Data for 2004

Livestock Density, 2004

Name: Livestock Density, 2004
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2004, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Livestock Density, 2004 covers 184 countries on 3 measures. Singapore is highest, at 33.99; Republic of the Congo is lowest, at 0.01. The middle country reads 0.47. Against 2003, 121 values changed (75 up, 46 down), the same countries are covered.

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Livestock Density · Data for 2004

HighestSingapore

33.99

LowestRepublic of the Congo

0.01

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

184countries
3measures per country
2004the 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, 2004, 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, 2004: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	33.99	27,190	100
2	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	10.23	133,025	100
3	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	8.53	59,677	100
4	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	5.83	320,568	100
5	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	3.85	38,481	100
6	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	3.72	7,259,637	100
7	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	3.53	2,947,709	100
8	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	3.20	4,457,054	100
9	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	3.19	51,023	100
10	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	3.10	17,068	100
11	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	3.05	33,550	100
12	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	2.61	9,087,790	100
13	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	2.52	4,765,209	100
14	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	2.45	367,613	100
15	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	2.15	20,424	100
16	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	1.90	17,059	100
17	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1.89	4,990,437	100
18	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	1.85	3,150	100
19	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	1.82	9,275,550	100
20	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	1.76	7,581,015	100
21	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	1.70	15,882,176	100
22	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	1.68	109,280	100
23	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	1.66	6,645	100
24	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	1.59	68,170	100
25	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	1.58	6,657,206	100
26	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	1.53	17,026	100
27	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	1.52	610	100
=28	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	1.51	236,195	100
=28	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	1.51	193,506	100
30	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	1.46	3,401,319	100
31	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	1.37	13,437,576	100
32	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	1.35	1,408,424	100
33	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	1.25	1,947,617	100
34	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	1.23	8,610	100
=35	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	1.18	20,018,493	100
=35	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	1.18	604,160	100
37	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	1.17	2,285,020	100
38	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	1.16	641,652	100
39	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	1.15	34,610	100
40	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	1.14	111,436	100
41	Suriname`SUR`South America	1.10	85,322	100
42	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	1.09	12,915,084	100
=43	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	1.08	1,806,950	100
=43	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	1.08	11,935,564	100
45	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	1.07	38,573,450	100
46	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	1.00	2,871,643	100
47	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.98	462,725	100
48	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.96	474,772	100
=49	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.95	171,716,960	100
=49	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.95	16,266,560	100
51	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.91	1,168,298	100
52	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.90	312,300	100
53	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.87	291,369	100
54	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.85	6,820	100
55	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.84	24,635,543	100
56	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.83	63,199	100
57	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.81	519,622	100
58	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.80	9,124,144	100
59	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.78	9,418	100
=60	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.77	5,831,302	100
=60	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.77	25,441,989	100
=62	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.74	835,629	100
=62	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.74	168,558,619	100
64	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.73	2,305,220	100
65	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.71	2,224,102	100
=66	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.70	820,257	100
=66	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.70	10,386,308	100
68	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.67	1,691,390	100
69	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.66	9,824,405	100
70	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.65	13,995,955	100
71	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.64	2,491,648	100
=72	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.62	3,217,046	100
=72	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.62	2,914,400	100
74	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.61	1,107,000	100
=75	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.60	1,353,895	100
=75	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.60	285,420	100
=75	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.60	1,329,620	100
78	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.59	411,895	100
=79	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.58	12,670	100
=79	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.58	16,813,206	100
=79	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.58	105,815	100
=82	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.55	3,599,481	100
=82	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.55	8,915,091	100
=84	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.54	6,396,974	100
=84	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.54	560,628	100
=84	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.54	2,827,340	100
87	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.53	1,908,310	100
=88	Colombia`COL`South America	0.51	21,719,198	100
=88	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.51	23,861,319	100
90	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.50	261,024,300	100
91	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.49	2,345,857	100
92	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.48	4,397,443	100
=93	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.46	2,267,500	100
=93	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.46	896,081	100
95	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.44	67,164	100
=96	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.43	309,050	100
=96	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.43	3,093,027	100
