Data for 1999

Livestock Density, 1999

Name: Livestock Density, 1999
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1999, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Livestock Density, 1999 covers 182 countries on 3 measures. Singapore is highest, at 16.82; Republic of the Congo is lowest, at 0.01. The middle country reads 0.42. Against 1998, 126 values changed (71 up, 55 down), the same countries are covered.

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Livestock Density · Data for 1999

HighestSingapore

16.82

LowestRepublic of the Congo

0.01

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

182countries
3measures per country
1999the year it describes
108distinct 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, 1999, 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, 1999: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	16.82	20,180	100
2	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	9.24	64,647	100
3	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	7.02	84,218	100
4	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	4.29	8,462,528	100
5	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	4.17	37,530	100
6	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	3.49	2,984,870	100
7	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	3.23	58,190	100
8	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	3.10	17,068	100
9	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	2.89	193,350	100
10	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	2.71	390,391	100
11	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	2.66	26,590	100
12	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	2.51	10,022	100
13	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	2.34	4,579,607	100
14	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	2.30	7,999,504	100
15	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	2.02	20,226	100
16	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	1.86	122,948	100
17	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1.83	4,845,147	100
18	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	1.81	9,645,200	100
19	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	1.78	16,029	100
=20	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	1.69	16,070,419	100
=20	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	1.69	7,426,730	100
=22	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	1.52	610	100
=22	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	1.52	3,040	100
=24	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	1.49	214,911	100
=24	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	1.49	6,299,623	100
26	Suriname`SUR`South America	1.40	123,565	100
27	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	1.38	10,130	100
28	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	1.35	1,404,027	100
29	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	1.29	10,831,158	100
30	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	1.27	21,723,820	100
31	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	1.25	1,964,657	100
32	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	1.16	59,172	100
33	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	1.10	34,054	100
=34	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	1.06	3,132,972	100
=34	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	1.06	16,250	100
36	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	1.05	18,095,333	100
=37	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	1.04	583,310	100
=37	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	1.04	1,838,570	100
39	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	1.03	12,915,452	100
40	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	1.02	73,445	100
41	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	1.00	513,641	100
42	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.98	490,734	100
=43	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.97	1,637,200	100
=43	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.97	95,355	100
45	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.96	10,230,423	100
=46	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.93	168,812,450	100
=46	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.93	450,240	100
48	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.92	33,804,350	100
49	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.88	2,214,614	100
50	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.85	25,359,056	100
51	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.84	319,022	100
52	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.80	912,684	100
=53	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.79	9,502	100
=53	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.79	463,014	100
55	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.78	1,014,353	100
=56	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.73	5,918,076	100
=56	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.73	8,185,296	100
=56	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.73	244,902	100
=59	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.72	21,980,326	100
=59	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.72	2,303,130	100
61	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.70	11,124,050	100
=62	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.69	1,308,610	100
=62	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.69	2,669,875	100
=64	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.67	12,670	100
=64	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.67	1,472,515	100
66	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.64	2,992,591	100
=67	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.63	6,340	100
=67	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.63	109,615	100
69	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.62	9,270,775	100
70	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.61	138,502,455	100
=71	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.60	395,170	100
=71	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.60	13,030,586	100
73	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.58	1,467,300	100
=74	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.57	3,817,638	100
=74	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.57	1,225,295	100
=76	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.54	2,311,726	100
=76	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.54	2,525,105	100
=78	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.52	2,587,550	100
=78	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.52	15,482,490	100
80	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.51	9,479,041	100
81	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.50	261,277,900	100
=82	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.49	1,633,434	100
=82	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.49	523,845	100
84	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.47	7,677,568	100
85	Colombia`COL`South America	0.46	20,995,650	100
86	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.45	4,174,945	100
=87	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.44	4,014,350	100
=87	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.44	19,375,115	100
=89	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.43	248,022	100
=89	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.43	461,850	100
91	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.42	236,241	100
=92	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.41	1,921,607	100
=92	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.41	62,153	100
=92	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.41	4,569,076	100
=92	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.41	990,833	100
=96	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.40	1,968,580	100
=96	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.40	50,300	100
=96	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.40	5,839,350	100
99	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.39	923,075	100
=100	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.38	769,322	100
=100	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.38	2,352,075	100
=102	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.37	400,340	100
=102	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.37	8,167,690	100
104	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.36	14,506,930	100
105	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.35	36,844,733	100
=106	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.34	1,041,259	100
=106	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.34	9,239,676	100
=106	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.34	4,167,960	100
109	Peru`PER`South America	0.33	7,426,024	100
=110	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.32	2,250,340	100
=110	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.32	413,830	100
=110	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.32	2,913,200	100
=110	United States`USA`Northern America	0.32	133,014,875	100
=114	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.31	40,047,050	100
=114	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.31	930,732	100
=114	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.31	224,800	100
=114	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.31	724,995	100
=114	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.31	525,049	100
=114	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.31	10,561,282	100
=120	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.30	399,129	100
=120	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.30	18,285,600	100
=120	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.30	298,075	100
=120	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.30	365,873	100
=120	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.30	2,585,559	100
=125	Chile`CHL`South America	0.29	4,413,580	100
=125	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.29	748,455	100
=127	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.28	1,573,427	100
=127	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.28	961,615	100
=129	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.27	17,167,434	100
=129	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.27	11,319,355	100
=131	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.26	550,672	100
=131	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.26	2,169,375	100
=131	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.26	416,295	100
=131	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.26	19,928	100
=135	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.25	16,626,297	100
=135	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.25	3,681,357	100
=137	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.23	10,016,185	100
=137	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.23	2,221,706	100
139	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.22	1,657,435	100
140	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.21	955,355	100
=141	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.20	7,284,081	100
=141	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.20	6,228,420	100
=143	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.19	9,267,045	100
=143	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.19	296,233	100
=145	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.18	339,682	100
=145	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.18	6,196	100
=145	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.18	2,539,712	100
148	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.17	578,452	100
=149	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.16	745,403	100
=149	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.16	5,858,359	100
=149	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.16	4,355,985	100
=152	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.15	5,751,974	100
=152	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.15	5,741,775	100
=152	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.15	14,951,013	100
=155	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.14	4,900	100
=155	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.14	5,245,511	100
=155	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.14	400,400	100
158	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.13	27,651,858	100
=159	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.12	1,644,761	100
=159	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.12	2,860,900	100
=161	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.11	4,560,218	100
=161	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.11	11,255	100
=161	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.11	1,463,190	100
=161	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.11	1,228,837	100
=165	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.09	179,359	100
=165	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.09	120,000	100
=165	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.09	1,916,650	100
=168	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.08	37,341,550	100
=168	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.08	3,025,331	100
170	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.07	1,043,600	100
=171	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.06	1,650,570	100
=171	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.06	1,251,303	100
=171	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.06	119,400	100
=171	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.06	7,277,942	100
=175	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.05	2,411,900	100
=175	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.05	1,383,026	100
=177	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.04	1,478,900	100
=177	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.04	1,659,551	100
=177	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.04	1,563,500	100
=180	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.02	4,380,735	100
=180	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.02	2,725,029	100
182	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.01	110,833	100

