Data for 1989

Livestock Density, 1989

Name: Livestock Density, 1989
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
License: https://www.fao.org/contact-us/terms/db-terms-of-use/en/

1989, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Livestock Density, 1989 covers 158 countries on 3 measures. Singapore is highest, at 55.41; Republic of the Congo is lowest, at 0.01. The middle country reads 0.50. Against 1988, 109 values changed (74 up, 35 down), the same countries are covered.

Download CSV Cite this year

Share this page

Livestock Density · Data for 1989

HighestSingapore

55.41

LowestRepublic of the Congo

0.01

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

158countries
3measures per country
1989the year it describes
103distinct 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, 1989, as published. FAO ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

Search this table

Showing 25 of 158 countries · select a heading to sort

Livestock Density, 1989: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
derived
1	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	55.41	110,822	100
2	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	18.65	149,229	100
3	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	4.39	8,813,223	100
4	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	3.61	68,680	100
5	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	3.33	43,272	100
6	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	2.96	2,651,451	100
7	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	2.35	331,461	100
8	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	2.34	168,410	100
9	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	2.24	5,765,690	100
10	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	2.11	27,395	100
11	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	1.98	21,807	100
12	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	1.84	18,436	100
13	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	1.81	10,637,540	100
14	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1.62	4,484,730	100
=15	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	1.61	14,511	100
=15	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	1.61	29,037,101	100
17	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	1.60	7,990	100
18	Suriname`SUR`South America	1.54	135,361	100
19	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	1.44	3,169,542	100
=20	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	1.41	14,768,104	100
=20	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	1.41	2,269,510	100
=22	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	1.32	530	100
=22	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	1.32	5,476,263	100
24	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	1.30	1,292,160	100
25	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	1.28	6,005,720	100
26	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	1.27	2,541	100
27	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	1.24	74,666	100
28	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	1.19	8,010,520	100
29	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	1.17	37,388	100
=30	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	1.13	3,449,259	100
=30	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	1.13	61,044	100
32	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	1.09	261,593	100
33	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	1.04	168,228	100
34	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	1.03	1,707,511	100
35	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	1.00	18,268,660	100
36	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.98	10,745	100
37	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.97	2,424,275	100
38	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.96	13,478,306	100
39	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.90	515,760	100
40	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.89	162,316,100	100
41	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.84	1,347,900	100
=42	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.83	25,619,077	100
=42	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.83	8,624,077	100
44	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.82	2,148,520	100
45	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.81	896,245	100
46	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.80	1,013,410	100
=47	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.78	13,110,815	100
=47	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.78	371,225	100
49	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.77	16,270	100
50	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.74	10,916,060	100
51	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.73	1,747,010	100
52	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.72	25,930,155	100
53	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.71	47,520	100
54	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.70	1,662,075	100
=55	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.68	12,210	100
=55	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.68	12,819,683	100
=57	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.67	1,556,445	100
=57	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.67	2,274,421	100
59	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.64	9,529,603	100
=60	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.63	4,236,425	100
=60	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.63	248,300	100
=60	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.63	8,243	100
=60	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.63	2,534,450	100
64	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.62	376,449	100
=65	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.61	2,058,354	100
=65	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.61	3,937,755	100
=67	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.59	4,591,719	100
=67	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.59	66,255	100
=67	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.59	87,301	100
=70	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.58	3,581,239	100
=70	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.58	2,315,990	100
=70	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.58	6,402,693	100
=73	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.56	1,185,280	100
=73	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.56	169,881	100
=75	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.55	250,276	100
=75	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.55	311,725	100
77	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.54	2,410,870	100
78	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.52	123,475,109	100
79	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.51	11,218,395	100
80	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.49	5,887	100
81	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.48	6,697,747	100
82	Colombia`COL`South America	0.46	20,616,303	100
83	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.45	54,550	100
84	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.44	9,346,953	100
85	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.43	1,860,540	100
86	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.42	12,769,150	100
=87	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.41	203,845,461	100
=87	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.41	16,461,000	100
89	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.40	17,634,870	100
=90	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.39	227,410	100
=90	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.39	3,604,350	100
92	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.38	839,830	100
=93	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.37	3,370,600	100
=93	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.37	41,712	100
95	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.36	37,760,540	100
=96	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.35	3,463,500	100
=96	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.35	396,688	100
=96	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.35	9,499,285	100
99	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.34	43,672,901	100
100	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.32	286,933	100
101	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.31	391,505	100
102	United States`USA`Northern America	0.30	129,297,350	100
=103	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.29	1,448,595	100
=103	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.29	2,686,628	100
=103	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.29	670,608	100
=103	Peru`PER`South America	0.29	6,432,760	100
=103	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.29	19,715	100
=108	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.27	287,450	100
=108	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.27	3,427,200	100
=110	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.26	1,777,190	100
=110	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.26	481,183	100
=110	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.26	2,257,300	100
=110	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.26	3,059,170	100
=114	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.25	15,213,260	100
=114	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.25	15,683,210	100
=114	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.25	7,954,172	100
=117	Chile`CHL`South America	0.24	3,857,314	100
=117	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.24	10,751,220	100
=119	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.22	158,750	100
=119	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.22	12,712,570	100
121	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.20	1,836,420	100
122	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.19	5,790,301	100
123	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.18	384,847	100
=124	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.17	6,018,787	100
=124	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.17	223,000	100
=124	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.17	2,324,194	100
=124	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.17	540,040	100
=128	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.16	5,718,359	100
=128	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.16	679,480	100
130	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.14	13,661,201	100
=131	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.13	4,121,493	100
=131	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.13	3,992,578	100
=131	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.13	4,046	100
=134	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.11	5,318,860	100
=134	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.11	4,350	100
=134	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.11	133,000	100
=137	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.10	3,644,050	100
=137	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.10	4,004,310	100
=137	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.10	1,229,351	100
=137	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.10	274,930	100
=141	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.09	9,770	100
=141	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.09	179,289	100
=141	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.09	2,056,872	100
=144	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.08	37,885,636	100
=144	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.08	1,602,340	100
146	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.07	1,042,250	100
=147	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.06	1,568,250	100
=147	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.06	1,031,100	100
=147	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.06	1,632,664	100
=147	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.06	890,886	100
=147	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.06	2,187,580	100
152	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.05	90,183	100
=153	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.04	1,951,220	100
=153	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.04	5,300,555	100
=153	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.04	1,576,650	100
156	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.03	1,042,400	100
157	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.02	2,142,618	100
158	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.01	93,097	100

