Data for 2008

Livestock Density, 2008

Name: Livestock Density, 2008
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2008, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Livestock Density, 2008 covers 186 countries on 3 measures. Singapore is highest, at 43.13; 2 countries share the lowest reading, 0.02. The middle country reads 0.53. Against 2007, 136 values changed (88 up, 48 down), the same countries are covered.

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Livestock Density · Data for 2008

HighestSingapore

43.13

Lowest2 countries share it

0.02

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

186countries
3measures per country
2008the year it describes
109distinct values2 decimals, as published
Sep 11, 2026read from the publisher
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01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Livestock Density, 2008, 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, 2008: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	43.13	30,192	100
2	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	11.87	147,206	100
3	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	8.22	49,297	100
4	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	6.25	337,426	100
5	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	4.50	41,852	100
6	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	3.99	7,693,451	100
7	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	3.41	2,803,119	100
=8	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	3.16	50,613	100
=8	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	3.16	17,394	100
10	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	3.13	4,278,427	100
11	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	3.05	33,550	100
12	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	2.98	450,598	100
13	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	2.96	5,384,235	100
14	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	2.70	9,546,883	100
15	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	2.10	6,305	100
16	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	2.08	18,880	100
=17	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	1.93	17,335	100
=17	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	1.93	223,076	100
19	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	1.86	9,277,660	100
=20	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	1.80	16,638,700	100
=20	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1.80	4,792,089	100
22	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	1.79	119,520	100
=23	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	1.78	17,649	100
=23	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	1.78	3,204	100
25	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	1.72	7,137,478	100
26	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	1.71	3,882,190	100
27	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	1.69	62,693	100
28	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	1.63	650	100
29	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	1.58	144,203	100
30	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	1.57	7,283,145	100
31	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	1.54	201,336	100
32	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	1.53	7,800	100
33	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	1.50	807,135	100
=34	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	1.44	741,210	100
=34	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	1.44	14,781,395	100
36	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	1.41	9,880	100
37	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	1.36	1,394,459	100
38	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	1.32	46,624,200	100
39	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	1.31	2,014,286	100
40	Suriname`SUR`South America	1.24	87,834	100
41	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	1.22	2,564,790	100
42	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	1.19	20,105,057	100
43	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	1.14	13,991,349	100
44	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	1.13	35,055	100
45	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	1.12	10,050	100
46	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	1.10	12,481,251	100
47	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	1.05	1,293,998	100
=48	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	1.02	2,855,881	100
=48	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	1.02	1,813,550	100
50	India`IND`Southern Asia	1.01	181,918,197	100
51	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.98	331,278	100
52	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.96	33,127,821	100
53	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.95	309,836	100
54	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.87	15,429,395	100
55	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.86	24,958,352	100
56	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.85	566,160	100
57	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.80	359,370	100
=58	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.78	9,388,618	100
=58	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.78	480,462	100
60	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.76	2,434,048	100
61	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.75	5,588,811	100
=62	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.74	170,360,924	100
=62	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.74	1,323,340	100
=62	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.74	3,268,850	100
=65	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.72	10,466,054	100
=65	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.72	135,542	100
=67	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.70	676,085	100
=67	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.70	2,144,033	100
=67	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.70	10,300,595	100
=70	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.68	2,545,946	100
=70	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.68	14,667,897	100
72	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.67	52,541	100
73	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.66	3,511,297	100
=74	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.65	475,888	100
=74	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.65	1,444,496	100
76	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.63	740,884	100
77	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.62	16,687,166	100
78	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.59	1,344,432	100
=79	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.58	7,079,814	100
=79	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.58	12,730	100
=79	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.58	2,986,890	100
=79	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.58	16,261,878	100
=83	Colombia`COL`South America	0.56	23,714,626	100
=83	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.56	3,706,010	100
=83	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.56	8,710,396	100
=83	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.56	1,060,750	100
=83	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.56	7,842,116	100
=88	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.55	2,607,168	100
=88	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.55	312,764	100
=88	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.55	1,466,380	100
=91	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.54	81,735	100
=91	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.54	699,419	100
93	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.53	26,292,625	100
=94	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.52	2,589,390	100
=94	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.52	1,886,768	100
96	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.51	267,816,352	100
