 556,000 hectares 2023 down 22.0% falling
122 Benin 550,000 hectares 2023 unchanged rising
123 Croatia 539,000 hectares 2023 down 12.8% falling
124 Lithuania 537,000 hectares 2023 down 5.5% rising
125 Slovakia 501,000 hectares 2023 down 2.0% falling
126 Haiti 490,000 hectares 2023 unchanged flat
127 Burundi 483,000 hectares 2023 unchanged falling
128 Myanmar 480,000 hectares 2023 up 56.9% rising
129 Belgium 466,940 hectares 2023 down 6.3% falling
130 Sweden 453,000 hectares 2023 up 2.3% falling
131 Sri Lanka 440,000 hectares 2023 unchanged rising
132 Bhutan 413,000 hectares 2023 up 1.5% rising
133 Lebanon 400,000 hectares 2023 unchanged rising
134 Rwanda 386,060 hectares 2023 down 5.8% falling
135 Slovenia 378,820 hectares 2023 up 1.6% rising
136 Albania 366,100 hectares 2023 down 25.4% falling
137 El Salvador 314,700 hectares 2023 down 8.3% falling
138 Moldova 311,000 hectares 2023 down 11.1% falling
139 Japan 310,000 hectares 2023 down 12.4% falling
140 United Arab Emirates 300,000 hectares 2023 unchanged rising
141 Malaysia 285,000 hectares 2023 unchanged rising
142 Palestine 278,000 hectares 2023 up 0.4% flat
143 Estonia 272,000 hectares 2023 down 16.0% rising
144 Montenegro 249,180 hectares 2023 up 18.3% falling
145 Greenland 243,110 hectares 2023 up 0.0% flat
146 Jamaica 229,000 hectares 2023 unchanged falling
147 Denmark 226,000 hectares 2023 up 15.9% falling
148 Guinea-Bissau 195,000 hectares 2023 down 12.5% falling
149 Papua New Guinea 190,000 hectares 2023 unchanged rising
150 Gambia 187,000 hectares 2023 unchanged falling
151 Norway 176,000 hectares 2023 down 0.2% rising
152 New Caledonia 174,330 hectares 2023 up 0.2% falling
153 Fiji 173,000 hectares 2023 unchanged rising
154 Israel 164,000 hectares 2023 up 17.1% rising
155 East Timor 150,000 hectares 2023 unchanged flat
156 Kuwait 136,000 hectares 2023 unchanged flat
157 Puerto Rico 102,700 hectares 2023 down 7.5% falling
158 Faroe Islands 96,000 hectares 2023 down 0.4% flat
159 Luxembourg 69,760 hectares 2023 up 4.3% rising
160 South Korea 56,000 hectares 2023 down 2.9% rising
161 Belize 50,000 hectares 2023 unchanged rising
161 North Korea 50,000 hectares 2023 unchanged flat
161 Qatar 50,000 hectares 2023 unchanged flat
164 Vanuatu 42,000 hectares 2023 unchanged rising
165 French Guiana 25,569 hectares 2023 up 132.4% volatile
166 Cape Verde 25,000 hectares 2023 unchanged flat
167 Guadeloupe 24,198 hectares 2023 down 20.9% rising
168 Andorra 18,000 hectares 2023 unchanged falling
169 Suriname 16,000 hectares 2023 down 7.0% rising
170 Isle of Man 15,941 hectares 2023 down 5.7% rising
171 Comoros 15,000 hectares 2023 unchanged flat
172 Martinique 14,375 hectares 2023 down 23.9% rising
173 Finland 13,000 hectares 2023 down 58.1% volatile
174 Reunion 12,962 hectares 2023 up 15.7% rising
175 Guam 8,000 hectares 2023 unchanged flat
175 Solomon Islands 8,000 hectares 2023 unchanged rising
175 Saint Helena 8,000 hectares 2023 unchanged flat
178 Mauritius 7,000 hectares 2023 unchanged flat
178 Trinidad and Tobago 7,000 hectares 2023 unchanged rising
180 Samoa 6,410 hectares 2023 down 28.8% volatile
181 British Virgin Islands 5,000 hectares 2023 unchanged rising
182 Equatorial Guinea 4,920 hectares 2023 up 22.4% rising
183 Antigua and Barbuda 4,000 hectares 2023 unchanged rising
183 Bahrain 4,000 hectares 2023 unchanged flat
183 Tonga 4,000 hectares 2023 unchanged rising
186 Liechtenstein 3,440 hectares 2023 up 1.2% falling
187 Brunei 3,400 hectares 2023 unchanged falling
188 Micronesia (country) 3,000 hectares 2023 unchanged flat
189 United States Virgin Islands 2,200 hectares 2023 up 10.0% volatile
190 Cyprus 2,104 hectares 2023 up 16.9% falling
191 Bahamas 2,000 hectares 2023 unchanged rising
191 Barbados 2,000 hectares 2023 unchanged flat
191 Cayman Islands 2,000 hectares 2023 unchanged flat
191 Dominica 2,000 hectares 2023 unchanged flat
191 Palau 2,000 hectares 2023 unchanged flat
191 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2,000 hectares 2023 unchanged rising
197 French Polynesia 1,565 hectares 2023 down 75.8% falling
198 Grenada 1,000 hectares 2023 unchanged volatile
198 Hong Kong 1,000 hectares 2023 unchanged flat
198 Maldives 1,000 hectares 2023 unchanged flat
198 Sao Tome and Principe 1,000 hectares 2023 unchanged flat
198 Montserrat 1,000 hectares 2023 unchanged flat
198 Niue 1,000 hectares 2023 unchanged flat
198 Norfolk Island 1,000 hectares 2023 unchanged flat
205 Saint Kitts and Nevis 900 hectares 2023 unchanged volatile
206 Saint Lucia 370 hectares 2023 unchanged volatile
206 Northern Mariana Islands 370 hectares 2023 down 69.2% falling
208 Mayotte 12 hectares 2023 down 40.0% rising

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Area of permanent meadows and pastures
Unit
hectares
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
210 places, 12,094 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

This is the land used for livestock grazing. The total land use for livestock farming is higher as it additionally requires cropland used to grow animal feed.