Grazing land use over the long-term by country
Total grazingland area for each separate country over time.
Countries reporting
195
Highest
392.61 million hectares
China
Lowest
0 hectares
Svalbard and Jan Mayen
Median
1.24 million hectares
Years covered
1026
1000–2025
Data points
21,816
What the numbers show
Grazing land use over the long-term is currently reported for 195 countries. The highest value is 392.61 million hectares in China; the lowest is 0 hectares in Svalbard and Jan Mayen.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.24 million hectares, and the mean is 16.37 million hectares.
Over the past decade 44 countries rose and 65 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 hectares | 2025 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 2 | Australia | 318.70 million hectares | 2025 | up 4.4% | volatile |
| 3 | United States | 257.67 million hectares | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 4 | Brazil | 210.81 million hectares | 2025 | up 9.1% | volatile |
| 5 | Kazakhstan | 183.11 million hectares | 2025 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 6 | Saudi Arabia | 134.05 million hectares | 2025 | down 0.1% | volatile |
| 7 | Sudan | 114.71 million hectares | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 8 | Mongolia | 109.92 million hectares | 2025 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 9 | Russia | 92.05 million hectares | 2025 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 10 | South Africa | 83.93 million hectares | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 11 | Argentina | 74.68 million hectares | 2025 | down 5.9% | volatile |
| 12 | Mexico | 74.43 million hectares | 2025 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 13 | Chad | 45.00 million hectares | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 14 | Somalia | 43.00 million hectares | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 15 | Angola | 40.28 million hectares | 2025 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 16 | Mauritania | 39.25 million hectares | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 17 | Namibia | 38.00 million hectares | 2025 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 18 | Madagascar | 37.30 million hectares | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 19 | Turkmenistan | 37.17 million hectares | 2025 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 20 | Colombia | 35.30 million hectares | 2025 | down 13.0% | volatile |
| 21 | Mali | 34.64 million hectares | 2025 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 22 | Bolivia | 33.00 million hectares | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 23 | Mozambique | 32.95 million hectares | 2025 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 24 | Algeria | 32.78 million hectares | 2025 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 25 | Afghanistan | 30.55 million hectares | 2025 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 26 | Iran | 29.48 million hectares | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 27 | Niger | 28.78 million hectares | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 28 | Botswana | 25.60 million hectares | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 29 | Nigeria | 25.06 million hectares | 2025 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 30 | Tanzania | 24.00 million hectares | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 31 | Yemen | 22.00 million hectares | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 32 | Kenya | 21.30 million hectares | 2025 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 33 | Uzbekistan | 21.25 million hectares | 2025 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 34 | Morocco | 21.00 million hectares | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 35 | Ethiopia | 20.00 million hectares | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 35 | Zambia | 20.00 million hectares | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 37 | Venezuela | 18.20 million hectares | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 38 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 18.20 million hectares | 2025 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 39 | Canada | 18.12 million hectares | 2025 | down 7.2% | volatile |
| 40 | Peru | 15.99 million hectares | 2025 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 41 | Turkey | 14.62 million hectares | 2025 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 42 | Libya | 13.30 million hectares | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 43 | Cote d'Ivoire | 13.20 million hectares | 2025 | up 0.0% | volatile |
| 44 | Zimbabwe | 12.10 million hectares | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 45 | Uruguay | 12.00 million hectares | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 46 | Paraguay | 11.99 million hectares | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 47 | Guinea | 10.70 million hectares | 2025 | down 0.0% | volatile |
| 48 | United Kingdom | 10.58 million hectares | 2025 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 49 | Indonesia | 10.51 million hectares | 2025 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 50 | India | 10.48 million hectares | 2025 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 51 | Spain | 10.13 million hectares | 2025 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 52 | Congo | 10.00 million hectares | 2025 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 53 | Kyrgyzstan | 8.99 million hectares | 2025 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 54 | New Zealand | 8.68 million hectares | 2025 | down 14.7% | volatile |
