Statizoid

How much global land is used as pasture for livestock? by country

The extent of global pasture used for livestock grazing. It does not include cropland used to grow animal feed.

Countries reporting
177
Highest
369.17 million
China
Lowest
0
Falkland Islands
Median
1.28 million
Years covered
231
1780–2010
Data points
4,296

What the numbers show

How much global land is used as pasture for livestock? is currently reported for 177 countries. The highest value is 369.17 million in China; the lowest is 0 in Falkland Islands.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.28 million, and the mean is 15.91 million.

Over the past decade 51 countries rose and 107 fell. The largest increase was in Belize (up 93.1%), and the largest decrease in New Caledonia (down 70.4%).

How much global land is used as pasture for livestock?: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China 369.17 million 2010 down 1.9% volatile
2 Australia 307.84 million 2010 down 12.4% volatile
3 United States 211.13 million 2010 up 0.2% volatile
4 Kazakhstan 173.08 million 2010 down 1.7% volatile
5 Brazil 172.95 million 2010 up 0.1% volatile
6 Saudi Arabia 109.97 million 2010 down 0.0% volatile
7 Mongolia 102.78 million 2010 down 3.7% volatile
8 Argentina 87.63 million 2010 down 2.4% volatile
9 Russia 69.73 million 2010 down 0.4% volatile
10 South Africa 67.33 million 2010 down 2.7% volatile
11 Mexico 67.32 million 2010 down 0.3% volatile
12 Sudan 60.98 million 2010 down 0.9% volatile
13 Angola 47.40 million 2010 down 0.4% volatile
14 South Sudan 40.39 million 2010 down 0.3% volatile
15 Somalia 39.81 million 2010 down 0.1% volatile
16 Chad 35.52 million 2010 down 0.4% rising
17 Mozambique 33.23 million 2010 down 1.8% volatile
18 Madagascar 32.82 million 2010 down 0.8% volatile
19 Nigeria 31.28 million 2010 down 2.3% rising
20 Colombia 31.14 million 2010 down 4.0% volatile
21 Mali 30.75 million 2010 up 1.1% rising
22 Algeria 29.79 million 2010 up 0.6% rising
23 Afghanistan 29.01 million 2010 down 0.0% volatile
24 Turkmenistan 27.99 million 2010 down 1.1% volatile
25 Iran 27.51 million 2010 down 34.9% rising
26 Bolivia 26.60 million 2010 up 1.9% rising
27 Namibia 26.28 million 2010 down 5.9% volatile
28 Mauritania 22.28 million 2010 down 0.1% volatile
29 Niger 21.81 million 2010 up 2.8% rising
30 Uzbekistan 20.79 million 2010 down 0.4% volatile
31 Kenya 18.55 million 2010 down 1.5% rising
32 Botswana 18.42 million 2010 down 0.3% rising
33 Yemen 17.94 million 2010 up 0.1% rising
34 Ethiopia 17.42 million 2010 up 3.5% volatile
35 Paraguay 16.29 million 2010 down 0.1% volatile
36 Democratic Republic of Congo 15.84 million 2010 up 9.4% rising
37 Peru 15.17 million 2010 up 3.4% volatile
38 Tanzania 14.43 million 2010 up 3.4% rising
39 Venezuela 14.19 million 2010 up 0.1% volatile
40 Zambia 13.23 million 2010 up 9.5% volatile
41 Turkey 12.70 million 2010 down 7.2% rising
42 Canada 12.69 million 2010 down 1.2% volatile
43 Uruguay 12.23 million 2010 down 2.1% volatile
44 Libya 11.99 million 2010 up 1.5% volatile
