Data for 1981

Livestock Density, 1981

Name: Livestock Density, 1981
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1981, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Livestock Density, 1981 covers 158 countries on 3 measures. Singapore is highest, at 39.14; Republic of the Congo is lowest, at 0.01. The middle country reads 0.44. Against 1980, 105 values changed (66 up, 39 down), the same countries are covered.

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Livestock Density · Data for 1981

HighestSingapore

39.14

LowestRepublic of the Congo

0.01

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

158countries
3measures per country
1981the year it describes
94distinct values2 decimals, as published
Sep 11, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Livestock Density, 1981, 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, 1981: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	39.14	273,995	100
2	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	20.56	185,011	100
3	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	4.05	8,222,357	100
4	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	2.51	47,650	100
5	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	1.98	25,772	100
6	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	1.97	29,620	100
7	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	1.92	1,727,167	100
8	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	1.84	4,545,952	100
9	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	1.83	20,180	100
10	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1.82	5,259,857	100
11	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	1.60	29,548,785	100
12	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	1.53	9,348,625	100
13	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	1.52	144,200	100
14	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	1.51	13,628	100
15	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	1.46	2,407,940	100
16	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	1.45	1,356,085	100
17	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	1.31	5,393,000	100
=18	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	1.27	12,723,714	100
=18	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	1.27	173,345	100
20	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	1.23	41,705	100
=21	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	1.20	5,888,960	100
=21	Suriname`SUR`South America	1.20	87,385	100
23	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	1.18	5,906	100
=24	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	1.07	3,381,950	100
=24	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	1.07	430	100
26	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.98	9,753	100
27	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.95	14,456,498	100
28	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.93	17,055,200	100
29	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.92	1,472,150	100
30	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.89	481,120	100
31	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.88	6,027,560	100
32	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.87	27,685,794	100
33	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.84	1,889,123	100
34	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.82	2,063,850	100
=35	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.81	146,888,400	100
=35	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.81	1,985,200	100
=35	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.81	9,660	100
38	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.80	1,288,317	100
39	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.79	8,247,470	100
40	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.77	977,917	100
41	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.76	3,013,150	100
42	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.75	131,790	100
43	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.74	13,969,174	100
44	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.73	12,866,265	100
45	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.71	2,625,223	100
=46	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.70	4,164,005	100
=46	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.70	10,500,155	100
=48	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.68	1,768,537	100
=48	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.68	14,165	100
=50	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.67	745,660	100
=50	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.67	200,850	100
=50	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.67	1,334	100
53	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.66	9,815,295	100
=54	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.64	4,237,220	100
=54	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.64	318,335	100
56	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.63	1,182,937	100
=57	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.62	3,817,816	100
=57	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.62	9,986	100
=57	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.62	1,446,095	100
=57	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.62	141,356	100
61	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.61	1,606,184	100
62	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.59	1,823,585	100
=63	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.58	3,906,012	100
=63	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.58	6,210,496	100
=65	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.57	20,689,901	100
=65	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.57	74,583	100
=67	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.55	30,873	100
=67	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.55	41,988	100
69	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.53	20,385,341	100
=70	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.52	1,701,415	100
=70	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.52	309,994	100
=70	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.52	1,979,380	100
73	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.50	48,630	100
74	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.48	47,670	100
=75	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.47	193,695	100
=75	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.47	244,150	100
=77	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.45	105,762,188	100
=77	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.45	8,747,646	100
=79	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.44	28,830	100
=79	Colombia`COL`South America	0.44	19,912,595	100
=79	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.44	8,270	100
=79	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.44	9,295,606	100
83	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.43	6,482	100
84	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.42	24,697	100
85	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.41	836,835	100
86	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.40	113,650	100
87	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.39	5,071,732	100
=88	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.38	165,429,716	100
=88	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.38	43,005	100
90	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.37	968,695	100
=91	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.35	45,182,580	100
=91	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.35	3,281,550	100
=91	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.35	34,653,592	100
=94	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.34	197,750	100
=94	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.34	276,674	100
=94	United States`USA`Northern America	0.34	147,378,458	100
=97	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.32	1,633,242	100
=97	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.32	10,039,976	100
=99	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.31	2,867,634	100
=99	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.31	249,091	100
=99	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.31	344,976	100
=99	Peru`PER`South America	0.31	6,331,665	100
=103	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.29	2,620,246	100
=103	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.29	377,426	100
105	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.28	10,257,830	100
=106	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.27	6,815,450	100
=106	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.27	471,974	100
=106	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.27	2,956,190	100
=109	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.26	2,395,820	100
=109	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.26	16,051,985	100
=109	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.26	590,371	100
=112	Chile`CHL`South America	0.25	4,191,500	100
=112	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.25	7,689,760	100
=112	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.25	2,972,400	100
115	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.22	233,554	100
=116	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.21	1,049,630	100
=116	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.21	9,378,740	100
=118	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.20	11,740,565	100
=118	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.20	1,731,800	100
120	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.19	5,531,145	100
121	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.18	5,499,554	100
=122	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.17	356,470	100
=122	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.17	9,556,180	100
=122	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.17	1,508,370	100
=125	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.16	5,907,250	100
=125	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.16	5,410,870	100
=125	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.16	5,772,733	100
=125	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.16	645,134	100
=125	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.16	4,999,400	100
=130	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.14	13,612,950	100
=130	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.14	2,030,777	100
132	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.12	153,970	100
=133	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.10	3,720	100
=133	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.10	109,400	100
=133	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.10	272,000	100
=136	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.09	3,465,593	100
=136	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.09	176,764	100
=136	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.09	3,467	100
=136	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.09	285,628	100
=140	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.08	37,491,702	100
=140	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.08	1,003,550	100
=140	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.08	1,802,088	100
=143	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.07	3,453,700	100
=143	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.07	8,600	100
=143	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.07	906,340	100
=143	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.07	1,394,722	100
=147	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.06	1,622,870	100
=147	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.06	891,500	100
=149	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.05	789,000	100
=149	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.05	1,210,040	100
=149	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.05	2,096,820	100
=152	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.04	1,910,020	100
=152	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.04	5,212,040	100
=152	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.04	1,589,214	100
=155	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.03	60,800	100
=155	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.03	1,024,800	100
157	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.02	1,396,740	100
158	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.01	72,339	100

02In 1981

At either end

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

Highest

1Singapore39.14
2Hong Kong20.56
3Netherlands4.05
4Barbados2.51
5Malta1.98

Lowest

158Republic of the Congo0.01
157Saudi Arabia0.02
155Mozambiqueshared0.03
155Gabonshared0.03
152Namibiashared0.04

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.44. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Total livestock units
HighestChina165,429,716
LowestNauru430
Middle country: 1,628,056
Share of total livestock (%)
Highest158 share it
Lowest158 share it
Middle country: 100

031980 → 1981

Since 1980

What changed between 1980 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
105values changed, of 158 in both
66 · 39rose · fell
53unchanged

Rose most

Singapore37.38 → 39.14+1.76
Bahamas1.44 → 1.83+0.39
Brunei1.59 → 1.97+0.38
Malta1.74 → 1.98+0.24
Tonga1.06 → 1.23+0.17

Fell most

Hong Kong23.36 → 20.56−2.80
Taiwan2.05 → 1.92−0.13
Israel0.97 → 0.89−0.08
Switzerland1.52 → 1.46−0.06
Dominican Republic0.67 → 0.61−0.06

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 1981.
94 distinct values among 158
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 5 countries share 0.16. 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) (1981). Livestock Density, 1981 [data set], describing 1981. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/livestock-density/1981

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