97	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.49	1,748,013	100
98	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.45	3,195,758	100
=99	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.44	227,444	100
=99	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.44	4,111,790	100
=99	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.44	20,501,820	100
=102	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.43	3,816,015	100
=102	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.43	8,034,206	100
=102	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.43	9,741,745	100
=105	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.42	301,800	100
=105	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.42	5,661,467	100
107	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.40	575,710	100
108	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.39	1,402,860	100
=109	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.38	39,452,112	100
=109	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.38	470,700	100
=111	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.37	46,411,484	100
=111	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.37	3,395,909	100
=111	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.37	707,230	100
=111	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.37	957,964	100
115	Peru`PER`South America	0.36	8,521,409	100
116	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.35	13,668,273	100
=117	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.34	45,800	100
=117	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.34	2,573,340	100
=119	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.33	825,635	100
=119	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.33	2,721,733	100
=119	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.33	351,581	100
=119	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.33	1,579,912	100
=119	United States`USA`Northern America	0.33	136,614,556	100
=124	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.32	686,561	100
=124	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.32	19,024,825	100
=124	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.32	15,506,094	100
=124	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.32	1,859,418	100
=124	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.32	843,105	100
=129	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.31	20,579,543	100
=129	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.31	11,596,600	100
131	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.30	363,607	100
=132	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.29	512,228	100
=132	Chile`CHL`South America	0.29	4,490,093	100
=132	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.29	264,715	100
=132	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.29	9,704	100
=136	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.27	487,041	100
=136	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.27	632,869	100
=138	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.25	9,372,373	100
=138	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.25	2,435,435	100
=140	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.24	8,020	100
=140	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.24	6,279,995	100
142	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.23	3,173,131	100
=143	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.22	1,099,267	100
=143	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.22	1,663,790	100
=143	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.22	405,530	100
=143	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.22	1,204,803	100
=143	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.22	6,687,310	100
=143	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.22	22,198	100
=143	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.22	9,675,065	100
=143	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.22	793,956	100
=151	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.21	508,955	100
=151	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.21	3,361,218	100
=153	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.19	2,690,467	100
=153	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.19	7,787,459	100
=153	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.19	96,717	100
=153	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.19	8,502,144	100
=157	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.17	296,985	100
=157	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.17	2,009,304	100
=157	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.17	7,034,750	100
=157	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.17	4,039,282	100
=161	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.16	5,958,940	100
=161	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.16	577,082	100
=161	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.16	15,168,544	100
=164	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.14	1,453,063	100
=164	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.14	5,595,307	100
=166	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.12	5,105,198	100
=166	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.12	11,920	100
=168	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.11	174,250	100
=168	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.11	23,552,494	100
170	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.10	3,313,880	100
=171	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.09	34,211,834	100
=171	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.09	174,894	100
=171	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.09	1,412,500	100
=174	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.08	3,133,342	100
=174	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.08	1,834,230	100
=176	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.07	3,034,635	100
=176	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.07	1,534,112	100
=178	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.06	1,464,513	100
=178	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.06	121,050	100
=178	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.06	7,106,064	100
=181	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.05	1,263,658	100
=181	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.05	1,869,573	100
183	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.04	1,679,000	100
184	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.03	6,605,930	100
=185	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.02	244,249	100
=185	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.02	3,128,892	100

02In 2008

At either end

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

Highest

Lowest

185Saudi Arabiashared0.02
185Republic of the Congoshared0.02
184Kazakhstan0.03
183Mozambique0.04
181Namibiashared0.05

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.53. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Total livestock units
HighestChina267,816,352
LowestNauru650
Middle country: 1,864,495
Share of total livestock (%)
Highest186 share it
Lowest186 share it
Middle country: 100

032007 → 2008

Since 2007

What changed between 2007 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
136values changed, of 186 in both
88 · 48rose · fell
50unchanged

Rose most

Singapore37.74 → 43.13+5.39
Cyprus1.50 → 1.93+0.43
Kuwait2.70 → 2.98+0.28
Trinidad and Tobago5.99 → 6.25+0.26
Uganda0.39 → 0.56+0.17

Fell most

Seychelles2.36 → 2.10−0.26
Suriname1.47 → 1.24−0.23
Taiwan3.60 → 3.41−0.19
Bahrain2.25 → 2.08−0.17
Ireland1.72 → 1.57−0.15

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 2008.
109 distinct values among 186
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 8 countries share 0.22. 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) (2008). Livestock Density, 2008 [data set], describing 2008. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/livestock-density/2008

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