| 55 | Syria | 8.16 million hectares | 2025 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 56 | Chile | 7.74 million hectares | 2025 | down 29.8% | volatile |
| 57 | France | 7.73 million hectares | 2025 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 58 | Ukraine | 7.50 million hectares | 2025 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 59 | Eritrea | 6.90 million hectares | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 60 | Burkina Faso | 6.00 million hectares | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 60 | Myanmar | 6.00 million hectares | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 62 | Senegal | 5.60 million hectares | 2025 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 63 | Ghana | 5.36 million hectares | 2025 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 64 | Uganda | 5.32 million hectares | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 65 | Pakistan | 5.00 million hectares | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 65 | Western Sahara | 5.00 million hectares | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 67 | Tunisia | 4.75 million hectares | 2025 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 68 | Germany | 4.74 million hectares | 2025 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 69 | Iraq | 3.97 million hectares | 2025 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 70 | Romania | 3.82 million hectares | 2025 | down 18.0% | rising |
| 72 | Nicaragua | 3.30 million hectares | 2025 | up 0.8% | volatile |
| 73 | Italy | 3.26 million hectares | 2025 | down 16.4% | rising |
| 74 | Ecuador | 3.24 million hectares | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 75 | Greece | 3.05 million hectares | 2025 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 76 | Central African Republic | 2.99 million hectares | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 77 | Cuba | 2.92 million hectares | 2025 | up 7.2% | volatile |
| 78 | Tajikistan | 2.82 million hectares | 2025 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 79 | Poland | 2.47 million hectares | 2025 | down 20.2% | rising |
| 80 | Azerbaijan | 2.41 million hectares | 2025 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 81 | Portugal | 2.24 million hectares | 2025 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 82 | Belarus | 2.23 million hectares | 2025 | down 20.1% | rising |
| 83 | Sierra Leone | 2.20 million hectares | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 84 | Honduras | 2.00 million hectares | 2025 | up 10.2% | volatile |
| 85 | Cameroon | 2.00 million hectares | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 86 | Georgia | 1.94 million hectares | 2025 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 87 | Guatemala | 1.90 million hectares | 2025 | up 4.9% | volatile |
| 88 | Malawi | 1.85 million hectares | 2025 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 89 | Nepal | 1.80 million hectares | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 90 | Iceland | 1.75 million hectares | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 91 | Djibouti | 1.70 million hectares | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 92 | Gabon | 1.66 million hectares | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 93 | Panama | 1.51 million hectares | 2025 | up 0.0% | volatile |
| 94 | Cambodia | 1.50 million hectares | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 94 | Philippines | 1.50 million hectares | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 96 | Bulgaria | 1.41 million hectares | 2025 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 97 | Oman | 1.35 million hectares | 2025 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 98 | Costa Rica | 1.25 million hectares | 2025 | up 2.3% | volatile |
| 99 | Liberia | 1.24 million hectares | 2025 | up 10.7% | volatile |
| 100 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.21 million hectares | 2025 | up 15.3% | flat |
| 101 | Dominican Republic | 1.20 million hectares | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 102 | Armenia | 1.17 million hectares | 2025 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 103 | Austria | 1.16 million hectares | 2025 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 104 | Switzerland | 1.07 million hectares | 2025 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 105 | Falkland Islands | 1.03 million hectares | 2025 | down 0.0% | volatile |
| 106 | Czechia | 1.02 million hectares | 2025 | up 2.2% | volatile |
| 107 | Togo | 1.00 million hectares | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 108 | Eswatini | 994,600 hectares | 2025 | down 2.3% | volatile |
| 109 | Jordan | 978,614 hectares | 2025 | up 42.3% | volatile |
| 110 | Thailand | 800,000 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 111 | North Macedonia | 798,100 hectares | 2025 | down 1.3% | volatile |
| 112 | Netherlands | 768,182 hectares | 2025 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 113 | Hungary | 724,017 hectares | 2025 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 114 | Laos | 677,000 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 115 | Vietnam | 642,000 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 116 | Bangladesh | 600,000 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 117 | Guyana | 594,000 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 118 | Latvia | 570,500 hectares | 2025 | down 12.0% | rising |
| 119 | Benin | 549,984 hectares | 2025 | down 0.0% | falling |
| 120 | Slovakia | 498,400 hectares | 2025 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 121 | Haiti | 490,000 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 122 | Burundi | 483,000 hectares | 2025 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 123 | Sweden | 471,988 hectares | 2025 | up 4.9% | volatile |