=96	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.43	7,597,576	100
=99	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.41	1,019,918	100
=99	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.41	455,900	100
=101	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.40	3,547,990	100
=101	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.40	1,382,190	100
=101	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.40	761,004	100
=101	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.40	9,014,281	100
105	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.39	900,140	100
106	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.38	2,226,948	100
=107	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.37	214,581	100
=107	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.37	10,051,555	100
=107	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.37	5,200,160	100
=107	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.37	4,904,920	100
=111	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.36	38,309,993	100
=111	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.36	3,096,818	100
=113	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.35	45,584,864	100
=113	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.35	266,970	100
=113	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.35	516,950	100
=116	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.34	876,018	100
=116	Peru`PER`South America	0.34	7,978,993	100
=118	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.33	20,298,780	100
=118	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.33	13,462,176	100
=120	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.32	482,934	100
=120	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.32	43,200	100
=120	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.32	2,602,634	100
=120	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.32	20,383,700	100
=120	United States`USA`Northern America	0.32	132,979,975	100
=125	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.31	395,894	100
=125	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.31	10,812,659	100
127	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.30	369,217	100
=128	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.29	626,034	100
=128	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.29	18,946,213	100
130	Chile`CHL`South America	0.28	4,436,647	100
=131	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.26	601,191	100
=131	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.26	21,298	100
=133	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.25	12,307,755	100
=133	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.25	2,161,750	100
=133	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.25	638,308	100
=133	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.25	8,834	100
=133	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.25	1,140,080	100
=138	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.24	1,263,744	100
=138	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.24	393,720	100
=138	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.24	10,632,145	100
=138	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.24	2,325,245	100
142	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.22	7,978,165	100
=143	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.21	1,604,854	100
=143	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.21	7,040	100
=143	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.21	6,452,530	100
=143	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.21	2,963,511	100
=143	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.21	3,404,476	100
=148	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.20	365,236	100
=148	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.20	690,715	100
=148	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.20	8,284,630	100
=151	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.19	7,187,542	100
=151	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.19	4,941,690	100
153	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.18	300,840	100
=154	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.17	840,745	100
=154	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.17	6,798,050	100
=156	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.15	1,743,810	100
=156	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.15	2,186,857	100
=156	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.15	14,670,700	100
=156	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.15	3,616,303	100
160	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.14	5,382,120	100
=161	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.12	4,882,412	100
=161	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.12	1,284,813	100
=161	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.12	25,174,875	100
=164	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.11	11,645	100
=164	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.11	4,647,775	100
166	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.10	383,796	100
=167	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.09	36,745,677	100
=167	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.09	161,536	100
=167	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.09	137,000	100
=170	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.08	3,359,700	100
=170	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.08	2,706,250	100
=170	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.08	1,746,870	100
=173	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.07	1,340,199	100
=173	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.07	1,150,500	100
=175	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.06	2,517,100	100
=175	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.06	119,400	100
=177	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.05	1,332,690	100
=177	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.05	1,259,160	100
=179	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.04	4,799,845	100
=179	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.04	1,524,011	100
=179	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.04	1,744,311	100
182	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.03	5,450,305	100
183	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.02	3,245,245	100
184	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.01	149,853	100

02In 2004

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
183Saudi Arabia0.02
182Kazakhstan0.03
179Namibiashared0.04
179Mozambiqueshared0.04

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.47. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Total livestock units
HighestChina261,024,300
LowestNauru610
Middle country: 1,857,630
Share of total livestock (%)
Highest184 share it
Lowest184 share it
Middle country: 100

032003 → 2004

Since 2003

What changed between 2003 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
121values changed, of 184 in both
75 · 46rose · fell
63unchanged

Rose most

Brunei9.27 → 10.23+0.96
Trinidad and Tobago5.22 → 5.83+0.61
Barbados2.69 → 3.19+0.50
Saint Lucia1.32 → 1.53+0.21
Dominican Republic1.28 → 1.46+0.18

Fell most

Singapore35.24 → 33.99−1.25
Seychelles2.06 → 1.66−0.40
Malta4.17 → 3.85−0.32
Hong Kong8.70 → 8.53−0.17
Kuwait2.62 → 2.45−0.17

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 2004.
116 distinct values among 184
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 5 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 184 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2004). Livestock Density, 2004 [data set], describing 2004. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/livestock-density/2004

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How it has moved, charted by country

07Questions