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
202
Highest
392.83 million hectares
China
Lowest
0 hectares
American Samoa
Median
1.15 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 202 countries. The highest value is 392.83 million hectares in China; the lowest is 0 hectares in American Samoa.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.15 million hectares, and the mean is 15.97 million hectares.
Over the past decade 38 countries rose and 63 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 | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 392.83 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 2 | Australia | 331.87 million hectares | 2023 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 3 | United States | 266.81 million hectares | 2023 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 4 | Kazakhstan | 184.46 million hectares | 2023 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 5 | Brazil | 173.36 million hectares | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 6 | Saudi Arabia | 170.00 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 7 | Mongolia | 106.32 million hectares | 2023 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 8 | Russia | 92.05 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 9 | Sudan | 91.45 million hectares | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 10 | South Africa | 83.93 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 11 | Argentina | 74.68 million hectares | 2023 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 12 | Mexico | 74.10 million hectares | 2023 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 13 | Chad | 45.00 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 14 | Somalia | 43.00 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 15 | Angola | 40.36 million hectares | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 16 | Mauritania | 39.25 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 17 | Namibia | 38.00 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 18 | Turkmenistan | 37.95 million hectares | 2023 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 19 | Madagascar | 37.30 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 20 | Colombia | 35.49 million hectares | 2023 | down 14.2% | flat |
| 21 | Mozambique | 35.46 million hectares | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 22 | Mali | 34.64 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 23 | Bolivia | 33.00 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 24 | Algeria | 32.81 million hectares | 2023 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 25 | Afghanistan | 30.00 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 26 | Iran | 29.48 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 27 | Niger | 28.78 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 28 | South Sudan | 25.77 million hectares | 2023 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 29 | Botswana | 25.60 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 30 | Nigeria | 25.17 million hectares | 2023 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 31 | Tanzania | 24.00 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 32 | Yemen | 22.00 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 33 | Kenya | 21.30 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 34 | Uzbekistan | 21.11 million hectares | 2023 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 35 | Morocco | 21.00 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 36 | Ethiopia | 20.00 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 36 | Zambia | 20.00 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 38 | Canada | 18.56 million hectares | 2023 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 39 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 18.20 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 39 | Venezuela | 18.20 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 41 | Peru | 18.19 million hectares | 2023 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 42 | Paraguay | 16.78 million hectares | 2023 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 43 | Turkey | 14.62 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 44 | Libya | 13.30 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 45 | Cote d'Ivoire | 13.20 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 46 | Zimbabwe | 12.10 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 47 | Uruguay | 12.00 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 48 | Indonesia | 11.00 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 49 | United Kingdom | 10.92 million hectares | 2023 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 50 | Guinea | 10.70 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 51 | France | 10.37 million hectares | 2023 | up 9.5% | falling |
| 52 | India | 10.25 million hectares | 2023 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 53 | Congo | 10.00 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 54 | Spain | 9.89 million hectares | 2023 | up 3.0% | falling |
| 55 | New Zealand | 9.12 million hectares | 2023 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 56 | Kyrgyzstan | 9.00 million hectares | 2023 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 57 | Chile | 8.78 million hectares | 2023 | down 25.4% | flat |
| 58 | Syria | 8.16 million hectares | 2023 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 59 | Ukraine | 7.53 million hectares | 2023 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 60 | Eritrea | 6.90 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 61 | Burkina Faso | 6.00 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 62 | Senegal | 5.60 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 63 | Uganda | 5.32 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 64 | Ghana | 5.19 million hectares | 2023 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 65 | Pakistan | 5.00 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 65 | Western Sahara | 5.00 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 67 | Tunisia | 4.75 million hectares | 2023 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 68 | Germany | 4.70 million hectares | 2023 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 69 | Iraq | 3.98 million hectares | 2023 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 70 | Romania | 3.90 million hectares | 2023 | down 17.3% | flat |
| 72 | Italy | 3.60 million hectares | 2023 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 73 | Nicaragua | 3.29 million hectares | 2023 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 74 | Poland | 3.01 million hectares | 2023 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 75 | Central African Republic | 2.99 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 76 | Ecuador | 2.94 million hectares | 2023 | down 39.4% | rising |
| 77 | Cuba | 2.84 million hectares | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 78 | Tajikistan | 2.83 million hectares | 2023 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 79 | Greece | 2.48 million hectares | 2023 | down 29.6% | falling |
| 80 | Azerbaijan | 2.41 million hectares | 2023 | down 7.6% | flat |
| 81 | Belarus | 2.38 million hectares | 2023 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 82 | Sierra Leone | 2.20 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 83 | Portugal | 2.16 million hectares | 2023 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 84 | Cameroon | 2.00 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 84 | Lesotho | 2.00 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 86 | Honduras | 1.96 million hectares | 2023 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 87 | Georgia | 1.94 million hectares | 2023 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 88 | Guatemala | 1.88 million hectares | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 89 | Malawi | 1.85 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 90 | Nepal | 1.80 million hectares | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 91 | Djibouti | 1.70 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 92 | Gabon | 1.66 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 93 | Iceland | 1.52 million hectares | 2023 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 94 | Panama | 1.51 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 95 | Cambodia | 1.50 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 95 | Philippines | 1.50 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 97 | Bulgaria | 1.38 million hectares | 2023 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 98 | Oman | 1.35 million hectares | 2023 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 99 | Liberia | 1.22 million hectares | 2023 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 100 | Austria | 1.21 million hectares | 2023 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 101 | Armenia | 1.17 million hectares | 2023 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 102 | Dominican Republic | 1.15 million hectares | 2023 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 103 | Costa Rica | 1.15 million hectares | 2023 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 104 | Falkland Islands | 1.13 million hectares | 2023 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 105 | Switzerland | 1.07 million hectares | 2023 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 106 | Eswatini | 1.00 million hectares | 2023 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 106 | Togo | 1.00 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 108 | Czechia | 968,416 hectares | 2023 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 109 | Thailand | 800,000 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 110 | North Macedonia | 795,000 hectares | 2023 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 111 | Hungary | 788,932 hectares | 2023 | up 3.9% | falling |
