Data for 1996

Livestock Density, 1996

Name: Livestock Density, 1996
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1996, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Livestock Density, 1996 covers 182 countries on 3 measures. Singapore is highest, at 21.10; Republic of the Congo is lowest, at 0.01. The middle country reads 0.43. Against 1995, 129 values changed (82 up, 47 down), the same countries are covered.

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Livestock Density · Data for 1996

HighestSingapore

21.10

LowestRepublic of the Congo

0.01

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

182countries
3measures per country
1996the year it describes
101distinct values2 decimals, as published
Sep 11, 2026read from the publisher
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01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Livestock Density, 1996, 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, 1996: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	21.10	25,315	100
2	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	7.79	62,332	100
3	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	4.48	8,730,068	100
4	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	4.34	3,784,148	100
5	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	4.06	40,638	100
6	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	3.47	38,185	100
7	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	3.29	62,550	100
8	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	3.23	38,701	100
9	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	3.10	17,068	100
10	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	2.56	194,855	100
11	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	2.40	9,595	100
=12	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	2.36	7,487,937	100
=12	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	2.36	4,736,001	100
14	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	2.28	325,529	100
15	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	1.91	19,134	100
16	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	1.87	123,222	100
17	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	1.81	9,929,480	100
18	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1.77	4,816,559	100
19	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	1.72	15,499	100
20	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	1.71	15,915,600	100
21	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	1.59	6,908,490	100
22	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	1.52	610	100
23	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	1.51	216,549	100
24	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	1.46	2,910	100
25	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	1.45	6,098,802	100
=26	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	1.31	2,059,921	100
=26	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	1.31	10,028,944	100
28	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	1.30	2,211,450	100
29	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	1.27	22,004,265	100
30	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	1.26	1,425,101	100
31	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	1.20	10,125	100
=32	Suriname`SUR`South America	1.16	102,944	100
=32	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	1.16	450,636	100
34	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	1.15	58,660	100
35	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	1.09	3,240,426	100
36	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	1.04	18,268,460	100
37	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	1.02	33,610	100
38	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	1.01	13,147,745	100
39	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.97	2,485,342	100
=40	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.96	16,628	100
=40	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.96	501,782	100
42	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.95	96,065	100
=43	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.94	1,492,100	100
=43	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.94	169,358,750	100
45	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.93	525,060	100
46	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.91	9,525,637	100
=47	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.90	442,230	100
=47	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.90	32,461,600	100
=49	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.87	979,864	100
=49	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.87	1,086,926	100
51	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.85	25,703,807	100
=52	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.83	9,114	100
=52	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.83	285,078	100
54	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.81	318,723	100
55	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.76	11,739,682	100
56	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.75	12,670	100
=57	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.74	51,941	100
=57	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.74	5,893,152	100
=57	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.74	2,430,110	100
=60	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.70	1,399,881	100
=60	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.70	2,613,397	100
=62	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.68	1,503,450	100
=62	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.68	7,555,697	100
64	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.66	9,924,275	100
=65	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.65	2,982,114	100
=65	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.65	19,863,420	100
=65	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.65	402,484	100
=65	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.65	5,860	100
=65	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.65	109,215	100
=70	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.59	3,921,877	100
=70	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.59	25,286,032	100
=70	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.59	1,250,440	100
=70	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.59	1,366,405	100
=74	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.58	132,695,225	100
=74	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.58	2,493,621	100
=74	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.58	366,115	100
77	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.57	12,224,191	100
=78	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.54	1,880,910	100
=78	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.54	571,853	100
80	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.53	9,749,715	100
=81	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.52	274,236,135	100
=81	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.52	2,343,142	100
=83	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.51	1,284,500	100
=83	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.51	1,256,793	100
=85	Colombia`COL`South America	0.50	22,280,650	100
=85	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.50	7,857,552	100
87	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.48	4,439,755	100
=88	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.46	2,145,350	100
=88	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.46	13,992,740	100
=88	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.46	9,822,823	100
91	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.44	6,540,915	100
=92	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.41	234,335	100
=92	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.41	228,369	100
=92	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.41	523,232	100
95	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.40	1,014,359	100
=96	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.39	4,182,806	100
=96	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.39	747,871	100
=98	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.38	55,395	100
=98	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.38	1,028,060	100
=98	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.38	3,490,350	100
=98	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.38	403,905	100
=98	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.38	14,885,970	100
=98	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.38	16,018,225	100
=104	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.37	1,678,325	100
=104	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.37	371,520	100
=104	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.37	2,283,935	100
=104	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.37	377,480	100
108	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.36	1,807,647	100
109	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.35	43,130	100
=110	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.34	2,354,439	100
=110	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.34	36,618,444	100
112	United States`USA`Northern America	0.33	135,861,700	100
=113	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.32	41,309,050	100
=113	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.32	423,776	100
=113	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.32	395,825	100
=113	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.32	227,300	100
=113	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.32	8,446,273	100
=113	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.32	1,094,190	100
=119	Peru`PER`South America	0.31	6,957,726	100
=119	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.31	3,816,350	100
=121	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.30	18,121,200	100
=121	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.30	2,708,120	100
=123	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.29	1,767,219	100
=123	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.29	875,504	100
=125	Chile`CHL`South America	0.28	4,197,588	100
=125	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.28	2,574,866	100
=125	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.28	528,206	100
=125	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.28	20,215	100
=129	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.26	16,960,140	100
=129	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.26	8,570,478	100
131	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.24	560,210	100
=132	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.23	15,003,321	100
=132	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.23	375,700	100
=132	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.23	3,289,422	100
=135	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.22	9,719,935	100
=135	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.22	1,028,884	100
=135	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.22	2,032,810	100
=138	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.20	1,851,262	100
=138	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.20	5,731	100
=140	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.19	402,780	100
=140	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.19	278,437	100
=140	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.19	1,368,035	100
=143	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.18	6,530,202	100
=143	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.18	349,140	100
=143	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.18	5,443,120	100
=143	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.18	37,998,234	100
147	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.17	2,309,567	100
=148	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.16	7,820,871	100
=148	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.16	5,856,908	100
=148	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.16	688,319	100
=148	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.16	438,500	100
=148	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.16	4,427,505	100
153	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.15	14,357,178	100
=154	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.14	5,202,877	100
=154	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.14	447,373	100
=156	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.13	4,900	100
=156	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.13	4,631,449	100
=158	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.12	4,382,980	100
=158	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.12	1,228,630	100
160	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.11	2,577,854	100
=161	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.10	3,961,355	100
=161	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.10	10,795	100
=161	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.10	1,322,045	100
=161	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.10	1,408,447	100
=161	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.10	120,000	100
166	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.09	178,720	100
167	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.08	37,571,809	100
=168	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.07	1,128,000	100
=168	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.07	1,469,240	100
=170	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.06	1,511,350	100
=170	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.06	1,209,130	100
=170	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.06	1,532,007	100
=170	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.06	2,477,300	100
=174	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.05	2,068,520	100
=174	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.05	109,000	100
=174	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.05	6,402,840	100
=177	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.04	7,719,470	100
=177	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.04	1,435,500	100
=177	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.04	1,491,731	100
=177	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.04	1,458,550	100
181	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.02	2,669,860	100
182	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.01	106,635	100

