Grazing land use over the long term by country
Countries reporting
192
Highest
392.61 million
China
Lowest
0
Taiwan
Median
1.38 million
Years covered
1026
1000–2025
Data points
21,816
What the numbers show
Grazing land use over the long term is currently reported for 192 countries. The highest value is 392.61 million in China; the lowest is 0 in Taiwan.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.38 million, and the mean is 16.65 million.
Over the past decade 45 countries rose and 69 fell. The largest increase was in Comoros (up 2,248.5%), and the largest decrease in Belgium (down 100.0%).
Grazing land use over the long term: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 392.61 million | 2025 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 2 | Australia | 318.70 million | 2025 | up 4.4% | volatile |
| 3 | United States | 257.67 million | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 4 | Brazil | 210.81 million | 2025 | up 9.1% | volatile |
| 5 | Kazakhstan | 183.11 million | 2025 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 6 | Saudi Arabia | 134.05 million | 2025 | down 0.1% | volatile |
| 7 | Sudan | 114.71 million | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 8 | Mongolia | 109.92 million | 2025 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 9 | Russia | 92.05 million | 2025 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 10 | South Africa | 83.93 million | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 11 | Argentina | 74.68 million | 2025 | down 5.9% | volatile |
| 12 | Mexico | 74.43 million | 2025 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 13 | Chad | 45.00 million | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 14 | Somalia | 43.00 million | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 15 | Angola | 40.28 million | 2025 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 16 | Mauritania | 39.25 million | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 17 | Namibia | 38.00 million | 2025 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 18 | Madagascar | 37.30 million | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 19 | Turkmenistan | 37.17 million | 2025 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 20 | Colombia | 35.30 million | 2025 | down 13.0% | volatile |
| 21 | Mali | 34.64 million | 2025 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 22 | Bolivia | 33.00 million | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 23 | Mozambique | 32.95 million | 2025 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 24 | Algeria | 32.78 million | 2025 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 25 | Afghanistan | 30.55 million | 2025 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 26 | Iran | 29.48 million | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 27 | Niger | 28.78 million | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 28 | Botswana | 25.60 million | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 29 | Nigeria | 25.06 million | 2025 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 30 | Tanzania | 24.00 million | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 31 | Yemen | 22.00 million | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 32 | Kenya | 21.30 million | 2025 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 33 | Uzbekistan | 21.25 million | 2025 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 34 | Morocco | 21.00 million | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 35 | Ethiopia | 20.00 million | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 35 | Zambia | 20.00 million | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 37 | Venezuela | 18.20 million | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 38 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 18.20 million | 2025 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 39 | Canada | 18.12 million | 2025 | down 7.2% | volatile |
| 40 | Peru | 15.99 million | 2025 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 41 | Turkey | 14.62 million | 2025 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 42 | Libya | 13.30 million | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 43 | Cote d'Ivoire | 13.20 million | 2025 | up 0.0% | volatile |
| 44 | Zimbabwe | 12.10 million | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 45 | Uruguay | 12.00 million | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 46 | Paraguay | 11.99 million | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 47 | Guinea | 10.70 million | 2025 | down 0.0% | volatile |
| 48 | United Kingdom | 10.58 million | 2025 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 49 | Indonesia | 10.51 million | 2025 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 50 | India | 10.48 million | 2025 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 51 | Spain | 10.13 million | 2025 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 52 | Congo | 10.00 million | 2025 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 53 | Kyrgyzstan | 8.99 million | 2025 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 54 | New Zealand | 8.68 million | 2025 | down 14.7% | volatile |
