Data for 2006

Livestock Density, 2006

Name: Livestock Density, 2006
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2006, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Livestock Density, 2006 covers 186 countries on 3 measures. Singapore is highest, at 36.27; 2 countries share the lowest reading, 0.02. The middle country reads 0.49. Against 2005, 132 values changed (93 up, 39 down), 2 countries joined.

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Livestock Density · Data for 2006

HighestSingapore

36.27

Lowest2 countries share it

0.02

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

186countries
3measures per country
2006the year it describes
114distinct 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, 2006, 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, 2006: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	36.27	27,200	100
2	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	11.00	135,356	100
3	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	10.10	60,574	100
4	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	5.94	320,816	100
5	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	4.27	39,714	100
6	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	3.82	7,329,743	100
7	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	3.57	2,959,822	100
8	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	3.15	4,344,332	100
9	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	3.10	17,068	100
10	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	3.09	49,515	100
11	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	3.05	33,550	100
12	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	2.81	5,213,402	100
13	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	2.64	9,331,267	100
14	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	2.58	386,646	100
15	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	2.24	20,730	100
16	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	1.92	17,259	100
17	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	1.85	3,150	100
=18	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1.82	4,941,196	100
=18	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	1.82	9,178,770	100
20	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	1.76	7,476,712	100
21	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	1.74	16,179,200	100
22	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	1.73	6,900	100
23	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	1.68	67,623	100
24	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	1.67	16,830	100
25	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	1.64	6,850,647	100
26	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	1.63	3,742,414	100
=27	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	1.52	610	100
=27	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	1.52	99,154	100
29	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	1.48	191,102	100
30	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	1.46	14,702,020	100
31	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	1.42	222,647	100
32	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	1.40	712,410	100
=33	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	1.36	1,411,672	100
=33	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	1.36	6,800	100
35	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	1.34	721,838	100
36	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	1.29	1,992,276	100
37	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	1.28	8,940	100
38	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	1.25	117,897	100
39	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	1.20	43,426,298	100
40	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	1.18	2,391,680	100
=41	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	1.17	19,777,965	100
=41	Suriname`SUR`South America	1.17	84,847	100
43	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	1.14	12,974,592	100
44	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	1.12	34,610	100
45	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	1.11	12,833,636	100
46	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	1.07	9,612	100
=47	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	1.02	1,235,763	100
=47	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	1.02	1,808,300	100
49	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	1.00	2,845,980	100
50	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.99	178,811,164	100
51	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.95	315,438	100
52	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.92	452,343	100
53	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.91	306,661	100
54	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.90	16,070,570	100
55	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.84	28,807,620	100
56	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.83	24,431,876	100
57	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.80	371,474	100
58	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.79	9,167,797	100
=59	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.76	2,405,727	100
=59	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.76	513,510	100
=61	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.75	170,833,294	100
=61	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.75	57,016	100
=61	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.75	5,574,354	100
64	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.73	816,154	100
=65	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.71	3,076,575	100
=65	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.71	10,118,800	100
=65	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.71	10,360,530	100
68	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.69	2,177,548	100
=69	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.67	818,728	100
=69	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.67	2,525,606	100
=69	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.67	14,390,416	100
72	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.66	3,535,809	100
73	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.64	1,165,120	100
=74	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.62	1,615,850	100
=74	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.62	1,380,128	100
=76	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.60	295,750	100
=76	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.60	110,226	100
=78	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.59	1,357,484	100
=78	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.59	422,154	100
=78	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.59	9,443,146	100
=81	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.58	12,730	100
=81	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.58	16,696,385	100
83	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.57	2,986,590	100
84	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.56	6,729,669	100
85	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.55	3,617,150	100
=86	Colombia`COL`South America	0.54	22,631,612	100
=86	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.54	553,663	100
88	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.52	2,482,029	100
=89	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.51	1,813,084	100
=89	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.51	24,563,594	100
=89	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.51	1,812,376	100
92	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.50	265,176,022	100
=93	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.49	4,536,622	100
=93	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.49	2,400,000	100
=93	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.49	922,720	100
96	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.47	71,934	100
97	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.44	21,106,600	100
=98	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.43	1,442,380	100
=98	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.43	7,788,592	100
100	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.42	2,949,394	100
=101	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.41	3,699,905	100
=101	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.41	9,154,871	100
=103	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.40	458,100	100
=103	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.40	5,624,620	100
=103	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.40	771,408	100
=106	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.39	279,050	100
=106	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.39	941,459	100
=108	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.38	220,485	100
=108	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.38	948,355	100
=108	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.38	555,774	100
=108	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.38	3,240,418	100
=108	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.38	5,100,790	100
=113	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.36	46,856,826	100
=113	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.36	38,808,526	100
=113	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.36	14,376,176	100
116	Peru`PER`South America	0.35	8,236,721	100
=117	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.34	743,591	100
=117	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.34	20,479,970	100
=117	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.34	45,300	100
=117	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.34	9,129,723	100
=121	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.33	2,569,335	100
=121	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.33	1,903,228	100
=121	United States`USA`Northern America	0.33	135,447,929	100
=124	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.32	896,664	100
=124	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.32	11,383,600	100
126	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.31	379,009	100
127	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.30	19,763,683	100
=128	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.29	507,291	100
=128	Chile`CHL`South America	0.29	4,523,532	100
=128	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.29	263,225	100
=128	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.29	353,064	100
=128	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.29	661,648	100
133	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.28	13,772,329	100
=134	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.27	663,161	100
=134	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.27	1,293,722	100
=136	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.26	2,316,150	100
=136	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.26	8,929	100
138	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.25	3,463,038	100
=139	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.24	8,735,796	100
=139	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.24	434,590	100
=139	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.24	2,379,775	100
142	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.23	10,210,065	100
=143	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.22	1,148,983	100
=143	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.22	6,608,530	100
=143	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.22	21,698	100
=143	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.22	770,263	100
=147	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.21	1,610,185	100
=147	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.21	7,200	100
=147	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.21	393,700	100
=147	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.21	107,300	100
=147	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.21	5,547,930	100
=147	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.21	3,335,332	100
=153	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.18	927,264	100
=153	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.18	7,804,493	100
=153	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.18	7,627,230	100
=156	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.17	296,985	100
=156	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.17	2,430,617	100
=156	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.17	7,000,600	100
=159	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.16	1,868,500	100
=159	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.16	3,754,438	100
161	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.15	14,466,967	100
162	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.14	5,396,500	100
=163	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.13	1,350,678	100
=163	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.13	5,487,005	100
=165	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.12	5,074,784	100
=165	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.12	499,585	100
=167	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.11	11,780	100
=167	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.11	22,642,024	100
169	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.10	150,500	100
=170	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.09	36,782,121	100
=170	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.09	169,227	100
=170	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.09	3,505,800	100
=170	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.09	3,054,800	100
=170	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.09	1,994,750	100
175	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.08	1,289,500	100
176	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.07	1,396,166	100
=177	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.06	2,819,273	100
=177	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.06	1,420,560	100
=177	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.06	119,400	100
=180	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.05	1,261,090	100
=180	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.05	6,023,737	100
=180	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.05	1,790,321	100
183	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.04	1,397,500	100
184	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.03	6,067,640	100
=185	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.02	202,967	100
=185	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.02	3,255,272	100

