Data for 2009

Livestock Density, 2009

Name: Livestock Density, 2009
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2009, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Livestock Density, 2009 covers 186 countries on 3 measures. Singapore is highest, at 45.99; 2 countries share the lowest reading, 0.02. The middle country reads 0.54. Against 2008, 135 values changed (80 up, 55 down), the same countries are covered.

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Livestock Density · Data for 2009

HighestSingapore

45.99

Lowest2 countries share it

0.02

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

186countries
3measures per country
2009the year it describes
109distinct 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, 2009, 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, 2009: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	45.99	32,195	100
2	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	10.86	145,474	100
3	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	9.04	54,232	100
4	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	6.61	357,074	100
5	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	4.08	7,829,332	100
6	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	3.95	36,692	100
7	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	3.60	18,000	100
=8	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	3.34	506,013	100
=8	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	3.34	2,718,529	100
10	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	3.25	5,829,459	100
11	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	3.22	51,453	100
12	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	3.15	4,292,609	100
13	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	3.05	33,550	100
14	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	2.44	9,000,974	100
15	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	2.42	937,345	100
16	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	2.23	150,256	100
17	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	2.11	18,890	100
18	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	1.92	17,235	100
19	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	1.87	9,323,240	100
20	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	1.83	16,881,740	100
21	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	1.81	3,254	100
=22	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1.79	4,718,918	100
=22	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	1.79	17,816	100
=24	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	1.77	7,309,159	100
=24	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	1.77	61,603	100
26	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	1.76	5,107	100
27	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	1.74	221,724	100
28	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	1.71	3,978,630	100
29	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	1.63	650	100
30	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	1.60	145,849	100
31	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	1.58	7,245,025	100
32	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	1.55	202,008	100
33	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	1.47	15,098,646	100
34	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	1.46	10,230	100
35	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	1.44	753,810	100
36	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	1.42	7,800	100
=37	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	1.37	1,392,135	100
=37	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	1.37	48,343,100	100
=39	Suriname`SUR`South America	1.31	105,262	100
=39	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	1.31	2,014,926	100
41	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	1.23	2,671,940	100
42	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	1.19	20,140,778	100
43	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	1.17	14,583,552	100
44	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	1.10	35,055	100
45	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	1.09	12,515,620	100
46	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	1.03	10,310	100
=47	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	1.01	1,246,700	100
=47	India`IND`Southern Asia	1.01	181,326,254	100
=49	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	1.00	2,802,363	100
=49	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	1.00	1,813,550	100
=49	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	1.00	338,936	100
52	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.98	34,159,443	100
53	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.97	309,360	100
54	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.90	597,344	100
55	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.88	15,210,412	100
56	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.85	24,721,977	100
57	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.80	2,557,468	100
=58	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.79	5,957,389	100
=58	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.79	351,237	100
=58	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.79	9,572,530	100
61	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.78	3,410,485	100
62	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.76	59,102	100
=63	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.75	172,978,891	100
=63	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.75	10,440,655	100
65	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.73	1,317,895	100
66	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.71	443,241	100
67	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.69	2,113,217	100
=68	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.68	503,099	100
=68	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.68	2,524,850	100
=68	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.68	10,089,520	100
=68	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.68	127,333	100
=68	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.68	14,691,200	100
73	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.67	3,596,382	100
74	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.64	1,433,165	100
75	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.62	630,952	100
=76	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.59	3,027,390	100
=76	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.59	16,411,258	100
=78	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.58	699,439	100
=78	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.58	89,880	100
=78	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.58	7,250,169	100
=78	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.58	3,757,640	100
=78	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.58	1,107,340	100
=83	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.57	1,312,828	100
=83	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.57	15,686,783	100
=83	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.57	8,105,424	100
=86	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.56	2,670,914	100
=86	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.56	729,425	100
=86	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.56	28,128,828	100
=89	Colombia`COL`South America	0.55	23,413,386	100
=89	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.55	12,730	100
=89	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.55	1,468,740	100
=92	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.54	2,669,670	100
=92	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.54	8,369,255	100
=92	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.54	1,907,258	100
95	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.52	272,799,784	100
96	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.51	320,183	100
