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Livestock Density 2003

Report year 2003Data year 2003

Livestock units per hectare of agricultural landNeither end is better — this is a shape, not a scorePublished by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

63 reference years (1961–2023), covering 158 to 188 countries, from FAOSTAT's Livestock Patterns domain, with the absolute total stored beside it. ⚠ THE SHEET ROW ASKS FOR "HEAD COUNTS OF CATTLE, SHEEP, POULTRY AND THE REST", AND THAT IS NOT A NUMBER THAT CAN BE PUBLISHED: head counts by species cannot be added, because a chicken is not a cow. FAO's own answer is the LIVESTOCK UNIT, which weighs species by feed requirement, and "Major livestock types" is its own published all-species total — nothing here is aggregated by this site. Per hectare of agricultural land then makes a large country comparable with a small one. The row is therefore narrowed and renamed, the same call made for the UIS funding-per-student row. ⚠ NEITHER END IS BETTER: high density is intensive farming, efficient in land and hard on water, soil and emissions; low density is extensive grazing, or very little livestock at all. Read it beside agricultural emissions, which is largely what it drives. The FAO ranks nobody, so no rank is stored; the POSITION is derived here and labelled as ours.

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Livestock Density 2003 — Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Cite as: FAO. FAOSTAT. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Licence: CC BY 4.0

How much livestock a country carries for each hectare of its agricultural land, in FAO's own livestock units — a standard that weighs species by feed requirement, so cattle, sheep and poultry can be counted together. The absolute total is stored beside it. ⚠ FAO'S AGGREGATE, NOT OURS: "Major livestock types" is a published total, not a sum computed here — head counts by species cannot be added, because a chicken is not a cow. ⚠ NEITHER END IS BETTER. High density is intensive farming, which is efficient in land and hard on water, soil and emissions; low density is extensive grazing or very little livestock at all. Read it beside agricultural emissions. The FAO does not rank countries on it, so no rank is stored and none is derived.

184 rows × 5 columns · imported from the publisher’s published data file on 2026-09-11