| 112 | Netherlands | 758,000 hectares | 2023 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 113 | Jordan | 742,000 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 114 | Laos | 677,000 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 115 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 656,000 hectares | 2023 | down 37.3% | falling |
| 116 | Vietnam | 642,000 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 117 | Latvia | 601,000 hectares | 2023 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 118 | Bangladesh | 600,000 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 119 | Guyana | 594,000 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 120 | Serbia | 556,000 hectares | 2023 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 121 | Benin | 550,000 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 122 | Croatia | 539,000 hectares | 2023 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 123 | Lithuania | 537,000 hectares | 2023 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 124 | Slovakia | 501,000 hectares | 2023 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 125 | Haiti | 490,000 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 126 | Burundi | 483,000 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 127 | Myanmar | 480,000 hectares | 2023 | up 56.9% | rising |
| 128 | Belgium | 466,940 hectares | 2023 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 129 | Sweden | 453,000 hectares | 2023 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 130 | Sri Lanka | 440,000 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 131 | Bhutan | 413,000 hectares | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 132 | Lebanon | 400,000 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 133 | Rwanda | 386,060 hectares | 2023 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 134 | Slovenia | 378,820 hectares | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 135 | Albania | 366,100 hectares | 2023 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 136 | El Salvador | 314,700 hectares | 2023 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 137 | Moldova | 311,000 hectares | 2023 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 138 | Japan | 310,000 hectares | 2023 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 139 | United Arab Emirates | 300,000 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 140 | Malaysia | 285,000 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 141 | Palestine | 278,000 hectares | 2023 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 142 | Estonia | 272,000 hectares | 2023 | down 16.0% | rising |
| 143 | Montenegro | 249,180 hectares | 2023 | up 18.3% | falling |
| 144 | Greenland | 243,110 hectares | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 145 | Jamaica | 229,000 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 146 | Denmark | 226,000 hectares | 2023 | up 15.9% | falling |
| 147 | Guinea-Bissau | 195,000 hectares | 2023 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 148 | Papua New Guinea | 190,000 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 149 | Gambia | 187,000 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 150 | Norway | 176,000 hectares | 2023 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 151 | New Caledonia | 174,330 hectares | 2023 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 152 | Fiji | 173,000 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 153 | Israel | 164,000 hectares | 2023 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 154 | East Timor | 150,000 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 155 | Kuwait | 136,000 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 156 | Puerto Rico | 102,700 hectares | 2023 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 157 | Faroe Islands | 96,000 hectares | 2023 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 159 | South Korea | 56,000 hectares | 2023 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 160 | Belize | 50,000 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 160 | North Korea | 50,000 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 160 | Qatar | 50,000 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 163 | Vanuatu | 42,000 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 164 | French Guiana | 25,569 hectares | 2023 | up 132.4% | volatile |
| 165 | Cape Verde | 25,000 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 167 | Andorra | 18,000 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 168 | Suriname | 16,000 hectares | 2023 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 169 | Isle of Man | 15,941 hectares | 2023 | down 5.7% | rising |
| 170 | Comoros | 15,000 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 172 | Finland | 13,000 hectares | 2023 | down 58.1% | volatile |
| 173 | Reunion | 12,962 hectares | 2023 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 174 | Guam | 8,000 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 174 | Solomon Islands | 8,000 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 174 | Saint Helena | 8,000 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 177 | Mauritius | 7,000 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 177 | Trinidad and Tobago | 7,000 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 179 | Samoa | 6,410 hectares | 2023 | down 28.8% | volatile |
| 180 | British Virgin Islands | 5,000 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 181 | Equatorial Guinea | 4,920 hectares | 2023 | up 22.4% | rising |
| 182 | Antigua and Barbuda | 4,000 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 182 | Bahrain | 4,000 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 182 | Tonga | 4,000 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 186 | Brunei | 3,400 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 187 | Micronesia (country) | 3,000 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 188 | United States Virgin Islands | 2,200 hectares | 2023 | up 10.0% | volatile |
| 189 | Cyprus | 2,104 hectares | 2023 | up 16.9% | falling |
| 190 | Bahamas | 2,000 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 190 | Barbados | 2,000 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 190 | Cayman Islands | 2,000 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 190 | Dominica | 2,000 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 190 | Palau | 2,000 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 190 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2,000 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 196 | French Polynesia | 1,565 hectares | 2023 | down 75.8% | falling |
| 197 | Grenada | 1,000 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 197 | Hong Kong | 1,000 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 197 | Maldives | 1,000 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 197 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1,000 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 197 | Montserrat | 1,000 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 197 | Niue | 1,000 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 197 | Norfolk Island | 1,000 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 204 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 900 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 205 | Saint Lucia | 370 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 205 | Northern Mariana Islands | 370 hectares | 2023 | down 69.2% | falling |
| 208 | American Samoa | 0 hectares | 2023 | — | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- OECD (FAO) 784.74 million hectares
- USSR 326.50 million hectares
About this data
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.