=97	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.47	336,430	100
=97	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.47	22,010,140	100
=97	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.47	8,845,189	100
100	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.45	1,603,847	100
=101	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.44	3,960,420	100
=101	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.44	4,114,190	100
=101	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.44	3,457,900	100
=101	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.44	3,193,555	100
105	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.43	9,688,313	100
=106	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.41	212,375	100
=106	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.41	5,523,630	100
108	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.40	585,391	100
=109	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.39	1,444,625	100
=109	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.39	39,913,843	100
111	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.38	480,710	100
112	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.37	3,448,057	100
=113	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.36	44,157,010	100
=113	Peru`PER`South America	0.36	8,594,124	100
=113	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.36	946,258	100
116	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.35	1,680,107	100
=117	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.34	719,219	100
=117	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.34	45,800	100
=117	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.34	13,165,994	100
=120	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.33	16,407,837	100
=120	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.33	2,523,646	100
=120	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.33	634,293	100
=123	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.32	802,085	100
=123	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.32	325,660	100
=123	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.32	11,752,600	100
=123	United States`USA`Northern America	0.32	133,591,134	100
=127	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.31	18,240,190	100
=127	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.31	21,021,937	100
=129	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.30	542,589	100
=129	Chile`CHL`South America	0.30	4,490,605	100
=129	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.30	372,243	100
=129	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.30	1,746,958	100
=129	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.30	816,995	100
=134	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.28	262,930	100
=134	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.28	9,650	100
=136	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.27	478,006	100
=136	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.27	639,375	100
=138	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.26	9,588,791	100
=138	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.26	6,750,080	100
140	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.25	2,426,432	100
=141	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.24	8,220	100
=141	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.24	1,306,023	100
143	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.23	858,176	100
=144	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.22	1,672,244	100
=144	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.22	6,713,920	100
=144	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.22	22,298	100
=144	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.22	9,661,065	100
=144	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.22	3,071,639	100
=144	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.22	3,652,985	100
=150	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.21	1,031,537	100
=150	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.21	386,770	100
=150	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.21	507,937	100
=153	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.20	2,832,136	100
=153	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.20	8,067,636	100
=153	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.20	8,935,032	100
=156	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.18	94,355	100
=156	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.18	674,612	100
=156	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.18	4,120,091	100
=159	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.17	297,820	100
=159	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.17	2,088,673	100
=161	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.16	6,106,230	100
=161	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.16	15,219,007	100
=161	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.16	6,748,360	100
164	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.15	1,583,108	100
165	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.14	5,658,713	100
166	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.13	5,308,273	100
167	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.12	11,920	100
=168	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.11	186,777	100
=168	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.11	23,401,367	100
=170	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.09	34,427,244	100
=170	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.09	176,741	100
=170	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.09	1,456,750	100
=170	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.09	3,112,270	100
=170	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.09	2,222,941	100
=175	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.08	1,568,384	100
=175	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.08	3,344,680	100
177	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.07	3,155,476	100
=178	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.06	1,569,634	100
=178	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.06	121,050	100
=178	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.06	7,258,206	100
=181	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.05	1,264,029	100
=181	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.05	1,835,573	100
183	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.04	1,572,772	100
184	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.03	6,831,860	100
=185	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.02	240,305	100
=185	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.02	2,957,324	100

02In 2009

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 0.54. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Total livestock units
HighestChina272,799,784
LowestNauru650
Middle country: 1,871,415
Share of total livestock (%)
Highest186 share it
Lowest186 share it
Middle country: 100

032008 → 2009

Since 2008

What changed between 2008 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
135values changed, of 186 in both
80 · 55rose · fell
51unchanged

Rose most

Singapore43.13 → 45.99+2.86
United Arab Emirates1.50 → 2.42+0.92
Hong Kong8.22 → 9.04+0.82
Micronesia3.16 → 3.60+0.44
Qatar1.79 → 2.23+0.44

Fell most

Brunei11.87 → 10.86−1.01
Malta4.50 → 3.95−0.55
Seychelles2.10 → 1.76−0.34
Egypt2.70 → 2.44−0.26
Cyprus1.93 → 1.74−0.19

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 2009.
109 distinct values among 186
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 6 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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Cite this edition

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2009). Livestock Density, 2009 [data set], describing 2009. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/livestock-density/2009

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