02In 1999

At either end

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

Highest

1Singapore16.82
2Hong Kong9.24
3Brunei7.02
4Netherlands4.29
5Malta4.17

Lowest

182Republic of the Congo0.01
180Saudi Arabiashared0.02
180Kazakhstanshared0.02
177Turkmenistanshared0.04
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
HighestChina261,277,900
LowestNauru610
Middle country: 1,654,003
Share of total livestock (%)
Highest182 share it
Lowest182 share it
Middle country: 100

031998 → 1999

Since 1998

What changed between 1998 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
126values changed, of 182 in both
71 · 55rose · fell
56unchanged

Rose most

Brunei5.23 → 7.02+1.79
Kuwait2.48 → 2.71+0.23
Barbados3.10 → 3.23+0.13
Suriname1.28 → 1.40+0.12
Lesotho0.21 → 0.31+0.10

Fell most

Bahamas5.06 → 2.66−2.40
Hong Kong9.77 → 9.24−0.53
Taiwan3.85 → 3.49−0.36
United Arab Emirates1.19 → 1.00−0.19
Timor-Leste0.87 → 0.73−0.14

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 1999.
108 distinct values among 182
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 6 countries share 0.31. 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) (1999). Livestock Density, 1999 [data set], describing 1999. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/livestock-density/1999

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07Questions