Data for 2011

Livestock Density, 2011

Name: Livestock Density, 2011
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2011, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Livestock Density, 2011 covers 186 countries on 3 measures. Singapore is highest, at 45.48; 2 countries share the lowest reading, 0.02. The middle country reads 0.51. Against 2010, 128 values changed (71 up, 57 down), the same countries are covered.

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Livestock Density · Data for 2011

HighestSingapore

45.48

Lowest2 countries share it

0.02

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

186countries
3measures per country
2011the year it describes
115distinct 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, 2011, 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, 2011: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	45.48	33,197	100
2	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	11.05	148,137	100
3	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	10.72	58,966	100
4	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	6.94	374,992	100
5	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	4.20	7,809,371	100
6	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	3.80	19,003	100
7	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	3.70	51,813	100
8	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	3.47	5,205	100
=9	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	3.28	5,762,165	100
=9	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	3.28	2,648,616	100
11	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	3.25	494,925	100
12	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	3.24	4,325,602	100
13	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	2.93	30,294	100
14	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	2.60	178,811	100
15	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	2.58	33,550	100
16	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	2.55	22,300	100
17	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	2.49	9,000,605	100
18	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	2.25	873,693	100
19	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	1.93	224,716	100
20	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	1.90	17,319,460	100
21	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	1.87	7,726,004	100
22	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	1.82	3,282	100
23	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1.81	4,880,512	100
=24	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	1.76	4,091,860	100
=24	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	1.76	17,477	100
26	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	1.73	154,071	100
27	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	1.64	8,047,660	100
28	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	1.63	650	100
29	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	1.53	201,054	100
30	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	1.52	6,928,440	100
31	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	1.50	776,530	100
32	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	1.48	71,046	100
33	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	1.45	52,038,700	100
34	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	1.40	9,820	100
35	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	1.37	1,369,575	100
36	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	1.36	14,638,435	100
37	Suriname`SUR`South America	1.32	105,522	100
38	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	1.31	2,006,044	100
39	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	1.30	16,263,142	100
=40	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	1.28	2,832,510	100
=40	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	1.28	7,700	100
42	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	1.23	799,197	100
43	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	1.21	10,875	100
44	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	1.18	19,764,567	100
=45	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	1.09	12,445,300	100
=45	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	1.09	35,005	100
47	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	1.05	10,474	100
48	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	1.04	2,854,410	100
49	India`IND`Southern Asia	1.00	180,169,204	100
50	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.98	330,352	100
51	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.97	309,048	100
52	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.96	35,022,583	100
53	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.90	1,817,050	100
54	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.88	15,072,235	100
55	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.85	1,041,633	100
56	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.84	24,216,011	100
=57	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.82	5,999,577	100
=57	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.82	3,515,475	100
59	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.81	342,229	100
=60	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.78	61,885	100
=60	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.78	2,568,977	100
62	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.77	179,015,956	100
=63	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.75	1,359,455	100
=63	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.75	10,355,928	100
=65	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.74	556,472	100
=65	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.74	9,040,725	100
67	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.71	133,034	100
68	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.70	436,615	100
69	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.69	2,103,951	100
=70	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.68	684,628	100
=70	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.68	1,537,314	100
=70	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.68	2,481,595	100
73	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.66	3,366,962	100
74	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.65	9,511,150	100
75	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.63	3,404,180	100
=76	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.61	95,951	100
=76	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.61	2,976,440	100
=76	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.61	31,239,576	100
=79	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.60	8,618,970	100
=79	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.60	12,936,149	100
=81	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.59	703,974	100
=81	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.59	7,598,633	100
=81	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.59	3,808,845	100
=81	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.59	1,137,082	100
=85	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.58	16,298,261	100
=85	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.58	1,531,000	100
=85	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.58	15,792,015	100
=88	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.57	2,720,997	100
=88	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.57	1,310,361	100
=88	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.57	8,435,595	100
=91	Colombia`COL`South America	0.53	22,167,380	100
=91	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.53	703,780	100
93	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.52	12,900	100
94	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.50	261,851,870	100
=95	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.49	9,417,472	100