02In 1996

At either end

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

Highest

1Singapore21.10
2Hong Kong7.79
3Netherlands4.48
4Taiwan4.34
5Bahamas4.06

Lowest

182Republic of the Congo0.01
181Saudi Arabia0.02
177Turkmenistanshared0.04
177Namibiashared0.04
177Mozambiqueshared0.04

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
HighestChina274,236,135
LowestNauru610
Middle country: 1,521,679
Share of total livestock (%)
Highest182 share it
Lowest182 share it
Middle country: 100

031995 → 1996

Since 1995

What changed between 1995 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
129values changed, of 182 in both
82 · 47rose · fell
53unchanged

Rose most

Singapore17.65 → 21.10+3.45
Bahamas3.05 → 4.06+1.01
Kuwait1.83 → 2.28+0.45
Taiwan4.16 → 4.34+0.18
Barbados3.12 → 3.29+0.17

Fell most

Malta3.95 → 3.47−0.48
Cabo Verde1.12 → 0.74−0.38
Seychelles2.64 → 2.40−0.24
Hong Kong7.99 → 7.79−0.20
Albania0.96 → 0.87−0.09

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 1996.
101 distinct values among 182
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 6 countries share 0.38. 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 182 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (1996). Livestock Density, 1996 [data set], describing 1996. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/livestock-density/1996

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07Questions