| 55 | Syria | 8.16 million | 2025 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 56 | Chile | 7.74 million | 2025 | down 29.8% | volatile |
| 57 | France | 7.73 million | 2025 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 58 | Ukraine | 7.50 million | 2025 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 59 | Eritrea | 6.90 million | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 60 | Burkina Faso | 6.00 million | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 60 | Myanmar | 6.00 million | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 62 | Senegal | 5.60 million | 2025 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 63 | Ghana | 5.36 million | 2025 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 64 | Uganda | 5.32 million | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 65 | Pakistan | 5.00 million | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 65 | Western Sahara | 5.00 million | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 67 | Tunisia | 4.75 million | 2025 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 68 | Germany | 4.74 million | 2025 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 69 | Iraq | 3.97 million | 2025 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 70 | Romania | 3.82 million | 2025 | down 18.0% | rising |
| 71 | Ireland | 3.75 million | 2025 | down 5.7% | rising |
| 72 | Nicaragua | 3.30 million | 2025 | up 0.8% | volatile |
| 73 | Italy | 3.26 million | 2025 | down 16.4% | rising |
| 74 | Ecuador | 3.24 million | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 75 | Greece | 3.05 million | 2025 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 76 | Central African Republic | 2.99 million | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 77 | Cuba | 2.92 million | 2025 | up 7.2% | volatile |
| 78 | Tajikistan | 2.82 million | 2025 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 79 | Poland | 2.47 million | 2025 | down 20.2% | rising |
| 80 | Azerbaijan | 2.41 million | 2025 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 81 | Portugal | 2.24 million | 2025 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 82 | Belarus | 2.23 million | 2025 | down 20.1% | rising |
| 83 | Sierra Leone | 2.20 million | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 84 | Honduras | 2.00 million | 2025 | up 10.2% | volatile |
| 85 | Cameroon | 2.00 million | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 86 | Georgia | 1.94 million | 2025 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 87 | Guatemala | 1.90 million | 2025 | up 4.9% | volatile |
| 88 | Malawi | 1.85 million | 2025 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 89 | Nepal | 1.80 million | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 90 | Iceland | 1.75 million | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 91 | Djibouti | 1.70 million | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 92 | Gabon | 1.66 million | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 93 | Panama | 1.51 million | 2025 | up 0.0% | volatile |
| 94 | Cambodia | 1.50 million | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 94 | Philippines | 1.50 million | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 96 | Bulgaria | 1.41 million | 2025 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 97 | Oman | 1.35 million | 2025 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 98 | Costa Rica | 1.25 million | 2025 | up 2.3% | volatile |
| 99 | Liberia | 1.24 million | 2025 | up 10.7% | volatile |
| 100 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.21 million | 2025 | up 15.3% | flat |
| 101 | Dominican Republic | 1.20 million | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 102 | Armenia | 1.17 million | 2025 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 103 | Austria | 1.16 million | 2025 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 104 | Switzerland | 1.07 million | 2025 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 105 | Falkland Islands | 1.03 million | 2025 | down 0.0% | volatile |
| 106 | Czechia | 1.02 million | 2025 | up 2.2% | volatile |
| 107 | Togo | 1.00 million | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 108 | Eswatini | 994,600 | 2025 | down 2.3% | volatile |
| 109 | Jordan | 978,614 | 2025 | up 42.3% | volatile |
| 110 | Thailand | 800,000 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 111 | North Macedonia | 798,100 | 2025 | down 1.3% | volatile |
| 112 | Netherlands | 768,182 | 2025 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 113 | Hungary | 724,017 | 2025 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 114 | Laos | 677,000 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 115 | Vietnam | 642,000 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 116 | Bangladesh | 600,000 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 117 | Guyana | 594,000 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 118 | Latvia | 570,500 | 2025 | down 12.0% | rising |
| 119 | Benin | 549,984 | 2025 | down 0.0% | falling |
