Data for 2010

Livestock Density, 2010

Name: Livestock Density, 2010
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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Livestock Density, 2010 covers 186 countries on 3 measures. Singapore is highest, at 44.86; 2 countries share the lowest reading, 0.02. The middle country reads 0.52. Against 2009, 132 values changed (90 up, 42 down), the same countries are covered.

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Livestock Density · Data for 2010

HighestSingapore

44.86

Lowest2 countries share it

0.02

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

186countries
3measures per country
2010the year it describes
118distinct 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, 2010, 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, 2010: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	44.86	33,197	100
2	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	11.49	153,901	100
3	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	10.42	57,283	100
4	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	6.77	365,703	100
5	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	4.22	7,894,772	100
6	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	3.59	17,950	100
7	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	3.49	6,185,067	100
=8	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	3.45	51,783	100
=8	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	3.45	35,639	100
10	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	3.26	2,648,507	100
11	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	3.19	4,323,201	100
12	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	2.80	33,550	100
13	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	2.65	402,680	100
14	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	2.42	21,450	100
15	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	2.39	8,765,800	100
16	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	2.36	160,585	100
17	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	2.20	862,720	100
18	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	1.99	227,986	100
19	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	1.96	4,694	100
20	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1.88	4,942,840	100
21	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	1.87	9,262,150	100
22	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	1.85	17,105,550	100
=23	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	1.81	7,453,248	100
=23	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	1.81	3,259	100
25	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	1.78	4,089,880	100
26	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	1.76	17,530	100
27	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	1.68	153,300	100
28	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	1.65	68,516	100
29	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	1.63	650	100
30	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	1.57	205,254	100
31	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	1.56	789,150	100
32	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	1.53	7,011,355	100
=33	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	1.43	9,990	100
=33	Suriname`SUR`South America	1.43	111,599	100
35	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	1.40	49,463,500	100
36	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	1.39	15,003,996	100
=37	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	1.37	1,379,652	100
=37	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	1.37	7,800	100
39	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	1.32	2,021,580	100
40	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	1.27	2,786,300	100
41	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	1.22	15,331,789	100
42	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	1.20	10,775	100
43	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	1.19	19,824,017	100
44	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	1.11	11,089	100
45	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	1.10	35,055	100
46	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	1.09	12,454,061	100
47	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	1.03	2,859,615	100
=48	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	1.01	35,899,485	100
=48	India`IND`Southern Asia	1.01	180,742,345	100
50	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.98	313,190	100
=51	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.97	1,195,955	100
=51	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.97	620,102	100
53	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.94	319,246	100
54	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.91	1,813,550	100
55	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.88	15,176,560	100
56	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.86	24,737,251	100
57	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.85	6,355,378	100
=58	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.82	3,521,840	100
=58	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.82	345,740	100
60	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.79	2,584,925	100
=61	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.78	61,166	100
=61	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.78	9,476,425	100
63	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.76	176,327,942	100
64	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.75	1,370,695	100
65	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.73	10,494,956	100
66	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.72	446,785	100
67	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.71	532,492	100
68	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.69	128,649	100
69	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.68	2,105,337	100
70	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.67	2,441,963	100
=71	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.66	664,200	100
=71	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.66	9,512,720	100
=73	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.64	3,463,480	100
=73	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.64	1,452,879	100
=75	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.62	8,992,817	100
=75	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.62	1,182,879	100
77	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.61	3,068,780	100
=78	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.59	7,427,529	100
=78	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.59	16,121,928	100
=78	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.59	8,373,808	100
=78	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.59	12,733,867	100
=82	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.58	702,484	100
=82	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.58	91,437	100
=82	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.58	3,770,320	100
=82	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.58	1,320,742	100
=82	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.58	16,000,885	100
=87	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.57	2,708,810	100
=87	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.57	28,599,777	100
=89	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.56	2,752,660	100
=89	Colombia`COL`South America	0.56	23,914,033	100
=89	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.56	1,506,140	100
92	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.55	1,931,689	100
93	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.53	708,568	100
=94	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.51	270,274,581	100
=94	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.51	12,730	100
=96	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.49	318,587	100
=96	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.49	9,316,548	100
