Data for 2001

Livestock Density, 2001

Name: Livestock Density, 2001
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2001, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Livestock Density, 2001 covers 184 countries on 3 measures. Singapore is highest, at 17.67; Republic of the Congo is lowest, at 0.01. The middle country reads 0.44. Against 2000, 130 values changed (84 up, 46 down), the same countries are covered.

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Livestock Density · Data for 2001

HighestSingapore

17.67

LowestRepublic of the Congo

0.01

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

184countries
3measures per country
2001the year it describes
116distinct 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, 2001, 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, 2001: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	17.67	21,200	100
2	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	10.13	70,897	100
3	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	8.90	115,650	100
4	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	4.71	282,662	100
5	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	4.56	45,645	100
6	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	4.20	8,072,556	100
7	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	3.75	3,186,154	100
8	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	3.51	4,865,649	100
9	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	3.10	17,068	100
10	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	2.71	48,730	100
11	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	2.56	8,538,885	100
12	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	2.54	27,911	100
13	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	2.33	4,526,281	100
14	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	2.19	330,519	100
15	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	1.94	19,040	100
16	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1.91	5,114,805	100
17	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	1.87	7,461	100
18	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	1.82	9,467,070	100
19	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	1.80	16,157	100
20	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	1.79	3,040	100
21	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	1.74	7,688,980	100
22	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	1.70	237,529	100
23	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	1.69	15,912,309	100
24	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	1.63	208,059	100
=25	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	1.52	610	100
=25	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	1.52	100,519	100
27	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	1.51	6,416,607	100
28	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	1.42	9,910	100
29	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	1.38	66,450	100
30	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	1.30	1,362,440	100
=31	Suriname`SUR`South America	1.28	109,743	100
=31	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	1.28	1,992,844	100
33	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	1.25	21,240,161	100
34	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	1.23	11,675,768	100
35	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	1.15	34,610	100
36	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	1.12	2,055,145	100
37	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	1.09	609,510	100
38	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	1.08	1,810,525	100
39	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	1.07	14,810	100
40	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	1.04	12,638,587	100
41	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	1.03	105,395	100
42	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	1.02	2,968,139	100
43	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	1.00	10,938,353	100
=44	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.98	470,228	100
=44	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.98	548,991	100
=46	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.97	496,294	100
=46	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.97	16,520,732	100
48	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.96	35,470,250	100
49	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.94	315,006	100
50	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.93	168,434,700	100
51	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.90	2,260,328	100
52	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.89	26,393,583	100
53	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.88	322,275	100
54	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.86	63,285	100
55	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.85	1,079,870	100
56	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.79	896,994	100
57	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.78	464,193	100
58	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.76	8,462,253	100
59	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.74	5,790,625	100
=60	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.73	22,272,474	100
=60	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.73	6,820	100
=60	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.73	2,222,373	100
63	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.70	9,080	100
64	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.66	1,216,030	100
=65	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.65	148,067,494	100
=65	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.65	2,506,981	100
67	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.64	1,629,740	100
=68	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.63	9,709,850	100
=68	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.63	13,736,074	100
=70	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.62	1,387,365	100
=70	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.62	9,214,250	100
=72	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.61	3,001,545	100
=72	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.61	718,108	100
=72	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.61	1,362,259	100
75	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.60	404,895	100
76	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.59	1,746,146	100
77	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.58	12,670	100
78	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.56	2,720,780	100
79	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.55	98,215	100
=80	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.54	3,573,338	100
=80	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.54	16,048,685	100
82	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.53	2,727,150	100
=83	Colombia`COL`South America	0.51	21,356,434	100
=83	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.51	2,183,704	100
85	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.50	263,256,100	100
=86	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.49	22,077,801	100
=86	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.49	8,631,989	100
=88	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.47	4,328,934	100
=88	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.47	225,157	100
=88	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.47	484,876	100
91	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.46	7,837,744	100
92	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.45	67,126	100
=93	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.43	2,058,388	100
=93	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.43	4,848,212	100
=95	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.42	3,814,360	100
=95	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.42	2,084,990	100
