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Livestock Density 1972

Report year 1972Data year 1972

Livestock units per hectare of agricultural landNeither end is better — this is a shape, not a scorePublished by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

63 reference years (1961–2023), covering 158 to 188 countries, from FAOSTAT's Livestock Patterns domain, with the absolute total stored beside it. ⚠ THE SHEET ROW ASKS FOR "HEAD COUNTS OF CATTLE, SHEEP, POULTRY AND THE REST", AND THAT IS NOT A NUMBER THAT CAN BE PUBLISHED: head counts by species cannot be added, because a chicken is not a cow. FAO's own answer is the LIVESTOCK UNIT, which weighs species by feed requirement, and "Major livestock types" is its own published all-species total — nothing here is aggregated by this site. Per hectare of agricultural land then makes a large country comparable with a small one. The row is therefore narrowed and renamed, the same call made for the UIS funding-per-student row. ⚠ NEITHER END IS BETTER: high density is intensive farming, efficient in land and hard on water, soil and emissions; low density is extensive grazing, or very little livestock at all. Read it beside agricultural emissions, which is largely what it drives. The FAO ranks nobody, so no rank is stored; the POSITION is derived here and labelled as ours.

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Livestock Density 1972 — Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Cite as: FAO. FAOSTAT. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Licence: CC BY 4.0

How much livestock a country carries for each hectare of its agricultural land, in FAO's own livestock units — a standard that weighs species by feed requirement, so cattle, sheep and poultry can be counted together. The absolute total is stored beside it. ⚠ FAO'S AGGREGATE, NOT OURS: "Major livestock types" is a published total, not a sum computed here — head counts by species cannot be added, because a chicken is not a cow. ⚠ NEITHER END IS BETTER. High density is intensive farming, which is efficient in land and hard on water, soil and emissions; low density is extensive grazing or very little livestock at all. Read it beside agricultural emissions. The FAO does not rank countries on it, so no rank is stored and none is derived.

158 rows × 5 columns · imported from the publisher’s published data file on 2026-09-11

