Data for 2012

Livestock Density, 2012

Name: Livestock Density, 2012
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2012, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Livestock Density, 2012 covers 188 countries on 3 measures. Singapore is highest, at 48.22; 2 countries share the lowest reading, 0.02. The middle country reads 0.51. Against 2011, 124 values changed (83 up, 41 down), 2 countries joined.

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Livestock Density · Data for 2012

HighestSingapore

48.22

Lowest2 countries share it

0.02

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

188countries
3measures per country
2012the year it describes
114distinct 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, 2012, 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, 2012: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	48.22	35,197	100
2	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	13.02	174,435	100
3	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	11.59	59,109	100
4	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	7.05	380,878	100
5	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	4.20	7,732,484	100
6	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	4.01	52,093	100
7	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	3.80	19,023	100
8	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	3.59	545,804	100
9	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	3.50	6,253,841	100
10	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	3.30	2,648,497	100
11	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	3.22	4,289,856	100
12	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	3.00	30,891	100
13	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	2.80	194,706	100
14	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	2.69	23,269	100
15	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	2.59	33,610	100
16	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	2.51	9,275,486	100
17	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	2.34	880,653	100
18	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	2.11	3,160	100
=19	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	1.93	17,567,460	100
=19	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	1.93	7,900,272	100
21	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	1.84	214,985	100
22	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	1.83	3,295	100
23	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1.82	4,770,476	100
24	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	1.79	155,778	100
25	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	1.77	4,073,750	100
26	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	1.75	17,433	100
=27	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	1.63	7,977,575	100
=27	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	1.63	650	100
29	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	1.59	7,211,680	100
30	Suriname`SUR`South America	1.54	112,517	100
=31	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	1.50	197,749	100
=31	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	1.50	54,028,100	100
33	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	1.48	778,330	100
34	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	1.40	1,386,880	100
35	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	1.37	17,189,810	100
=36	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	1.33	10,621	100
=36	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	1.33	9,296	100
=36	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	1.33	72,623	100
=39	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	1.32	2,982,870	100
=39	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	1.32	14,265,434	100
41	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	1.31	862,023	100
42	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	1.30	1,991,364	100
43	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	1.21	10,875	100
44	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	1.20	19,983,438	100
45	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	1.12	12,603,731	100
46	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	1.07	35,355	100
47	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	1.02	2,784,680	100
48	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	1.01	341,278	100
49	India`IND`Southern Asia	1.00	179,495,837	100
50	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.99	36,289,208	100
51	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.98	310,128	100
=52	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.90	1,099,959	100
=52	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.90	1,824,600	100
54	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.88	15,107,560	100
=55	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.84	24,136,836	100
=55	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.84	3,571,245	100
=55	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.84	351,433	100
58	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.80	63,593	100
=59	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.78	5,878,929	100
=59	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.78	2,633,483	100
61	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.76	177,261,100	100
62	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.75	10,357,385	100
63	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.74	1,337,610	100
64	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.73	558,160	100
65	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.72	134,420	100
66	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.71	8,834,710	100
67	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.70	4,220	100
=68	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.69	3,518,548	100
=68	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.69	1,550,285	100
=68	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.69	14,835,300	100
=71	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.68	415,500	100
=71	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.68	2,072,775	100
73	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.67	2,452,379	100
=74	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.66	33,363,119	100
=74	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.66	685,091	100
76	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.65	9,307,930	100
77	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.64	1,674,020	100
=78	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.62	749,724	100
=78	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.62	99,703	100
=78	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.62	3,012,000	100
=78	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.62	8,877,941	100
=82	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.59	7,681,723	100
=82	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.59	3,798,735	100
=82	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.59	1,160,328	100
=85	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.58	2,756,762	100
=85	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.58	15,542,721	100
87	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.57	1,303,401	100
=88	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.56	3,064,053	100
=88	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.56	15,828,547	100
=90	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.53	700,831	100
=90	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.53	13,160	100
=90	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.53	7,666,265	100
93	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.52	10,024,882	100
=94	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.51	366,879	100
=94	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.51	1,866,989	100
=96	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.50	4,436,535	100
=96	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.50	264,013,563	100
=98	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.49	22,650,900	100
