Data for 1979

Livestock Density, 1979

Name: Livestock Density, 1979
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1979, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Livestock Density, 1979 covers 158 countries on 3 measures. Singapore is highest, at 41.95; 2 countries share the lowest reading, 0.01. The middle country reads 0.43. Against 1978, 104 values changed (76 up, 28 down), the same countries are covered.

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Livestock Density · Data for 1979

HighestSingapore

41.95

Lowest2 countries share it

0.01

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end.

158countries
3measures per country
1979the year it describes
89distinct values2 decimals, as published
Sep 11, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Livestock Density, 1979, as published. FAO ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Livestock Density, 1979: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	41.95	335,610	100
2	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	24.88	199,069	100
3	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	3.76	7,666,526	100
4	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	2.33	44,250	100
5	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	1.97	27,595	100
=6	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	1.83	18,250,584	100
=6	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	1.83	4,487,550	100
8	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1.80	5,259,207	100
9	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	1.74	1,591,148	100
10	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	1.56	29,098,692	100
11	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	1.50	2,487,186	100
12	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	1.45	8,955,255	100
13	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	1.41	21,160	100
14	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	1.37	12,354	100
15	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	1.36	1,297,219	100
16	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	1.33	140,910	100
17	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	1.31	14,375	100
=18	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	1.27	6,195,950	100
=18	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	1.27	5,187,000	100
20	Suriname`SUR`South America	1.26	80,371	100
21	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	1.13	3,537,270	100
22	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	1.07	35,329	100
=23	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	1.03	10,341	100
=23	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	1.03	138,828	100
25	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	1.02	2,293,744	100
26	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.99	4,945	100
=27	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.96	13,793,775	100
=27	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.96	17,666,451	100
29	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.95	1,511,887	100
30	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.94	1,224,282	100
31	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.93	495,410	100
32	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.90	360	100
33	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.87	27,576,145	100
=34	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.81	15,511,344	100
=34	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.81	5,516,335	100
36	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.80	1,878,650	100
=37	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.79	2,020,115	100
=37	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.79	141,784,800	100
39	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.77	9,200	100
40	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.73	126,170	100
=41	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.72	4,226,690	100
=41	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.72	12,735,278	100
=41	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.72	7,520,330	100
44	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.70	2,595,365	100
45	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.69	2,758,800	100
46	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.68	1,756,710	100
47	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.67	1,624,620	100
=48	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.66	1,065,928	100
=48	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.66	1,322	100
=50	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.64	315,820	100
=50	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.64	13,016	100
=52	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.63	701,565	100
=52	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.63	4,187,400	100
=52	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.63	1,169,195	100
=55	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.62	177,950	100
=55	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.62	9,246,430	100
=55	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.62	9,393,758	100
58	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.60	3,736,907	100
59	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.59	75,185	100
=60	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.58	3,608,569	100
=60	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.58	2,159,074	100
=62	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.57	5,877,894	100
=62	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.57	1,351,175	100
=64	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.56	10,564	100
=64	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.56	20,264,501	100
66	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.53	28,014	100
=67	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.51	48,130	100
=67	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.51	1,546,984	100
=67	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.51	37,840	100
70	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.50	1,639,745	100
=71	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.49	49,200	100
=71	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.49	134,250	100
=71	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.49	19,136,961	100
=71	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.49	106,940	100
75	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.46	185,820	100
=76	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.45	231,400	100
=76	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.45	8,483,724	100
=78	Colombia`COL`South America	0.43	19,649,600	100
=78	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.43	6,500	100
=80	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.42	96,636,991	100
=80	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.42	8,862,776	100
82	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.41	7,830	100
83	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.40	23,815	100
=84	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.38	755,449	100
=84	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.38	160,744,036	100
=84	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.38	235,438	100
=87	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.37	46,640,800	100
=87	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.37	4,725,575	100
89	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.36	23,710	100
90	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.34	192,540	100
=91	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.33	32,511,887	100
=91	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.33	265,100	100
=91	United States`USA`Northern America	0.33	142,548,295	100
=94	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.32	2,935,511	100
=94	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.32	3,026,007	100
=96	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.31	799,275	100
=96	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.31	1,487,593	100
=96	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.31	35,705	100
=96	Peru`PER`South America	0.31	6,261,705	100
=96	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.31	9,724,850	100
=101	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.30	334,244	100
=101	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.30	7,592,650	100
=101	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.30	3,180,330	100
104	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.28	376,913	100
=105	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.27	459,138	100
=105	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.27	3,129,800	100
=107	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.26	2,346,800	100
=107	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.26	236,062	100
=107	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.26	9,407,430	100
=110	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.25	534,800	100
=110	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.25	15,421,885	100
=110	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.25	7,361,960	100
113	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.24	2,182,740	100
=114	Chile`CHL`South America	0.23	3,938,658	100
=114	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.23	540,579	100
=116	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.21	1,833,600	100
=116	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.21	9,083,060	100
118	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.20	5,648,436	100
=119	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.19	936,400	100
=119	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.19	11,418,600	100
=119	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.19	203,243	100
122	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.17	5,080,014	100
=123	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.16	5,503,178	100
=123	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.16	9,019,400	100
=125	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.15	5,820,000	100
=125	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.15	5,499,966	100
=125	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.15	586,270	100
=125	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.15	14,460,472	100
=125	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.15	1,423,830	100
=130	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.13	4,120,300	100
=130	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.13	1,777,144	100
=132	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.11	147,950	100
=132	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.11	325,846	100
=134	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.10	185,043	100
=134	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.10	3,630	100
=136	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.09	100,000	100
=136	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.09	3,226	100
=136	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.09	254,800	100
=139	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.08	39,148,394	100
=139	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.08	974,940	100
=141	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.07	3,179,645	100
=141	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.07	8,240	100
=141	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.07	1,006,626	100
=141	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.07	1,753,330	100
=141	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.07	1,369,663	100
=146	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.06	1,554,090	100
=146	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.06	3,099,100	100
=146	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.06	901,740	100
=149	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.05	1,177,650	100
=149	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.05	1,932,000	100
=149	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.05	1,848,994	100
=152	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.04	1,817,020	100
=152	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.04	729,000	100
=152	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.04	5,347,925	100
=155	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.03	62,800	100
=155	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.03	970,500	100
=157	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.01	70,300	100
=157	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.01	1,301,464	100

