Data for 1997

Livestock Density, 1997

Name: Livestock Density, 1997
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1997, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Livestock Density, 1997 covers 182 countries on 3 measures. Singapore is highest, at 17.65; Republic of the Congo is lowest, at 0.01. The middle country reads 0.42. Against 1996, 122 values changed (76 up, 46 down), the same countries are covered.

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Livestock Density · Data for 1997

HighestSingapore

17.65

LowestRepublic of the Congo

0.01

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

182countries
3measures per country
1997the year it describes
107distinct 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, 1997, 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, 1997: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	17.65	21,185	100
2	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	10.13	70,897	100
3	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	4.53	3,916,763	100
4	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	4.46	53,465	100
5	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	4.36	8,556,478	100
6	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	3.83	38,330	100
7	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	3.36	33,640	100
8	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	3.13	59,450	100
9	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	3.10	17,068	100
10	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	2.76	11,025	100
11	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	2.55	181,142	100
12	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	2.45	4,853,887	100
13	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	2.37	7,688,840	100
14	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	2.29	327,047	100
15	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	1.93	19,324	100
16	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	1.85	121,784	100
=17	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1.81	4,870,696	100
=17	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	1.81	9,826,290	100
19	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	1.76	15,799	100
20	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	1.72	16,134,600	100
21	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	1.63	7,111,940	100
22	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	1.54	218,551	100
23	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	1.52	610	100
24	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	1.48	2,950	100
25	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	1.46	6,173,257	100
26	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	1.38	1,427,357	100
27	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	1.32	10,342,690	100
28	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	1.29	2,260,655	100
29	Suriname`SUR`South America	1.28	112,767	100
=30	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	1.27	22,016,071	100
=30	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	1.27	2,000,610	100
32	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	1.26	10,125	100
33	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	1.18	465,721	100
34	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	1.15	58,695	100
35	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	1.08	33,510	100
36	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	1.07	3,173,976	100
37	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	1.05	18,397,105	100
38	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	1.03	508,043	100
39	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	1.02	13,130,181	100
40	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.99	2,511,950	100
41	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.98	16,720	100
42	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.97	545,260	100
43	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.96	95,475	100
44	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.94	169,345,130	100
=45	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.92	1,552,000	100
=45	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.92	9,717,255	100
47	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.91	33,457,650	100
48	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.89	435,250	100
=49	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.85	25,524,425	100
=49	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.85	293,062	100
=51	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.84	60,740	100
=51	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.84	9,206	100
=53	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.83	936,914	100
=53	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.83	322,724	100
55	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.81	1,002,578	100
56	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.78	6,257,676	100
57	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.75	12,670	100
58	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.74	2,413,791	100
59	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.73	2,616,607	100
=60	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.72	11,108,196	100
=60	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.72	8,120,948	100
62	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.71	1,533,620	100
=63	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.70	1,358,342	100
=63	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.70	436,405	100
=65	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.68	3,114,777	100
=65	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.68	20,655,275	100
67	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.67	6,000	100
=68	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.65	9,726,975	100
=68	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.65	109,215	100
=70	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.59	135,448,450	100
=70	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.59	377,195	100
=72	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.57	3,835,419	100
=72	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.57	2,432,633	100
=72	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.57	12,362,013	100
=75	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.56	24,256,467	100
=75	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.56	1,191,385	100
=75	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.56	1,315,195	100
78	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.54	1,842,740	100
79	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.53	9,860,106	100
=80	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.52	2,382,185	100
=80	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.52	549,039	100
=82	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.50	7,842,383	100
=82	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.50	1,219,557	100
=84	Colombia`COL`South America	0.49	21,921,540	100
=84	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.49	2,332,510	100
=84	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.49	14,632,490	100
=87	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.46	4,281,415	100
=87	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.46	239,359,750	100
=89	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.44	6,481,445	100
=89	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.44	9,489,353	100
=91	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.42	233,851	100
=91	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.42	1,047,740	100
93	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.41	233,016	100
94	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.40	4,310,177	100
=95	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.39	1,769,055	100
=95	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.39	3,587,600	100
=95	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.39	2,747,863	100
=95	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.39	417,450	100
=99	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.38	730,998	100
=99	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.38	490,110	100
=99	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.38	389,105	100
=99	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.38	14,945,520	100
=103	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.37	1,859,780	100
=103	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.37	2,295,804	100
105	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.36	1,033,570	100
=106	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.35	52,503	100
=106	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.35	43,985	100
=106	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.35	37,186,514	100
=109	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.33	846,579	100
=109	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.33	13,895,345	100
=109	United States`USA`Northern America	0.33	135,432,525	100
=112	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.32	40,708,810	100
=112	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.32	391,119	100
=112	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.32	230,300	100
=112	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.32	8,462,196	100
=112	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.32	2,782,840	100
=112	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.32	3,923,490	100
=118	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.31	416,747	100
=118	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.31	1,048,170	100
=118	Peru`PER`South America	0.31	6,974,261	100
=121	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.30	18,080,895	100
=121	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.30	310,300	100
=123	Chile`CHL`South America	0.29	4,361,884	100
=123	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.29	875,278	100
=123	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.29	2,576,518	100
126	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.28	20,265	100
=127	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.27	17,260,040	100
=127	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.27	481,610	100
129	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.26	8,665,495	100
=130	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.25	1,535,155	100
=130	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.25	2,169,684	100
=130	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.25	591,833	100
=130	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.25	405,045	100
134	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.24	15,559,965	100
135	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.23	3,256,990	100
=136	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.22	469,280	100
=136	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.22	5,886	100
=136	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.22	9,911,450	100
=136	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.22	992,217	100
=140	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.21	1,523,428	100
=140	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.21	2,006,179	100
142	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.19	280,520	100
=143	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.18	6,771,789	100
=143	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.18	355,912	100
=143	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.18	5,661,780	100
=146	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.17	8,287,297	100
=146	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.17	2,415,692	100
=148	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.16	5,868,149	100
=148	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.16	692,351	100
=150	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.15	5,410,903	100
=150	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.15	33,238,308	100
=150	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.15	414,000	100
=150	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.15	14,715,677	100
=150	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.15	502,246	100
=150	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.15	4,218,845	100
=156	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.13	4,810,150	100
=156	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.13	4,900	100
=156	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.13	4,765,926	100
=159	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.11	1,482,851	100
=159	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.11	1,158,067	100
=159	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.11	2,670,300	100
=162	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.10	4,080,837	100
=162	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.10	10,920	100
=162	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.10	1,375,253	100
=165	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.09	179,497	100
=165	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.09	120,000	100
=167	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.08	37,911,870	100
=167	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.08	1,741,968	100
=169	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.07	1,062,850	100
=169	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.07	2,648,300	100
=171	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.06	1,541,800	100
=171	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.06	1,238,354	100
=171	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.06	1,555,140	100
=171	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.06	117,000	100
=175	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.05	2,209,575	100
=175	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.05	6,622,112	100
=177	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.04	1,450,100	100
=177	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.04	1,538,304	100
=179	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.03	5,897,945	100
=179	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.03	1,234,650	100
181	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.02	3,006,741	100
182	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.01	107,033	100