=98	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.49	1,694,338	100
100	Colombia`COL`South America	0.48	20,423,314	100
=101	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.46	4,485,068	100
=101	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.46	3,607,974	100
=103	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.44	3,748,950	100
=103	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.44	619,910	100
=105	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.42	1,564,201	100
=105	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.42	269,376	100
=107	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.41	1,454,015	100
=107	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.41	3,697,933	100
=109	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.40	208,921	100
=109	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.40	39,983,197	100
=109	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.40	511,730	100
=109	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.40	9,069,387	100
113	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.39	19,455,065	100
=114	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.38	702,091	100
=114	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.38	918,375	100
=114	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.38	14,165,500	100
=114	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.38	14,697,377	100
118	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.37	1,023,487	100
119	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.36	23,954,436	100
=120	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.35	46,355	100
=120	Peru`PER`South America	0.35	8,486,035	100
=122	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.34	2,477,654	100
=122	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.34	4,712,337	100
=124	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.33	41,347,994	100
=124	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.33	712,809	100
=124	Chile`CHL`South America	0.33	4,568,240	100
=124	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.33	398,945	100
=128	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.32	1,769,722	100
=128	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.32	9,038,500	100
=128	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.32	8,148,650	100
=131	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.31	1,677,408	100
=131	United States`USA`Northern America	0.31	129,437,837	100
=133	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.30	17,545,980	100
=133	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.30	580,960	100
135	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.29	492,352	100
136	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.28	267,180	100
=137	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.27	10,427,871	100
=137	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.27	625,870	100
=137	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.27	766,795	100
=137	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.27	9,586	100
=137	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.27	1,058,518	100
142	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.26	8,750	100
=143	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.25	613,943	100
=143	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.25	28,390,632	100
=143	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.25	2,445,870	100
=143	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.25	4,016,953	100
=147	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.24	7,228,102	100
=147	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.24	306,871	100
=149	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.23	22,178	100
=149	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.23	3,165,509	100
=151	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.22	1,706,000	100
=151	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.22	3,428,806	100
=151	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.22	9,243,336	100
=151	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.22	9,839,945	100
=155	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.21	383,075	100
=155	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.21	9,452,250	100
=155	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.21	824,229	100
158	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.20	2,421,805	100
159	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.19	4,348,860	100
=160	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.18	6,843,620	100
=160	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.18	299,620	100
=162	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.17	857,786	100
=162	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.17	88,219	100
=164	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.16	1,709,491	100
=164	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.16	15,375,772	100
=164	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.16	6,747,165	100
=167	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.14	5,918,598	100
=167	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.14	5,829,026	100
=169	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.12	12,380	100
=169	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.12	212,200	100
=169	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.12	2,888,167	100
172	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.11	23,842,383	100
173	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.10	1,529,625	100
=174	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.09	35,121,425	100
=174	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.09	173,695	100
=174	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.09	3,601,909	100
=174	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.09	3,159,400	100
=178	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.08	3,559,574	100
=178	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.08	1,705,127	100
=180	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.06	1,437,002	100
=180	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.06	123,600	100
=180	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.06	7,024,348	100
183	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.05	2,060,099	100
=184	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.04	1,342,395	100
=184	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.04	1,788,410	100
186	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.03	6,914,160	100
=187	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.02	258,888	100
=187	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.02	3,712,633	100

02In 2012

At either end

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

Highest

Lowest

187Saudi Arabiashared0.02
187Republic of the Congoshared0.02
186Kazakhstan0.03
184Mozambiqueshared0.04
184DR 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
HighestChina264,013,563
LowestNauru650
Middle country: 2,025,732
Share of total livestock (%)
Highest188 share it
Lowest188 share it
Middle country: 100

032011 → 2012

Since 2011

What changed between 2011 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+2 / −0countries joined / left
124values changed, of 186 in both
83 · 41rose · fell
62unchanged

Rose most

Singapore45.48 → 48.22+2.74
Brunei11.05 → 13.02+1.97
Hong Kong10.72 → 11.59+0.87
Kuwait3.25 → 3.59+0.34
Barbados3.70 → 4.01+0.31

Fell most

Seychelles3.47 → 2.11−1.36
Saint Kitts and Nevis1.28 → 0.70−0.58
Samoa1.48 → 1.33−0.15
Cyprus1.93 → 1.84−0.09
Cambodia0.63 → 0.56−0.07

+ Sudan

+ South Sudan

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 2012.
114 distinct values among 188
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 5 countries share 0.27. 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 188 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2012). Livestock Density, 2012 [data set], describing 2012. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/livestock-density/2012

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