45 Morocco 10.97 million 2010 down 26.7% volatile
46 Chile 10.62 million 2010 up 1.1% volatile
47 Cote d'Ivoire 9.98 million 2010 down 0.3% volatile
48 India 9.67 million 2010 up 1.5% volatile
49 Zimbabwe 9.32 million 2010 up 4.6% volatile
50 Kyrgyzstan 8.75 million 2010 up 0.6% rising
51 Syria 7.91 million 2010 up 2.5% volatile
52 Congo 7.67 million 2010 down 9.4% volatile
53 France 7.56 million 2010 down 1.9% falling
54 Guinea 7.50 million 2010 down 1.5% volatile
55 Spain 7.28 million 2010 down 7.6% falling
56 New Zealand 7.07 million 2010 down 0.6% volatile
57 Ghana 6.93 million 2010 down 0.8% volatile
58 Indonesia 6.87 million 2010 down 1.1% rising
59 Ukraine 6.80 million 2010 down 1.3% volatile
60 Iraq 5.78 million 2010 up 20.3% volatile
61 Eritrea 5.58 million 2010 up 1.1% volatile
62 United Kingdom 5.15 million 2010 down 8.3% rising
63 Burkina Faso 4.60 million 2010 down 3.1% rising
64 Uganda 4.46 million 2010 up 1.2% rising
65 Pakistan 4.43 million 2010 down 0.8% volatile
66 Senegal 4.10 million 2010 down 0.9% volatile
67 Ecuador 4.05 million 2010 down 5.4% volatile
68 Tunisia 3.45 million 2010 up 4.2% volatile
69 Gabon 3.40 million 2010 down 2.1% rising
70 Romania 3.34 million 2010 down 11.2% rising
71 Germany 3.27 million 2010 down 6.1% falling
72 Belarus 3.09 million 2010 up 4.8% volatile
73 Central African Republic 3.07 million 2010 up 4.9% volatile
74 Italy 3.01 million 2010 up 1.8% falling
75 Tajikistan 2.87 million 2010 down 5.8% volatile
76 Cameroon 2.51 million 2010 up 8.4% volatile
77 Azerbaijan 2.24 million 2010 down 1.5% volatile
79 Poland 2.17 million 2010 down 14.5% rising
80 Greece 2.15 million 2010 down 3.6% falling
81 Nicaragua 2.12 million 2010 up 3.7% volatile
82 Guatemala 1.97 million 2010 down 2.9% volatile
83 Oman 1.95 million 2010 up 38.9% rising
84 Sierra Leone 1.94 million 2010 down 2.5% volatile
85 Malawi 1.85 million 2010 up 5.3% volatile
86 Lesotho 1.79 million 2010 up 1.0% volatile
87 Liberia 1.70 million 2010 down 1.9% volatile
88 Georgia 1.69 million 2010 down 0.5% volatile
89 Bulgaria 1.39 million 2010 up 8.9% rising
90 Cuba 1.28 million 2010 up 0.9% volatile
91 Portugal 1.26 million 2010 up 20.0% rising
92 Jordan 1.21 million 2010 up 0.7% volatile
93 Nepal 1.21 million 2010 down 4.7% rising
94 Austria 1.17 million 2010 down 7.1% falling
95 Serbia 1.09 million 2010 down 7.6% rising
96 Djibouti 1.09 million 2010 down 1.5% volatile
97 Honduras 1.06 million 2010 down 4.6% volatile
98 Panama 1.06 million 2010 up 12.3% volatile
99 Costa Rica 1.05 million 2010 down 1.5% volatile
100 Cambodia 1.04 million 2010 up 51.5% volatile
101 Bosnia and Herzegovina 988,386 2010 down 4.1% rising
102 Dominican Republic 959,508 2010 down 4.4% volatile
103 Guyana 923,704 2010 down 3.8% volatile
104 Togo 909,998 2010 up 10.0% rising
105 Eswatini 892,494 2010 down 2.5% volatile
106 Croatia 882,374 2010 down 25.4% rising
107 Burundi 879,186 2010 up 0.4% volatile
108 Switzerland 841,220 2010 up 0.0% rising
109 Hungary 835,328 2010 down 5.6% rising
110 Guinea-Bissau 802,927 2010 down 2.2% volatile