02In 2006

At either end

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

Highest

1Singapore36.27
2Brunei11.00
3Hong Kong10.10
4Trinidad and Tobago5.94
5Malta4.27

Lowest

185Saudi Arabiashared0.02
185Republic of the Congoshared0.02
184Kazakhstan0.03
183Mozambique0.04
180Namibiashared0.05

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.49. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Total livestock units
HighestChina265,176,022
LowestNauru610
Middle country: 1,840,792
Share of total livestock (%)
Highest186 share it
Lowest186 share it
Middle country: 100

032005 → 2006

Since 2005

What changed between 2005 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+2 / −0countries joined / left
132values changed, of 184 in both
93 · 39rose · fell
52unchanged

Rose most

Brunei9.21 → 11.00+1.79
Hong Kong8.50 → 10.10+1.60
Singapore35.80 → 36.27+0.47
South Korea2.60 → 2.81+0.21
Israel1.21 → 1.40+0.19

Fell most

Jamaica1.00 → 0.80−0.20
Kuwait2.73 → 2.58−0.15
Malta4.36 → 4.27−0.09
Saint Kitts and Nevis1.45 → 1.36−0.09
United Kingdom0.96 → 0.90−0.06

+ Montenegro

+ Serbia

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 2006.
114 distinct values among 186
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 6 countries share 0.21. 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 186 countries has every column.

05The files

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2006). Livestock Density, 2006 [data set], describing 2006. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/livestock-density/2006

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