Data for 2000

Livestock Density, 2000

Name: Livestock Density, 2000
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2000, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Livestock Density, 2000 covers 184 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 1999, 134 values changed (75 up, 59 down), 2 countries joined.

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Livestock Density · Data for 2000

HighestSingapore

16.82

LowestRepublic of the Congo

0.01

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

184countries
3measures per country
2000the year it describes
109distinct values2 decimals, as published
Sep 11, 2026read from the publisher
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Every country and every column of Livestock Density, 2000, 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, 2000: 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	9.77	68,397	100
3	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	8.47	101,691	100
4	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	4.28	38,515	100
5	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	4.19	8,202,309	100
6	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	3.72	3,164,732	100
7	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	3.61	5,011,168	100
8	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	3.43	229,606	100
9	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	3.10	17,068	100
10	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	3.09	55,575	100
11	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	2.51	8,276,683	100
12	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	2.44	26,844	100
13	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	2.42	357,538	100
14	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	2.30	9,185	100
15	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	2.29	4,517,440	100
16	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	1.98	130,924	100
17	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	1.96	19,380	100
18	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1.86	4,911,686	100
19	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	1.82	9,559,370	100
20	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	1.75	7,695,740	100
21	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	1.74	15,679	100
22	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	1.70	16,000,200	100
23	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	1.63	208,197	100
24	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	1.56	221,427	100
=25	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	1.52	610	100
=25	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	1.52	3,040	100
27	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	1.50	6,354,001	100
28	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	1.43	10,030	100
29	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	1.36	1,420,083	100
30	Suriname`SUR`South America	1.34	118,193	100
31	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	1.30	11,419,331	100
=32	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	1.25	21,274,241	100
=32	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	1.25	59,870	100
=32	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	1.25	1,959,100	100
35	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	1.15	34,610	100
36	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	1.10	1,995,120	100
37	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	1.07	1,804,064	100
38	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	1.05	14,880	100
=39	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	1.04	590,790	100
=39	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	1.04	17,614,356	100
41	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	1.03	3,027,834	100
=42	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	1.02	101,445	100
=42	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	1.02	12,627,423	100
44	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.98	10,545,194	100
=45	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.97	69,880	100
=45	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.97	531,506	100
47	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.95	457,240	100
48	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.94	34,591,450	100
=49	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.93	168,605,000	100
=49	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.93	483,112	100
51	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.88	26,378,361	100
52	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.87	2,176,912	100
53	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.86	321,393	100
54	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.81	921,354	100
55	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.79	267,850	100
56	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.77	458,338	100
57	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.76	974,810	100
=58	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.75	8,966	100
=58	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.75	2,243,166	100
60	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.74	8,335,430	100
61	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.72	6,860	100
62	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.71	11,117,600	100
=63	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.68	1,260,160	100
=63	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.68	20,684,572	100
=63	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.68	2,676,464	100
66	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.66	5,363,570	100
=67	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.65	3,083,630	100
=67	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.65	1,437,151	100
=69	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.63	142,864,464	100
=69	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.63	1,589,680	100
=71	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.61	9,100,120	100
=71	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.61	13,273,385	100
=73	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.60	704,609	100
=73	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.60	12,670	100
=73	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.60	400,915	100
76	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.59	103,815	100
77	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.57	1,683,730	100
78	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.56	3,691,846	100
79	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.55	1,237,035	100
=80	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.53	2,538,270	100
=80	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.53	15,873,184	100
82	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.52	2,688,630	100
=83	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.51	267,990,500	100
=83	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.51	2,188,592	100
85	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.48	8,825,233	100
=86	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.47	4,266,150	100
=86	Colombia`COL`South America	0.47	21,138,890	100
=86	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.47	21,040,378	100
=89	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.46	235,221	100
=89	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.46	7,728,740	100
91	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.45	486,314	100
=92	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.42	1,988,223	100
=92	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.42	3,914,185	100
=92	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.42	4,706,650	100
=95	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.41	2,025,310	100
=95	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.41	479,025	100
97	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.40	229,838	100
=98	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.39	57,824	100
=98	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.39	2,266,573	100
=98	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.39	952,354	100
101	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.38	898,045	100
=102	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.37	401,360	100
=102	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.37	5,424,630	100
=102	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.37	8,099,772	100
105	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.36	14,715,773	100
=106	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.35	1,130,337	100
=106	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.35	45,265	100
=106	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.35	37,076,904	100
=106	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.35	4,320,160	100
=110	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.34	2,329,438	100
=110	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.34	425,006	100
=112	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.33	983,647	100
=112	Peru`PER`South America	0.33	7,669,319	100
=112	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.33	2,991,850	100
115	United States`USA`Northern America	0.32	132,306,175	100
=116	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.31	39,800,260	100
=116	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.31	412,070	100
=116	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.31	2,615,360	100
=116	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.31	8,345,070	100
=120	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.30	18,439,750	100
=120	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.30	362,758	100
=120	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.30	217,800	100
=120	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.30	10,317,499	100
=124	Chile`CHL`South America	0.29	4,410,875	100
=124	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.29	688,055	100
=126	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.28	17,671,425	100
=126	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.28	515,380	100
=128	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.27	577,827	100
=128	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.27	1,490,927	100
=128	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.27	261,570	100
=128	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.27	2,298,170	100
=128	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.27	697,966	100
=133	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.26	887,330	100
=133	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.26	17,008,675	100
=133	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.26	19,985	100
=133	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.26	10,598,230	100
137	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.25	3,810,820	100
=138	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.24	376,495	100
=138	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.24	2,329,890	100
=140	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.23	1,698,569	100
=140	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.23	10,132,000	100
=142	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.21	6,390,510	100
=142	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.21	958,952	100
=144	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.20	7,554,947	100
=144	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.20	9,800,869	100
=146	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.19	348,760	100
=146	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.19	297,016	100
=146	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.19	6,877	100
=149	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.18	2,499,624	100
=149	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.18	609,260	100
=151	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.17	5,750	100
=151	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.17	803,275	100
=153	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.16	6,098,823	100
=153	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.16	4,426,050	100
155	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.15	14,875,701	100
=156	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.14	5,663,254	100
=156	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.14	5,490,771	100
=156	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.14	380,400	100
=159	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.13	4,920,360	100
=159	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.13	27,418,356	100
=159	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.13	2,971,150	100
=162	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.12	1,508,120	100
=162	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.12	1,755,795	100
=162	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.12	1,253,003	100
=165	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.11	4,589,704	100
=165	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.11	11,405	100
=167	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.09	172,738	100
=167	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.09	127,000	100
=169	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.08	38,495,930	100
=169	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.08	3,144,766	100
=169	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.08	1,801,708	100
=172	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.06	2,500,850	100
=172	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.06	1,656,240	100
=172	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.06	1,251,293	100
=172	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.06	121,500	100
=172	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.06	943,597	100
=172	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.06	7,454,336	100
=178	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.05	1,342,126	100
=178	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.05	1,807,808	100
=178	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.05	1,732,000	100
181	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.04	1,634,342	100
=182	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.02	4,440,980	100
=182	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.02	2,844,560	100
184	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.01	111,133	100