| 124 | Sri Lanka | 440,000 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 125 | Croatia | 436,100 hectares | 2025 | down 29.4% | falling |
| 126 | Albania | 422,935 hectares | 2025 | down 11.6% | rising |
| 127 | Bhutan | 413,000 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 128 | Lithuania | 411,820 hectares | 2025 | down 48.5% | volatile |
| 129 | Lesotho | 400,000 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 130 | Lebanon | 399,760 hectares | 2025 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 131 | Slovenia | 378,629 hectares | 2025 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 132 | Rwanda | 369,306 hectares | 2025 | down 9.9% | rising |
| 133 | Moldova | 331,270 hectares | 2025 | down 4.5% | volatile |
| 134 | United Arab Emirates | 300,000 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 135 | Japan | 294,800 hectares | 2025 | down 15.8% | rising |
| 136 | Malaysia | 285,000 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 137 | Estonia | 259,800 hectares | 2025 | down 17.5% | volatile |
| 138 | Denmark | 255,475 hectares | 2025 | up 0.2% | volatile |
| 139 | Jamaica | 229,000 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 140 | Papua New Guinea | 190,000 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 141 | Gambia | 187,000 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 142 | Guinea-Bissau | 175,200 hectares | 2025 | down 26.9% | rising |
| 143 | New Caledonia | 174,330 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 144 | Norway | 174,229 hectares | 2025 | down 0.9% | volatile |
| 145 | Fiji | 173,000 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 146 | Israel | 170,200 hectares | 2025 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 147 | East Timor | 150,000 hectares | 2025 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 148 | Kuwait | 136,000 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 149 | Puerto Rico | 102,700 hectares | 2025 | down 4.6% | volatile |
| 150 | El Salvador | 63,514 hectares | 2025 | up 5.2% | volatile |
| 151 | South Korea | 56,000 hectares | 2025 | down 1.8% | volatile |
| 152 | Belize | 50,000 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 152 | North Korea | 50,000 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 152 | Qatar | 50,000 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 155 | French Guiana | 29,697 hectares | 2025 | up 139.5% | volatile |
| 156 | Cape Verde | 25,000 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 158 | Andorra | 18,000 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 159 | Finland | 16,700 hectares | 2025 | down 39.9% | volatile |
| 160 | Suriname | 16,000 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 161 | Reunion | 15,446 hectares | 2025 | up 43.0% | volatile |
| 163 | Vanuatu | 11,499 hectares | 2025 | up 88.8% | volatile |
| 164 | Trinidad and Tobago | 7,000 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 165 | American Samoa | 5,282 hectares | 2025 | down 27.9% | volatile |
| 165 | Samoa | 5,282 hectares | 2025 | down 56.3% | volatile |
| 167 | Equatorial Guinea | 5,156 hectares | 2025 | up 20.5% | volatile |
| 168 | Antigua and Barbuda | 4,000 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 168 | Bahrain | 4,000 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 171 | Brunei | 3,400 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 172 | Comoros | 3,233 hectares | 2025 | up 2,248.5% | volatile |
| 173 | Cyprus | 2,950 hectares | 2025 | up 55.3% | volatile |
| 174 | Solomon Islands | 2,702 hectares | 2025 | down 66.2% | volatile |
| 175 | United States Virgin Islands | 2,200 hectares | 2025 | up 10.0% | volatile |
| 176 | Aruba | 2,000 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 176 | Bahamas | 2,000 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 176 | Barbados | 2,000 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 176 | Dominica | 2,000 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 176 | Sao Tome and Principe | 2,000 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 176 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2,000 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 182 | Mauritius | 1,073 hectares | 2025 | up 247.8% | volatile |
| 183 | Grenada | 1,000 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 183 | Montserrat | 1,000 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 185 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 900 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 186 | Saint Lucia | 370 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 186 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 370 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 188 | Tonga | 112.54 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 189 | Belgium | 0 hectares | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 189 | Egypt | 0 hectares | 2025 | — | flat |
| 189 | Faroe Islands | 0 hectares | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 189 | Greenland | 0 hectares | 2025 | — | flat |
| 189 | Hong Kong | 0 hectares | 2025 | — | flat |
| 189 | Singapore | 0 hectares | 2025 | — | flat |
| 189 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 hectares | 2025 | — | flat |
| 189 | Taiwan | 0 hectares | 2025 | down 100.0% | rising |
| 189 | Anguilla | 0 hectares | 2025 | — | flat |
| 189 | Netherlands Antilles | 0 hectares | 2025 | — | flat |
| 189 | Svalbard and Jan Mayen | 0 hectares | 2025 | — | flat |
About this data
Total grazingland area for each separate country over time.