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Livestock Density 1983

Report year 1983Data year 1983

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 1983 — 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 1983 — 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	41	248,913	100
HKG	Hong Kong	22	200,042	100
NLD	Netherlands	4	8,475,983	100
BRB	Barbados	2	46,350	100
MLT	Malta	2	30,990	100
BRN	Brunei	2	32,680	100
TWN	Taiwan	2	1,884,733	100
TTO	Trinidad and Tobago	2	152,810	100
EGY	Egypt	2	4,693,030	100
DNK	Denmark	2	5,054,437	100
BHS	Bahamas	2	17,822	100
JPN	Japan	2	9,795,725	100
DEU	Germany	2	29,302,037	100
ATG	Antigua and Barbuda	2	14,291	100
CHE	Switzerland	1	2,423,059	100
NOR	Norway	1	1,350,255	100
KWT	Kuwait	1	181,313	100
BGD	Bangladesh	1	13,153,560	100
NPL	Nepal	1	5,373,500	100
KOR	South Korea	1	2,861,895	100
SUR	Suriname	1	92,127	100
IRL	Ireland	1	5,876,640	100
NRU	Nauru	1	470	100
AUT	Austria	1	3,490,260	100
BHR	Bahrain	1	10,558	100
NZL	New Zealand	1	14,145,820	100
SYC	Seychelles	1	5,780	100
GBR	United Kingdom	1	17,527,190	100
VNM	Vietnam	1	6,647,870	100
ISR	Israel	1	517,500	100
HTI	Haiti	1	1,482,050	100
TON	Tonga	1	29,665	100
VCT	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1	10,690	100
FRA	France	1	27,718,570	100
IND	India	1	152,714,808	100
LAO	Laos	1	1,379,190	100
PRK	North Korea	1	2,096,500	100
MMR	Myanmar	1	8,714,140	100
FIN	Finland	1	1,981,130	100
CYP	Cyprus	1	144,527	100
JAM	Jamaica	1	355,760	100
TUV	Tuvalu	1	1,492	100
ARE	United Arab Emirates	1	174,210	100
PRT	Portugal	1	2,966,300	100
DOM	Dominican Republic	1	1,932,170	100
LCA	Saint Lucia	1	15,416	100
SWE	Sweden	1	2,591,752	100
ALB	Albania	1	779,600	100
SLV	El Salvador	1	858,367	100
CRI	Costa Rica	1	1,847,520	100
CUB	Cuba	1	4,227,060	100
FJI	Fiji	1	218,200	100
HUN	Hungary	1	4,436,595	100
ITA	Italy	1	11,756,450	100
POL	Poland	1	12,718,091	100
ROU	Romania	1	10,079,676	100
HND	Honduras	1	2,048,389	100
BGR	Bulgaria	1	3,854,965	100
PAN	Panama	1	1,195,660	100
LKA	Sri Lanka	1	1,440,635	100
URY	Uruguay	1	9,265,722	100
GRD	Grenada	1	9,825	100
GTM	Guatemala	1	1,901,776	100
PAK	Pakistan	1	21,657,301	100
PHL	Philippines	1	6,397,693	100
WSM	Samoa	1	45,524	100
VUT	Vanuatu	1	78,990	100
ECU	Ecuador	1	4,006,662	100
KHM	Cambodia	1	1,462,600	100
BLZ	Belize	1	51,070	100
TUR	Türkiye	1	19,189,911	100
LBN	Lebanon	1	305,755	100
BTN	Bhutan	1	213,970	100
NIC	Nicaragua	0	1,833,920	100
GNB	Guinea-Bissau	0	255,250	100
KNA	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0	6,524	100
THA	Thailand	0	9,440,907	100
BEN	Benin	0	956,548	100
VEN	Venezuela	0	9,720,117	100
BRA	Brazil	0	107,220,526	100
COM	Comoros	0	44,890	100
QAT	Qatar	0	25,983	100
COL	Colombia	0	19,881,250	100
DMA	Dominica	0	8,430	100
TLS	Timor-Leste	0	126,610	100
CPV	Cabo Verde	0	27,360	100
PRY	Paraguay	0	5,324,095	100
SLB	Solomon Islands	0	24,809	100
MUS	Mauritius	0	44,665	100
CHN	China	0	169,180,258	100
IRQ	Iraq	0	3,354,900	100
MEX	Mexico	0	35,973,816	100
ARG	Argentina	0	44,699,500	100
PNG	Papua New Guinea	0	275,228	100
ESP	Spain	0	10,913,200	100
GMB	Gambia	0	201,700	100
IDN	Indonesia	0	12,626,120	100
USA	United States	0	145,329,008	100
KEN	Kenya	0	8,378,350	100
MYS	Malaysia	0	1,652,324	100
GRC	Greece	0	2,787,196	100
JOR	Jordan	0	340,107	100
BFA	Burkina Faso	0	2,627,700	100
SWZ	Eswatini	0	374,054	100
PER	Peru	0	6,048,840	100
RWA	Rwanda	0	491,406	100
UGA	Uganda	0	3,085,709	100
CMR	Cameroon	0	2,364,425	100
CAN	Canada	0	15,659,735	100
CAF	Central African Republic	0	1,266,910	100
GUY	Guyana	0	185,700	100
LSO	Lesotho	0	591,548	100
TZA	Tanzania	0	7,993,833	100
CHL	Chile	0	4,156,500	100
ZWE	Zimbabwe	0	3,082,500	100
OMN	Oman	0	245,290	100
SOM	Somalia	0	9,366,380	100
IRN	Iran	0	12,041,500	100
NER	Niger	0	5,968,927	100
SEN	Senegal	0	1,695,310	100
BOL	Bolivia	0	6,003,985	100
BDI	Burundi	0	366,570	100
NGA	Nigeria	0	10,160,460	100
MWI	Malawi	0	667,369	100
TUN	Tunisia	0	1,588,082	100
MDG	Madagascar	0	5,693,944	100
SYR	Syria	0	2,292,268	100
MAR	Morocco	0	4,501,292	100
ZAF	South Africa	0	13,954,800	100
AFG	Afghanistan	0	5,513,250	100
MLI	Mali	0	4,507,610	100
DJI	Djibouti	0	168,690	100
STP	São Tomé and Príncipe	0	3,682	100
DZA	Algeria	0	3,920,890	100
KIR	Kiribati	0	3,900	100
LBR	Liberia	0	120,500	100
SLE	Sierra Leone	0	273,240	100
TGO	Togo	0	300,830	100
GHA	Ghana	0	1,031,300	100
ISL	Iceland	0	174,322	100
TCD	Chad	0	3,850,340	100
GNQ	Equatorial Guinea	0	8,840	100
YEM	Yemen	0	1,852,487	100
AUS	Australia	0	34,975,654	100
GIN	Guinea	0	909,520	100
LBY	Libya	0	1,071,646	100
ZMB	Zambia	0	1,390,303	100
BWA	Botswana	0	1,570,410	100
CIV	Côte d’Ivoire	0	816,000	100
COD	DR Congo	0	1,248,040	100
MRT	Mauritania	0	1,922,400	100
AGO	Angola	0	1,977,885	100
MNG	Mongolia	0	5,330,370	100
GAB	Gabon	0	60,092	100
MOZ	Mozambique	0	984,200	100
NAM	Namibia	0	1,350,898	100
SAU	Saudi Arabia	0	1,941,251	100
COG	Republic of the Congo	0	87,280	100

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