02In 2000

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 Kong9.77
3Brunei8.47
4Malta4.28
5Netherlands4.19

Lowest

184Republic of the Congo0.01
182Saudi Arabiashared0.02
182Kazakhstanshared0.02
181Mozambique0.04
178Turkmenistanshared0.05

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
HighestChina267,990,500
LowestNauru610
Middle country: 1,778,751
Share of total livestock (%)
Highest184 share it
Lowest184 share it
Middle country: 100

031999 → 2000

Since 1999

What changed between 1999 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+2 / −0countries joined / left
134values changed, of 182 in both
75 · 59rose · fell
48unchanged

Rose most

Brunei7.02 → 8.47+1.45
Trinidad and Tobago2.89 → 3.43+0.54
Hong Kong9.24 → 9.77+0.53
Taiwan3.49 → 3.72+0.23
Croatia0.38 → 0.60+0.22

Fell most

Kuwait2.71 → 2.42−0.29
Bahamas2.66 → 2.44−0.22
Seychelles2.51 → 2.30−0.21
Barbados3.23 → 3.09−0.14
Netherlands4.29 → 4.19−0.10

+ Belgium

+ Luxembourg

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 2000.
109 distinct values among 184
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 6 countries share 0.06. 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 184 countries has every column.

05The files

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2000). Livestock Density, 2000 [data set], describing 2000. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/livestock-density/2000

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