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Livestock Density 1972 — 158 rows. Column headings sort the table.
ISO Code	Country	Livestock units per hectare of agricultural land	Total livestock units	Share of total livestock (%)
SGP	Singapore	29	322,925	100
HKG	Hong Kong	17	205,781	100
NLD	Netherlands	3	5,622,502	100
MLT	Malta	2	25,554	100
BRB	Barbados	2	33,550	100
DNK	Denmark	2	4,953,617	100
BHS	Bahamas	2	15,590	100
EGY	Egypt	2	4,355,670	100
BGD	Bangladesh	1	14,645,000	100
DEU	Germany	1	26,463,960	100
NOR	Norway	1	1,257,918	100
CHE	Switzerland	1	2,255,085	100
TLS	Timor-Leste	1	313,947	100
SUR	Suriname	1	66,788	100
TWN	Taiwan	1	1,130,954	100
IRL	Ireland	1	5,718,165	100
NPL	Nepal	1	4,436,000	100
JPN	Japan	1	7,446,609	100
TTO	Trinidad and Tobago	1	116,130	100
NZL	New Zealand	1	14,073,891	100
BRN	Brunei	1	18,521	100
ATG	Antigua and Barbuda	1	9,050	100
GBR	United Kingdom	1	18,457,675	100
AUT	Austria	1	3,189,196	100
HTI	Haiti	1	1,465,795	100
KHM	Cambodia	1	2,261,175	100
VNM	Vietnam	1	5,661,175	100
PHL	Philippines	1	7,264,485	100
NRU	Nauru	1	330	100
SLV	El Salvador	1	995,476	100
FIN	Finland	1	2,077,895	100
FRA	France	1	25,476,941	100
CUB	Cuba	1	4,284,625	100
SYC	Seychelles	1	3,830	100
IND	India	1	132,484,601	100
POL	Poland	1	13,870,600	100
CRI	Costa Rica	1	1,321,336	100
ITA	Italy	1	12,275,872	100
BHR	Bahrain	1	6,883	100
LAO	Laos	1	1,045,950	100
VCT	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1	7,530	100
KOR	South Korea	1	1,545,044	100
SWE	Sweden	1	2,459,680	100
PRT	Portugal	1	2,433,220	100
FJI	Fiji	1	141,144	100
KWT	Kuwait	1	82,156	100
GTM	Guatemala	1	1,692,813	100
MMR	Myanmar	1	6,490,354	100
PRK	North Korea	1	1,350,450	100
PAN	Panama	1	1,052,375	100
TUV	Tuvalu	1	1,200	100
ISR	Israel	1	313,560	100
ARE	United Arab Emirates	1	125,930	100
DOM	Dominican Republic	1	1,379,200	100
JAM	Jamaica	1	291,940	100
HUN	Hungary	1	3,926,020	100
LKA	Sri Lanka	1	1,335,311	100
ECU	Ecuador	1	2,807,190	100
LCA	Saint Lucia	1	10,950	100
URY	Uruguay	1	8,449,206	100
VUT	Vanuatu	1	65,917	100
THA	Thailand	1	8,276,144	100
BGR	Bulgaria	1	3,210,738	100
NIC	Nicaragua	1	1,860,015	100
ROU	Romania	1	7,574,033	100
HND	Honduras	0	1,512,404	100
WSM	Samoa	0	31,140	100
BLZ	Belize	0	39,970	100
COM	Comoros	0	46,030	100
CYP	Cyprus	0	190,240	100
ALB	Albania	0	553,025	100
PAK	Pakistan	0	16,543,800	100
GRD	Grenada	0	9,058	100
KNA	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0	6,636	100
TUR	Türkiye	0	17,261,271	100
BTN	Bhutan	0	159,450	100
TON	Tonga	0	13,323	100
BRA	Brazil	0	75,899,500	100
CHN	China	0	145,603,200	100
COL	Colombia	0	17,096,850	100
IRQ	Iraq	0	3,460,200	100
GNB	Guinea-Bissau	0	185,900	100
QAT	Qatar	0	18,712	100
VEN	Venezuela	0	7,383,794	100
ARG	Argentina	0	45,065,420	100
CPV	Cabo Verde	0	23,064	100
USA	United States	0	149,460,151	100
BEN	Benin	0	591,243	100
MUS	Mauritius	0	36,955	100
PNG	Papua New Guinea	0	215,647	100
PER	Peru	0	6,208,580	100
SLB	Solomon Islands	0	17,964	100
GMB	Gambia	0	171,020	100
GRC	Greece	0	2,909,749	100
LBN	Lebanon	0	205,558	100
PRY	Paraguay	0	3,680,325	100
DMA	Dominica	0	5,610	100
RWA	Rwanda	0	459,419	100
MEX	Mexico	0	27,813,551	100
ZWE	Zimbabwe	0	3,214,600	100
JOR	Jordan	0	312,821	100
ESP	Spain	0	9,044,972	100
IDN	Indonesia	0	9,194,020	100
MYS	Malaysia	0	1,114,700	100
UGA	Uganda	0	2,630,238	100
BDI	Burundi	0	474,044	100
CAN	Canada	0	15,468,890	100
LSO	Lesotho	0	589,450	100
CHL	Chile	0	3,612,527	100
KEN	Kenya	0	5,897,400	100
MAR	Morocco	0	6,127,760	100
CMR	Cameroon	0	1,777,500	100
SWZ	Eswatini	0	336,037	100
GUY	Guyana	0	302,050	100
TZA	Tanzania	0	6,235,440	100
BFA	Burkina Faso	0	1,836,400	100
SEN	Senegal	0	1,787,990	100
SOM	Somalia	0	7,722,875	100
TUN	Tunisia	0	1,649,300	100
IRN	Iran	0	10,203,700	100
NER	Niger	0	4,828,749	100
AFG	Afghanistan	0	4,965,200	100
MDG	Madagascar	0	4,564,419	100
ZAF	South Africa	0	12,419,351	100
BOL	Bolivia	0	3,715,142	100
MLI	Mali	0	3,776,500	100
NGA	Nigeria	0	6,720,400	100
MWI	Malawi	0	446,075	100
CAF	Central African Republic	0	485,700	100
OMN	Oman	0	106,520	100
TGO	Togo	0	300,334	100
KIR	Kiribati	0	3,400	100
AUS	Australia	0	42,434,040	100
DJI	Djibouti	0	106,420	100
GHA	Ghana	0	959,090	100
ISL	Iceland	0	158,704	100
SLE	Sierra Leone	0	216,800	100
SYR	Syria	0	1,167,506	100
TCD	Chad	0	3,485,200	100
LBR	Liberia	0	81,800	100
STP	São Tomé and Príncipe	0	2,665	100
YEM	Yemen	0	1,747,180	100
GNQ	Equatorial Guinea	0	7,210	100
GIN	Guinea	0	771,438	100
DZA	Algeria	0	2,362,763	100
BWA	Botswana	0	1,173,912	100
MRT	Mauritania	0	2,009,000	100
NAM	Namibia	0	1,863,400	100
ZMB	Zambia	0	997,074	100
AGO	Angola	0	1,625,850	100
COD	DR Congo	0	1,063,865	100
LBY	Libya	0	569,120	100
MNG	Mongolia	0	5,160,790	100
CIV	Côte d’Ivoire	0	499,700	100
MOZ	Mozambique	0	881,782	100
GAB	Gabon	0	37,450	100
SAU	Saudi Arabia	0	674,115	100
COG	Republic of the Congo	0	44,900	100

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