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Livestock Density 2003 — 184 rows. Column headings sort the table.
ISO Code	Country	Livestock units per hectare of agricultural land	Total livestock units	Share of total livestock (%)
SGP	Singapore	35	28,190	100
BRN	Brunei	9	120,449	100
HKG	Hong Kong	9	60,917	100
TTO	Trinidad and Tobago	5	313,192	100
MLT	Malta	4	43,324	100
NLD	Netherlands	4	7,177,840	100
TWN	Taiwan	4	3,008,699	100
BEL	Belgium	3	4,493,329	100
FSM	Micronesia	3	17,068	100
BHS	Bahamas	3	33,205	100
BRB	Barbados	3	45,725	100
EGY	Egypt	3	9,132,900	100
KWT	Kuwait	3	395,010	100
KOR	South Korea	2	4,656,163	100
BHR	Bahrain	2	21,090	100
SYC	Seychelles	2	8,245	100
DNK	Denmark	2	5,002,854	100
ATG	Antigua and Barbuda	2	16,737	100
TUV	Tuvalu	2	3,150	100
JPN	Japan	2	9,361,820	100
IRL	Ireland	2	7,592,850	100
BGD	Bangladesh	2	15,883,258	100
QAT	Qatar	2	106,369	100
CYP	Cyprus	2	244,223	100
NPL	Nepal	2	6,567,862	100
LUX	Luxembourg	2	195,906	100
NRU	Nauru	2	610	100
WSM	Samoa	2	67,470	100
NOR	Norway	1	1,413,875	100
VNM	Vietnam	1	12,995,359	100
LCA	Saint Lucia	1	16,350	100
DOM	Dominican Republic	1	3,035,263	100
CHE	Switzerland	1	1,962,918	100
VCT	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1	8,610	100
DEU	Germany	1	20,590,163	100
LAO	Laos	1	2,228,590	100
TON	Tonga	1	34,610	100
ARE	United Arab Emirates	1	630,922	100
MUS	Mauritius	1	111,270	100
ISR	Israel	1	606,080	100
NZL	New Zealand	1	13,076,783	100
HTI	Haiti	1	1,824,750	100
MMR	Myanmar	1	11,574,468	100
JAM	Jamaica	1	481,210	100
PAK	Pakistan	1	37,673,250	100
AUT	Austria	1	2,902,191	100
SVN	Slovenia	1	500,971	100
GBR	United Kingdom	1	16,188,678	100
SUR	Suriname	1	75,299	100
IND	India	1	168,330,736	100
SLV	El Salvador	1	1,134,987	100
TLS	Timor-Leste	1	301,600	100
FJI	Fiji	1	301,683	100
FRA	France	1	24,991,378	100
KNA	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1	6,820	100
CPV	Cabo Verde	1	60,917	100
PHL	Philippines	1	9,051,335	100
ECU	Ecuador	1	5,832,718	100
ETH	Ethiopia	1	25,030,100	100
ALB	Albania	1	879,194	100
GRD	Grenada	1	9,311	100
LBN	Lebanon	1	488,312	100
BRA	Brazil	1	161,789,381	100
HND	Honduras	1	2,239,373	100
SWE	Sweden	1	2,212,853	100
ITA	Italy	1	10,393,833	100
PRK	North Korea	1	1,688,480	100
PRT	Portugal	1	2,460,273	100
URY	Uruguay	1	9,674,755	100
VEN	Venezuela	1	13,790,822	100
CRI	Costa Rica	1	1,149,510	100
KHM	Cambodia	1	3,157,268	100
HRV	Croatia	1	746,901	100
FIN	Finland	1	1,387,675	100
GNB	Guinea-Bissau	1	411,395	100
PAN	Panama	1	1,335,966	100
GMB	Gambia	1	276,490	100
POL	Poland	1	9,548,179	100
DMA	Dominica	1	12,670	100
GTM	Guatemala	1	2,806,045	100
ESP	Spain	1	16,601,075	100
VUT	Vanuatu	1	103,065	100
CUB	Cuba	1	3,648,381	100
CZE	Czechia	1	2,006,061	100
NIC	Nicaragua	1	2,889,380	100
BFA	Burkina Faso	1	6,253,579	100
IDN	Indonesia	1	24,451,526	100
COL	Colombia	1	21,669,822	100
JOR	Jordan	1	525,253	100
CHN	China	1	259,842,600	100
AZE	Azerbaijan	0	2,271,521	100
CMR	Cameroon	0	4,360,477	100
PRY	Paraguay	0	7,928,796	100
CAF	Central African Republic	0	2,209,990	100
BLZ	Belize	0	66,207	100
GUY	Guyana	0	303,050	100
MYS	Malaysia	0	2,975,817	100
SVK	Slovakia	0	927,953	100
PNG	Papua New Guinea	0	455,300	100
BLR	Belarus	0	3,627,475	100
BEN	Benin	0	1,363,280	100
THA	Thailand	0	8,671,427	100
HUN	Hungary	0	2,216,328	100
OMN	Oman	0	511,440	100
RWA	Rwanda	0	688,652	100
UGA	Uganda	0	4,806,200	100
BTN	Bhutan	0	212,358	100
MEX	Mexico	0	38,138,222	100
LKA	Sri Lanka	0	864,233	100
ARG	Argentina	0	44,756,685	100
GEO	Georgia	0	1,045,069	100
ROU	Romania	0	5,144,940	100
SEN	Senegal	0	3,056,927	100
KEN	Kenya	0	9,269,251	100
PER	Peru	0	7,921,029	100
LTU	Lithuania	0	842,657	100
TUR	Türkiye	0	13,284,709	100
ARM	Armenia	0	465,652	100
COM	Comoros	0	42,700	100
EST	Estonia	0	265,075	100
GRC	Greece	0	2,629,865	100
TZA	Tanzania	0	10,963,900	100
USA	United States	0	132,207,250	100
CAN	Canada	0	19,211,945	100
MKD	North Macedonia	0	384,709	100
SWZ	Eswatini	0	356,311	100
IRN	Iran	0	18,488,700	100
CHL	Chile	0	4,340,041	100
NGA	Nigeria	0	18,358,540	100
BIH	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0	589,900	100
LSO	Lesotho	0	617,312	100
MDA	Moldova	0	670,333	100
IRQ	Iraq	0	2,235,650	100
LVA	Latvia	0	401,475	100
SLB	Solomon Islands	0	20,798	100
BGR	Bulgaria	0	1,259,473	100
TCD	Chad	0	11,630,547	100
STP	São Tomé and Príncipe	0	8,773	100
SOM	Somalia	0	10,503,715	100
TJK	Tajikistan	0	1,066,924	100
TUN	Tunisia	0	2,264,278	100
UKR	Ukraine	0	9,666,660	100
ZWE	Zimbabwe	0	3,485,876	100
BOL	Bolivia	0	7,710,422	100
ERI	Eritrea	0	1,597,428	100
MAR	Morocco	0	6,359,400	100
KIR	Kiribati	0	6,900	100
TGO	Togo	0	677,490	100
SYR	Syria	0	2,660,952	100
BDI	Burundi	0	335,651	100
DJI	Djibouti	0	297,940	100
NER	Niger	0	6,894,984	100
UZB	Uzbekistan	0	4,599,310	100
MWI	Malawi	0	807,108	100
MLI	Mali	0	6,458,916	100
GIN	Guinea	0	2,069,959	100
ZAF	South Africa	0	14,725,700	100
YEM	Yemen	0	3,573,400	100
AFG	Afghanistan	0	5,461,570	100
GHA	Ghana	0	1,659,600	100
DZA	Algeria	0	4,747,550	100
KGZ	Kyrgyzstan	0	1,292,232	100
RUS	Russia	0	26,539,371	100
GNQ	Equatorial Guinea	0	11,605	100
MDG	Madagascar	0	4,581,011	100
SLE	Sierra Leone	0	349,676	100
ISL	Iceland	0	165,226	100
LBR	Liberia	0	135,000	100
MRT	Mauritania	0	3,435,500	100
AUS	Australia	0	35,822,598	100
ZMB	Zambia	0	1,743,996	100
CIV	Côte d’Ivoire	0	1,327,329	100
LBY	Libya	0	1,074,150	100
TKM	Turkmenistan	0	2,576,250	100
AGO	Angola	0	2,536,250	100
GAB	Gabon	0	119,400	100
BWA	Botswana	0	1,304,010	100
COD	DR Congo	0	1,258,200	100
NAM	Namibia	0	1,791,350	100
MNG	Mongolia	0	4,902,350	100
MOZ	Mozambique	0	1,402,276	100
KAZ	Kazakhstan	0	5,090,295	100
SAU	Saudi Arabia	0	3,095,658	100
COG	Republic of the Congo	0	123,153	100

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