02In 1997

At either end

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

Highest

1Singapore17.65
2Hong Kong10.13
3Taiwan4.53
4Brunei4.46
5Netherlands4.36

Lowest

182Republic of the Congo0.01
181Saudi Arabia0.02
179Turkmenistanshared0.03
179Kazakhstanshared0.03
177Namibiashared0.04

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.42. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Total livestock units
HighestChina239,359,750
LowestNauru610
Middle country: 1,553,570
Share of total livestock (%)
Highest182 share it
Lowest182 share it
Middle country: 100

031996 → 1997

Since 1996

What changed between 1996 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
122values changed, of 182 in both
76 · 46rose · fell
60unchanged

Rose most

Hong Kong7.79 → 10.13+2.34
Brunei3.23 → 4.46+1.23
Malta3.47 → 3.83+0.36
Seychelles2.40 → 2.76+0.36
Taiwan4.34 → 4.53+0.19

Fell most

Singapore21.10 → 17.65−3.45
Bahamas4.06 → 3.36−0.70
Barbados3.29 → 3.13−0.16
Netherlands4.48 → 4.36−0.12
North Korea0.51 → 0.42−0.09

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

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 1997.
107 distinct values among 182
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 6 countries share 0.32. 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) (1997). Livestock Density, 1997 [data set], describing 1997. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/livestock-density/1997

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