98	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.48	22,118,750	100
99	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.46	4,074,855	100
=100	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.45	1,568,588	100
=100	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.45	3,352,109	100
=100	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.45	1,707,067	100
=103	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.44	4,236,639	100
=103	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.44	318,393	100
=103	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.44	3,594,000	100
106	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.43	1,483,635	100
107	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.42	9,630,642	100
=108	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.41	213,754	100
=108	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.41	597,287	100
110	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.40	40,256,285	100
111	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.39	488,700	100
=112	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.38	5,311,632	100
=112	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.38	3,564,202	100
=112	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.38	992,211	100
115	Peru`PER`South America	0.36	8,579,086	100
=116	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.35	758,877	100
=116	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.35	17,366,387	100
=116	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.35	46,360	100
=119	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.34	825,480	100
=119	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.34	2,520,693	100
=121	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.33	610,309	100
=121	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.33	646,830	100
=121	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.33	12,825,156	100
=124	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.32	40,445,759	100
=124	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.32	391,094	100
=124	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.32	1,721,888	100
=124	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.32	21,516,004	100
=124	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.32	11,830,694	100
=124	United States`USA`Northern America	0.32	132,966,368	100
130	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.31	17,889,945	100
131	Chile`CHL`South America	0.30	4,475,331	100
=132	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.29	816,510	100
=132	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.29	326,707	100
=134	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.28	261,335	100
=134	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.28	7,176,405	100
=136	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.27	470,510	100
=136	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.27	10,114,533	100
=136	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.27	622,628	100
=136	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.27	1,478,733	100
=136	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.27	8,990	100
=141	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.25	8,400	100
=141	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.25	2,492,191	100
=143	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.24	888,402	100
=143	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.24	3,879,657	100
=145	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.23	578,985	100
=145	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.23	6,765,293	100
=145	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.23	21,998	100
=148	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.22	1,684,441	100
=148	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.22	9,705,025	100
=150	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.21	385,915	100
=150	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.21	8,664,879	100
=152	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.20	3,070,747	100
=152	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.20	8,665,501	100
=152	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.20	2,821,676	100
155	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.19	7,046,430	100
=156	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.18	915,157	100
=156	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.18	2,178,722	100
=156	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.18	91,317	100
=156	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.18	722,073	100
=156	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.18	4,206,554	100
=161	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.17	297,820	100
=161	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.17	6,993,630	100
163	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.16	15,257,799	100
164	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.15	1,624,845	100
165	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.14	5,713,662	100
166	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.13	5,544,759	100
=167	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.12	12,100	100
=167	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.12	201,015	100
169	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.11	23,724,944	100
=170	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.10	1,511,000	100
=170	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.10	2,285,600	100
=172	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.09	32,789,513	100
=172	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.09	176,801	100
=172	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.09	3,421,410	100
=172	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.09	3,135,605	100
176	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.08	1,612,685	100
=177	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.07	3,286,711	100
=177	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.07	1,688,290	100
179	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.06	121,700	100
=180	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.05	5,725,215	100
=180	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.05	1,823,330	100
=182	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.04	1,266,660	100
=182	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.04	1,572,922	100
184	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.03	6,992,420	100
=185	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.02	252,635	100
=185	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.02	3,191,103	100

02In 2010

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
182Mozambiqueshared0.04
182DR Congoshared0.04

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.52. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Total livestock units
HighestChina270,274,581
LowestNauru650
Middle country: 1,877,509
Share of total livestock (%)
Highest186 share it
Lowest186 share it
Middle country: 100

032009 → 2010

Since 2009

What changed between 2009 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
132values changed, of 186 in both
90 · 42rose · fell
54unchanged

Rose most

Hong Kong9.04 → 10.42+1.38
Brunei10.86 → 11.49+0.63
Bahrain2.11 → 2.42+0.31
Cyprus1.74 → 1.99+0.25
South Korea3.25 → 3.49+0.24

Fell most

Singapore45.99 → 44.86−1.13
Antigua and Barbuda1.92 → 1.20−0.72
Kuwait3.34 → 2.65−0.69
Malta3.95 → 3.45−0.50
Bahamas3.05 → 2.80−0.25

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 2010.
118 distinct values among 186
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 6 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 186 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2010). Livestock Density, 2010 [data set], describing 2010. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/livestock-density/2010

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