02In 1989

At either end

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

Highest

1Singapore55.41
2Hong Kong18.65
3Netherlands4.39
4Barbados3.61
5Malta3.33

Lowest

158Republic of the Congo0.01
157Saudi Arabia0.02
156Mozambique0.03
153Namibiashared0.04
153Mongoliashared0.04

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.50. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Total livestock units
HighestChina203,845,461
LowestNauru530
Middle country: 1,848,480
Share of total livestock (%)
Highest158 share it
Lowest158 share it
Middle country: 100

031988 → 1989

Since 1988

What changed between 1988 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
109values changed, of 158 in both
74 · 35rose · fell
49unchanged

Rose most

Singapore34.51 → 55.41+20.90
Hong Kong17.24 → 18.65+1.41
Barbados3.09 → 3.61+0.52
Trinidad and Tobago1.93 → 2.34+0.41
Tuvalu0.94 → 1.27+0.33

Fell most

Brunei2.41 → 2.11−0.30
Antigua and Barbuda1.76 → 1.61−0.15
Tonga1.28 → 1.17−0.11
Myanmar0.92 → 0.83−0.09
Norway1.34 → 1.30−0.04

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

Read before you use

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 1989.
103 distinct values among 158
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 5 countries share 0.29. 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

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

.csv
For a spreadsheet or code
158 rows · 6.2 KB · UTF-8, opens in Excel
Opens with 11 lines of source notes; the table starts on row 13.
Download livestock-density-1989-nations-inquiry.csv
↗
The publisher’s original
FAO’s own file, on its own site.
Environment_LivestockPatterns_E_All_Data_(Normalized).zip

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 4.0 · what it allows, in plain words

Cite this edition

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (1989). Livestock Density, 1989 [data set], describing 1989. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/livestock-density/1989

0663 held

Other years

‹ The year before
Livestock Density, 1988
158 countries
The year after ›
Livestock Density, 1990
158 countries
All of them
Livestock Density: every year
63 held, with the data dictionary, coverage and licence.
How it has moved, charted by country

07Questions