=95	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.49	1,738,923	100
97	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.48	22,335,050	100
=98	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.47	4,199,725	100
=98	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.47	1,770,997	100
100	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.46	3,431,238	100
=101	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.45	4,374,420	100
=101	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.45	291,282	100
=101	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.45	324,568	100
104	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.44	3,723,600	100
105	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.43	1,492,680	100
=106	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.42	1,523,731	100
=106	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.42	608,790	100
=108	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.41	213,127	100
=108	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.41	9,346,073	100
=110	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.40	40,541,455	100
=110	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.40	3,626,923	100
112	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.39	500,163	100
=113	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.37	673,488	100
=113	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.37	18,380,359	100
=115	Peru`PER`South America	0.36	8,601,294	100
=115	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.36	996,177	100
=117	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.35	46,690	100
=117	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.35	23,444,321	100
=117	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.35	13,304,600	100
=117	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.35	13,532,934	100
=121	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.34	723,994	100
=121	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.34	838,745	100
=121	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.34	2,508,920	100
=121	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.34	4,744,060	100
=125	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.32	39,834,713	100
=125	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.32	394,260	100
=125	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.32	1,689,888	100
=125	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.32	626,299	100
=129	Chile`CHL`South America	0.31	4,448,542	100
=129	United States`USA`Northern America	0.31	131,675,438	100
=131	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.30	17,416,135	100
=131	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.30	1,620,138	100
=131	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.30	7,676,950	100
=134	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.29	809,605	100
=134	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.29	715,024	100
=134	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.29	328,670	100
137	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.28	267,260	100
=138	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.27	466,359	100
=138	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.27	10,302,650	100
=138	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.27	619,640	100
=138	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.27	9,032	100
=142	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.25	8,600	100
=142	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.25	908,423	100
=142	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.25	4,016,687	100
=145	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.24	7,202,541	100
=145	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.24	2,427,332	100
147	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.23	3,180,441	100
=148	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.22	1,694,600	100
=148	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.22	391,445	100
=148	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.22	8,956,760	100
=148	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.22	21,898	100
=148	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.22	9,754,985	100
153	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.21	3,244,823	100
154	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.20	9,048,681	100
=155	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.19	7,139,680	100
=155	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.19	2,296,380	100
=155	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.19	774,680	100
158	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.18	4,289,920	100
=159	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.17	879,329	100
=159	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.17	297,320	100
=159	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.17	6,971,140	100
=162	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.16	1,680,486	100
=162	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.16	83,666	100
=162	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.16	15,228,527	100
=165	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.14	5,714,887	100
=165	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.14	5,770,979	100
=167	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.12	12,220	100
=167	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.12	209,300	100
169	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.11	23,413,449	100
170	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.10	1,523,350	100
=171	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.09	34,963,824	100
=171	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.09	176,236	100
=171	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.09	3,513,425	100
=171	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.09	3,107,530	100
=171	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.09	2,046,136	100
=176	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.08	3,417,936	100
=176	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.08	1,595,803	100
=178	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.06	1,627,220	100
=178	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.06	122,150	100
=178	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.06	6,292,235	100
181	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.05	1,811,081	100
=182	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.04	1,267,997	100
=182	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.04	1,640,797	100
184	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.03	7,163,035	100
=185	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.02	257,438	100
=185	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.02	3,630,177	100

02In 2011

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

Each measure’s ends

Total livestock units
HighestChina261,851,870
LowestNauru650
Middle country: 1,814,065
Share of total livestock (%)
Highest186 share it
Lowest186 share it
Middle country: 100

032010 → 2011

Since 2010

What changed between 2010 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
128values changed, of 186 in both
71 · 57rose · fell
58unchanged

Rose most

Seychelles1.96 → 3.47+1.51
Singapore44.86 → 45.48+0.62
Kuwait2.65 → 3.25+0.60
Hong Kong10.42 → 10.72+0.30
Lebanon0.97 → 1.23+0.26

Fell most

Malta3.45 → 2.93−0.52
Brunei11.49 → 11.05−0.44
Japan1.87 → 1.64−0.23
Bahamas2.80 → 2.58−0.22
South Korea3.49 → 3.28−0.21

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 2011.
115 distinct values among 186
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 5 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) (2011). Livestock Density, 2011 [data set], describing 2011. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/livestock-density/2011

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