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Livestock Density 2004

Report year 2004Data year 2004

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 2004 — Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

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

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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 2004 — 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	34	27,190	100
BRN	Brunei	10	133,025	100
HKG	Hong Kong	9	59,677	100
TTO	Trinidad and Tobago	6	320,568	100
MLT	Malta	4	38,481	100
NLD	Netherlands	4	7,259,637	100
TWN	Taiwan	4	2,947,709	100
BEL	Belgium	3	4,457,054	100
BRB	Barbados	3	51,023	100
FSM	Micronesia	3	17,068	100
BHS	Bahamas	3	33,550	100
EGY	Egypt	3	9,087,790	100
KOR	South Korea	3	4,765,209	100
KWT	Kuwait	2	367,613	100
BHR	Bahrain	2	20,424	100
ATG	Antigua and Barbuda	2	17,059	100
DNK	Denmark	2	4,990,437	100
TUV	Tuvalu	2	3,150	100
JPN	Japan	2	9,275,550	100
IRL	Ireland	2	7,581,015	100
BGD	Bangladesh	2	15,882,176	100
QAT	Qatar	2	109,280	100
SYC	Seychelles	2	6,645	100
WSM	Samoa	2	68,170	100
NPL	Nepal	2	6,657,206	100
LCA	Saint Lucia	2	17,026	100
NRU	Nauru	2	610	100
CYP	Cyprus	2	236,195	100
LUX	Luxembourg	2	193,506	100
DOM	Dominican Republic	1	3,401,319	100
VNM	Vietnam	1	13,437,576	100
NOR	Norway	1	1,408,424	100
CHE	Switzerland	1	1,947,617	100
VCT	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1	8,610	100
DEU	Germany	1	20,018,493	100
ISR	Israel	1	604,160	100
LAO	Laos	1	2,285,020	100
ARE	United Arab Emirates	1	641,652	100
TON	Tonga	1	34,610	100
MUS	Mauritius	1	111,436	100
SUR	Suriname	1	85,322	100
NZL	New Zealand	1	12,915,084	100
HTI	Haiti	1	1,806,950	100
MMR	Myanmar	1	11,935,564	100
PAK	Pakistan	1	38,573,450	100
AUT	Austria	1	2,871,643	100
JAM	Jamaica	1	462,725	100
SVN	Slovenia	1	474,772	100
IND	India	1	171,716,960	100
GBR	United Kingdom	1	16,266,560	100
SLV	El Salvador	1	1,168,298	100
FJI	Fiji	1	312,300	100
TLS	Timor-Leste	1	291,369	100
KNA	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1	6,820	100
FRA	France	1	24,635,543	100
CPV	Cabo Verde	1	63,199	100
LBN	Lebanon	1	519,622	100
PHL	Philippines	1	9,124,144	100
GRD	Grenada	1	9,418	100
ECU	Ecuador	1	5,831,302	100
ETH	Ethiopia	1	25,441,989	100
ALB	Albania	1	835,629	100
BRA	Brazil	1	168,558,619	100
HND	Honduras	1	2,305,220	100
SWE	Sweden	1	2,224,102	100
HRV	Croatia	1	820,257	100
ITA	Italy	1	10,386,308	100
PRK	North Korea	1	1,691,390	100
URY	Uruguay	1	9,824,405	100
VEN	Venezuela	1	13,995,955	100
PRT	Portugal	1	2,491,648	100
KHM	Cambodia	1	3,217,046	100
GTM	Guatemala	1	2,914,400	100
CRI	Costa Rica	1	1,107,000	100
FIN	Finland	1	1,353,895	100
GMB	Gambia	1	285,420	100
PAN	Panama	1	1,329,620	100
GNB	Guinea-Bissau	1	411,895	100
DMA	Dominica	1	12,670	100
ESP	Spain	1	16,813,206	100
VUT	Vanuatu	1	105,815	100
CUB	Cuba	1	3,599,481	100
POL	Poland	1	8,915,091	100
BFA	Burkina Faso	1	6,396,974	100
JOR	Jordan	1	560,628	100