02In 1979

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

1Singapore41.95
2Hong Kong24.88
3Netherlands3.76
4Barbados2.33
5Malta1.97

Lowest

157Saudi Arabiashared0.01
157Republic of the Congoshared0.01
155Mozambiqueshared0.03
155Gabonshared0.03
152Mongoliashared0.04

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.43. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Total livestock units
HighestChina160,744,036
LowestNauru360
Middle country: 1,572,619
Share of total livestock (%)
Highest158 share it
Lowest158 share it
Middle country: 100

031978 → 1979

Since 1978

What changed between 1978 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
104values changed, of 158 in both
76 · 28rose · fell
54unchanged

Rose most

Hong Kong23.16 → 24.88+1.72
Singapore40.53 → 41.95+1.42
Kuwait0.77 → 1.03+0.26
Antigua and Barbuda1.13 → 1.37+0.24
Taiwan1.57 → 1.74+0.17

Fell most

Bahamas1.63 → 1.31−0.32
Timor-Leste0.62 → 0.49−0.13
Norway1.42 → 1.36−0.06
Guyana0.31 → 0.26−0.05
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines0.82 → 0.77−0.05

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

One year of the 2026 release
Every year in this series comes from FAO’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1979.
89 distinct values among 158
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 5 countries share 0.31. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
FAO publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 158 countries has every column.

05The files

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (1979). Livestock Density, 1979 [data set], describing 1979. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/livestock-density/1979

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