=95	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.42	493,790	100
=95	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.42	936,755	100
99	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.40	431,970	100
100	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.39	1,276,595	100
=101	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.38	2,611,584	100
=101	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.38	893,365	100
=103	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.37	2,171,818	100
=103	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.37	8,110,510	100
=105	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.36	209,142	100
=105	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.36	46,315	100
=105	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.36	4,482,880	100
=108	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.35	37,375,256	100
=108	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.35	3,081,280	100
=110	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.34	5,019,260	100
=110	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.34	13,793,600	100
=112	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.33	989,724	100
=112	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.33	409,808	100
=112	Peru`PER`South America	0.33	7,596,783	100
=115	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.32	419,476	100
=115	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.32	8,490,362	100
=115	United States`USA`Northern America	0.32	131,935,450	100
=118	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.31	39,905,140	100
=118	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.31	19,105,645	100
=118	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.31	2,614,988	100
=118	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.31	10,515,076	100
=122	Chile`CHL`South America	0.30	4,477,184	100
=122	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.30	214,300	100
=122	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.30	562,544	100
=125	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.29	255,860	100
=125	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.29	682,604	100
127	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.28	18,144,740	100
=128	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.27	577,350	100
=128	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.27	2,280,120	100
=128	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.27	768,280	100
=128	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.27	17,730,608	100
=128	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.27	20,591	100
=133	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.26	321,920	100
=133	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.26	3,933,120	100
135	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.25	2,348,793	100
=136	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.24	1,328,177	100
=136	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.24	620,227	100
=138	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.23	366,280	100
=138	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.23	10,313,365	100
=140	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.22	985,685	100
=140	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.22	9,254,045	100
=142	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.21	10,392,840	100
=142	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.21	1,601,410	100
=142	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.21	6,353,630	100
=142	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.21	7,502	100
146	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.20	7,296,988	100
147	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.19	356,782	100
=148	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.18	297,093	100
=148	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.18	6,160	100
=148	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.18	627,230	100
151	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.17	6,351,284	100
=152	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.16	787,947	100
=152	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.16	2,239,864	100
=152	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.16	4,475,035	100
155	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.15	14,942,300	100
156	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.14	5,655,560	100
=157	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.13	1,854,783	100
=157	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.13	3,147,000	100
=159	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.12	1,542,620	100
=159	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.12	1,263,670	100
=159	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.12	4,914,455	100
=159	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.12	26,347,958	100
=163	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.11	4,127,340	100
=163	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.11	4,590,944	100
=163	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.11	11,580	100
=163	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.11	318,627	100
=167	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.09	171,092	100
=167	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.09	130,000	100
=169	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.08	37,993,630	100
=169	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.08	3,269,508	100
=169	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.08	1,870,540	100
172	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.07	1,288,848	100
=173	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.06	2,533,050	100
=173	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.06	1,586,260	100
=173	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.06	121,400	100
=173	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.06	984,230	100
=177	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.05	1,299,752	100
=177	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.05	6,420,493	100
=177	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.05	1,777,960	100
=177	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.05	1,936,250	100
181	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.04	1,445,788	100
=182	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.02	4,582,270	100
=182	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.02	2,971,942	100
184	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.01	112,833	100

02In 2001

At either end

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

Highest

Lowest

184Republic of the Congo0.01
182Saudi Arabiashared0.02
182Kazakhstanshared0.02
181Mozambique0.04
177Turkmenistanshared0.05

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.44. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Total livestock units
HighestChina263,256,100
LowestNauru610
Middle country: 1,832,654
Share of total livestock (%)
Highest184 share it
Lowest184 share it
Middle country: 100

032000 → 2001

Since 2000

What changed between 2000 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
130values changed, of 184 in both
84 · 46rose · fell
54unchanged

Rose most

Trinidad and Tobago3.43 → 4.71+1.28
Singapore16.82 → 17.67+0.85
Brunei8.47 → 8.90+0.43
Hong Kong9.77 → 10.13+0.36
Malta4.28 → 4.56+0.28

Fell most

Qatar1.98 → 1.52−0.46
Seychelles2.30 → 1.87−0.43
Barbados3.09 → 2.71−0.38
Kuwait2.42 → 2.19−0.23
Cabo Verde0.97 → 0.86−0.11

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 2001.
116 distinct values among 184
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 5 countries share 0.27. 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) (2001). Livestock Density, 2001 [data set], describing 2001. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/livestock-density/2001

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07Questions