NIC	Nicaragua	1	2,827,340	100
CZE	Czechia	1	1,908,310	100
COL	Colombia	1	21,719,198	100
IDN	Indonesia	1	23,861,319	100
CHN	China	1	261,024,300	100
AZE	Azerbaijan	0	2,345,857	100
CMR	Cameroon	0	4,397,443	100
CAF	Central African Republic	0	2,267,500	100
SVK	Slovakia	0	896,081	100
BLZ	Belize	0	67,164	100
GUY	Guyana	0	309,050	100
MYS	Malaysia	0	3,093,027	100
PRY	Paraguay	0	7,597,576	100
GEO	Georgia	0	1,019,918	100
PNG	Papua New Guinea	0	455,900	100
BLR	Belarus	0	3,547,990	100
BEN	Benin	0	1,382,190	100
RWA	Rwanda	0	761,004	100
THA	Thailand	0	9,014,281	100
LKA	Sri Lanka	0	900,140	100
HUN	Hungary	0	2,226,948	100
BTN	Bhutan	0	214,581	100
KEN	Kenya	0	10,051,555	100
ROU	Romania	0	5,200,160	100
UGA	Uganda	0	4,904,920	100
MEX	Mexico	0	38,309,993	100
SEN	Senegal	0	3,096,818	100
ARG	Argentina	0	45,584,864	100
EST	Estonia	0	266,970	100
OMN	Oman	0	516,950	100
LTU	Lithuania	0	876,018	100
PER	Peru	0	7,978,993	100
CAN	Canada	0	20,298,780	100
TUR	Türkiye	0	13,462,176	100
ARM	Armenia	0	482,934	100
COM	Comoros	0	43,200	100
GRC	Greece	0	2,602,634	100
IRN	Iran	0	20,383,700	100
USA	United States	0	132,979,975	100
MKD	North Macedonia	0	395,894	100
TZA	Tanzania	0	10,812,659	100
SWZ	Eswatini	0	369,217	100
BIH	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0	626,034	100
NGA	Nigeria	0	18,946,213	100
CHL	Chile	0	4,436,647	100
LSO	Lesotho	0	601,191	100
SLB	Solomon Islands	0	21,298	100
TCD	Chad	0	12,307,755	100
IRQ	Iraq	0	2,161,750	100
MDA	Moldova	0	638,308	100
STP	São Tomé and Príncipe	0	8,834	100
TJK	Tajikistan	0	1,140,080	100
BGR	Bulgaria	0	1,263,744	100
LVA	Latvia	0	393,720	100
SOM	Somalia	0	10,632,145	100
TUN	Tunisia	0	2,325,245	100
BOL	Bolivia	0	7,978,165	100
ERI	Eritrea	0	1,604,854	100
KIR	Kiribati	0	7,040	100
MAR	Morocco	0	6,452,530	100
SYR	Syria	0	2,963,511	100
ZWE	Zimbabwe	0	3,404,476	100
BDI	Burundi	0	365,236	100
TGO	Togo	0	690,715	100
UKR	Ukraine	0	8,284,630	100
NER	Niger	0	7,187,542	100
UZB	Uzbekistan	0	4,941,690	100
DJI	Djibouti	0	300,840	100
MWI	Malawi	0	840,745	100
MLI	Mali	0	6,798,050	100
GHA	Ghana	0	1,743,810	100
GIN	Guinea	0	2,186,857	100
ZAF	South Africa	0	14,670,700	100
YEM	Yemen	0	3,616,303	100
AFG	Afghanistan	0	5,382,120	100
DZA	Algeria	0	4,882,412	100
KGZ	Kyrgyzstan	0	1,284,813	100
RUS	Russia	0	25,174,875	100
GNQ	Equatorial Guinea	0	11,645	100
MDG	Madagascar	0	4,647,775	100
SLE	Sierra Leone	0	383,796	100
AUS	Australia	0	36,745,677	100
ISL	Iceland	0	161,536	100
LBR	Liberia	0	137,000	100
MRT	Mauritania	0	3,359,700	100
TKM	Turkmenistan	0	2,706,250	100
ZMB	Zambia	0	1,746,870	100
CIV	Côte d’Ivoire	0	1,340,199	100
LBY	Libya	0	1,150,500	100
AGO	Angola	0	2,517,100	100
GAB	Gabon	0	119,400	100
BWA	Botswana	0	1,332,690	100
COD	DR Congo	0	1,259,160	100
MNG	Mongolia	0	4,799,845	100
MOZ	Mozambique	0	1,524,011	100
NAM	Namibia	0	1,744,311	100
KAZ	Kazakhstan	0	5,450,305	100
SAU	Saudi Arabia	0	3,245,245	100
COG	Republic of the Congo	0	149,853	100

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