111 Czechia 770,501 2010 down 1.6% rising
112 El Salvador 764,771 2010 up 25.2% volatile
113 Lithuania 752,489 2010 up 63.5% rising
114 Benin 700,596 2010 up 12.1% rising
115 Philippines 696,310 2010 down 4.7% volatile
116 Armenia 692,156 2010 down 2.0% volatile
117 Vietnam 634,262 2010 down 4.9% volatile
118 Netherlands 633,873 2010 down 3.9% rising
119 Laos 560,699 2010 down 12.3% rising
120 North Macedonia 547,853 2010 down 3.6% rising
121 Rwanda 523,722 2010 down 11.4% rising
122 Bangladesh 505,789 2010 down 2.4% rising
123 Haiti 494,176 2010 down 3.1% volatile
124 Taiwan 493,002 2010 down 0.9% volatile
125 Thailand 459,216 2010 down 32.3% volatile
126 Belgium 401,374 2010 down 4.8% rising
127 Moldova 392,893 2010 down 6.3% rising
128 Albania 341,287 2010 down 9.8% volatile
129 Latvia 338,022 2010 up 4.5% rising
130 Slovakia 305,966 2010 down 40.3% falling
131 Myanmar 296,693 2010 down 16.8% volatile
132 Sri Lanka 287,533 2010 down 6.4% volatile
133 Bhutan 269,360 2010 down 0.5% volatile
134 United Arab Emirates 251,974 2010 down 14.0% volatile
135 Gambia 213,295 2010 down 3.2% volatile
136 Kuwait 201,979 2010 down 15.0% volatile
137 Western Sahara 197,639 2010 down 0.4% volatile
138 Denmark 185,660 2010 down 5.8% rising
139 Japan 181,267 2010 down 27.2% rising
140 Montenegro 177,106 2010 down 3.7% volatile
141 Malaysia 150,948 2010 down 6.0% volatile
142 Slovenia 150,663 2010 down 6.0% rising
143 Sweden 147,934 2010 up 3.4% rising
144 East Timor 117,575 2010 down 1.4% rising
145 Israel 98,000 2010 down 9.5% volatile
146 North Korea 97,044 2010 down 7.5% rising
147 Papua New Guinea 94,794 2010 up 0.4% volatile
148 Equatorial Guinea 63,748 2010 down 3.0% rising
149 Lebanon 45,356 2010 up 16.2% volatile
150 South Korea 36,571 2010 up 24.3% volatile
151 Qatar 34,413 2010 unchanged volatile
152 Palestine 34,101 2010 down 5.3% volatile
153 Belize 33,317 2010 up 93.1% volatile
155 Jamaica 25,445 2010 down 0.0% falling
156 New Caledonia 21,137 2010 down 70.4% falling
157 Suriname 16,402 2010 up 0.1% volatile
158 Fiji 9,811 2010 down 0.0% flat
159 Puerto Rico 8,973 2010 unchanged flat
160 Trinidad and Tobago 6,132 2010 down 6.9% volatile
161 Brunei 3,235 2010 unchanged volatile
162 Egypt 2,109 2010 up 4.0% rising
163 Solomon Islands 456.55 2010 unchanged flat
164 Cyprus 427.16 2010 down 31.9% falling
165 Bahamas 0 2010 — flat
165 Comoros 0 2010 — flat
165 Cape Verde 0 2010 — flat
165 Cayman Islands 0 2010 — flat
165 Hong Kong 0 2010 — flat
165 Kiribati 0 2010 — flat
165 Mauritius 0 2010 — flat
165 French Polynesia 0 2010 — flat
165 Sao Tome and Principe 0 2010 — flat
165 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 2010 — flat
165 United States Virgin Islands 0 2010 — flat
165 Vanuatu 0 2010 — flat
165 Samoa 0 2010 — flat
165 Cook Islands 0 2010 — flat
165 Falkland Islands 0 2010 — flat

About this data

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

The extent of global pasture used for livestock grazing. It does not include cropland used to grow animal feed.