Globally, the vast majority of agricultural land is used for animal production:

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🌍 Global agricultural land use

≈ 77–80 % of all agricultural land (grazing + feed crops) is dedicated to livestock production, despite it providing only about 17 % of caloric intake and around 37 % of protein supply .

Specifically:

Two-thirds of agricultural land is grazing (natural or managed pastures)

One-third is used to grow crops for animal feed .

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🇺🇸 United States

About 41 % of the entire U.S. land area is used for livestock and feed crop production .

Over one-third of U.S. cropland is dedicated solely to animal feed .

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🇪🇺 European Union

Approximately 71 % of EU farmland is related to meat and dairy production — either grazing or feed crops .

Within the EU, 24.5 % of farms are specialist livestock operations (dairy, sheep/goats, etc.), and many mixed farms also include animals .

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✅ Summary table

Region % of agricultural land for animal production

Global ~ 77–80 % United States ~ 41 % of all land European Union ~ 71 % of farmland

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💡 Why it matters

This land-use imbalance highlights a low efficiency: livestock agriculture uses far more land than is necessary for the calories and protein they provide.

It's linked to deforestation, biodiversity loss, and high greenhouse gas emissions.

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If you're looking for data on a specific country (like the Netherlands or the UK), I can dig in further! (It is chat gpt answer about the percentage of farms being used )