| 120 | Slovakia | 498,400 | 2025 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 121 | Haiti | 490,000 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 122 | Burundi | 483,000 | 2025 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 123 | Sweden | 471,988 | 2025 | up 4.9% | volatile |
| 124 | Sri Lanka | 440,000 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 125 | Croatia | 436,100 | 2025 | down 29.4% | falling |
| 126 | Albania | 422,935 | 2025 | down 11.6% | rising |
| 127 | Bhutan | 413,000 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 128 | Lithuania | 411,820 | 2025 | down 48.5% | volatile |
| 129 | Lesotho | 400,000 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 130 | Lebanon | 399,760 | 2025 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 131 | Slovenia | 378,629 | 2025 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 132 | Rwanda | 369,306 | 2025 | down 9.9% | rising |
| 133 | Moldova | 331,270 | 2025 | down 4.5% | volatile |
| 134 | United Arab Emirates | 300,000 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 135 | Japan | 294,800 | 2025 | down 15.8% | rising |
| 136 | Malaysia | 285,000 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 137 | Estonia | 259,800 | 2025 | down 17.5% | volatile |
| 138 | Denmark | 255,475 | 2025 | up 0.2% | volatile |
| 139 | Jamaica | 229,000 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 140 | Papua New Guinea | 190,000 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 141 | Gambia | 187,000 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 142 | Guinea-Bissau | 175,200 | 2025 | down 26.9% | rising |
| 143 | New Caledonia | 174,330 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 144 | Norway | 174,229 | 2025 | down 0.9% | volatile |
| 145 | Fiji | 173,000 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 146 | Israel | 170,200 | 2025 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 147 | East Timor | 150,000 | 2025 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 148 | Kuwait | 136,000 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 149 | Puerto Rico | 102,700 | 2025 | down 4.6% | volatile |
| 150 | El Salvador | 63,514 | 2025 | up 5.2% | volatile |
| 151 | South Korea | 56,000 | 2025 | down 1.8% | volatile |
| 152 | Belize | 50,000 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 152 | North Korea | 50,000 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 152 | Qatar | 50,000 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 155 | French Guiana | 29,697 | 2025 | up 139.5% | volatile |
| 156 | Cape Verde | 25,000 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 157 | Guadeloupe | 22,768 | 2025 | down 15.0% | rising |
| 158 | Andorra | 18,000 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 159 | Finland | 16,700 | 2025 | down 39.9% | volatile |
| 160 | Suriname | 16,000 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 161 | Reunion | 15,446 | 2025 | up 43.0% | volatile |
| 162 | Martinique | 12,932 | 2025 | down 7.6% | volatile |
| 163 | Vanuatu | 11,499 | 2025 | up 88.8% | volatile |
| 164 | Trinidad and Tobago | 7,000 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 165 | American Samoa | 5,282 | 2025 | down 27.9% | volatile |
| 165 | Samoa | 5,282 | 2025 | down 56.3% | volatile |
| 167 | Equatorial Guinea | 5,156 | 2025 | up 20.5% | volatile |
| 168 | Antigua and Barbuda | 4,000 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 168 | Bahrain | 4,000 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 170 | Liechtenstein | 3,440 | 2025 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 171 | Brunei | 3,400 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 172 | Comoros | 3,233 | 2025 | up 2,248.5% | volatile |
| 173 | Cyprus | 2,950 | 2025 | up 55.3% | volatile |
| 174 | Solomon Islands | 2,702 | 2025 | down 66.2% | volatile |
| 175 | United States Virgin Islands | 2,200 | 2025 | up 10.0% | volatile |
| 176 | Aruba | 2,000 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 176 | Bahamas | 2,000 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 176 | Barbados | 2,000 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 176 | Dominica | 2,000 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 176 | Sao Tome and Principe | 2,000 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 176 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2,000 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 182 | Mauritius | 1,073 | 2025 | up 247.8% | volatile |
| 183 | Grenada | 1,000 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 183 | Montserrat | 1,000 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 185 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 900 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 186 | Saint Lucia | 370 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 186 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 370 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 188 | Tonga | 112.54 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 189 | Belgium | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 189 | Faroe Islands | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 189 | Luxembourg | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 189 | Taiwan | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | rising |