Data for 2013

Livestock Density, 2013

Name: Livestock Density, 2013
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2013, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Livestock Density, 2013 covers 188 countries on 3 measures. Singapore is highest, at 52.53; 2 countries share the lowest reading, 0.02. The middle country reads 0.51. Against 2012, 130 values changed (85 up, 45 down), the same countries are covered.

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Livestock Density · Data for 2013

HighestSingapore

52.53

Lowest2 countries share it

0.02

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

188countries
3measures per country
2013the year it describes
116distinct 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, 2013, 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, 2013: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	52.53	35,197	100
2	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	14.45	193,566	100
3	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	11.74	59,876	100
4	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	7.17	387,435	100
5	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	4.25	7,859,026	100
6	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	4.19	52,353	100
7	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	3.91	19,566	100
8	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	3.51	6,207,409	100
9	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	3.46	530,999	100
10	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	3.19	4,256,878	100
11	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	3.16	2,529,627	100
12	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	3.07	215,833	100
13	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	3.02	30,857	100
14	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	2.85	24,348	100
15	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	2.59	33,610	100
16	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	2.54	962,759	100
17	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	2.47	9,225,669	100
18	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	1.98	8,029,134	100
19	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	1.95	17,735,100	100
=20	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	1.87	203,495	100
=20	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	1.87	9,157,070	100
22	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	1.84	3,317	100
23	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	1.80	154,738	100
24	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1.79	4,714,269	100
25	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	1.74	2,690	100
26	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	1.70	16,924	100
27	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	1.67	4,049,150	100
28	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	1.64	7,322,295	100
29	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	1.63	650	100
=30	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	1.54	201,597	100
=30	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	1.54	55,903,100	100
32	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	1.51	786,230	100
33	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	1.44	18,077,035	100
34	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	1.42	1,397,005	100
35	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	1.35	10,808	100
=36	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	1.31	3,059,495	100
=36	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	1.31	14,245,559	100
38	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	1.29	1,969,784	100
39	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	1.23	8,594	100
40	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	1.22	20,364,611	100
41	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	1.21	73,767	100
42	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	1.20	10,775	100
43	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	1.17	769,688	100
44	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	1.13	12,553,282	100
45	Suriname`SUR`South America	1.09	91,029	100
46	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	1.07	35,295	100
47	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	1.04	352,943	100
=48	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	1.02	2,768,856	100
=48	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	1.02	37,634,666	100
50	India`IND`Southern Asia	1.00	179,895,079	100
51	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.99	312,311	100
52	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.89	15,268,890	100
53	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.88	1,824,650	100
54	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.85	3,608,725	100
=55	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.84	24,225,517	100
=55	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.84	351,234	100
57	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.83	65,577	100
=58	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.79	5,945,226	100
=58	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.79	2,656,975	100
60	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.76	177,148,005	100
61	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.75	917,739	100
=62	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.74	1,332,491	100
=62	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.74	570,710	100
=62	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.74	10,133,500	100
=65	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.73	3,699,981	100
=65	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.73	135,835	100
67	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.70	8,785,655	100
=68	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.69	1,552,965	100
=68	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.69	2,086,289	100
=68	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.69	14,858,758	100
=71	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.67	107,333	100
=71	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.67	4,020	100
=71	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.67	408,182	100
74	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.66	9,398,650	100
75	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.65	2,401,621	100
76	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.64	679,624	100
=77	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.63	748,521	100
=77	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.63	32,477,550	100
=79	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.62	3,037,000	100
=79	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.62	8,987,946	100
81	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.61	3,856,885	100
82	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.60	7,869,431	100
=83	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.59	2,796,090	100
=83	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.59	1,166,534	100
=85	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.58	1,318,530	100
=85	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.58	15,500,857	100
87	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.57	1,509,940	100
=88	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.55	3,045,200	100
=88	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.55	15,708,892	100
=90	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.53	13,160	100
=90	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.53	755,118	100
=90	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.53	7,644,595	100
=90	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.53	1,949,626	100
94	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.52	10,095,408	100
=95	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.50	261,820,124	100
=95	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.50	357,779	100
=97	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.49	4,307,935	100
=97	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.49	22,649,700	100
=97	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.49	1,701,263	100
=100	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.48	4,672,753	100
=100	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.48	3,893,505	100
102	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.45	290,343	100
=103	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.44	836,243	100
=103	Colombia`COL`South America	0.44	19,667,348	100
=105	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.43	668,428	100
=105	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.43	3,818,702	100
=107	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.42	1,480,429	100
=107	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.42	16,236,294	100
=109	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.41	215,387	100
=109	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.41	20,595,263	100
=109	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.41	3,616,410	100
=109	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.41	40,480,035	100
=113	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.40	1,606,166	100
=113	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.40	88,463	100
=113	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.40	15,143,614	100
116	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.39	502,163	100
=117	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.38	953,635	100
=117	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.38	8,791,611	100
=119	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.36	24,121,578	100
=119	Peru`PER`South America	0.36	8,650,634	100
=119	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.36	992,561	100
=122	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.35	766,006	100
=122	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.35	46,420	100
=124	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.34	42,230,954	100
=124	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.34	2,452,779	100
=124	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.34	1,906,953	100
=124	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.34	4,713,877	100
=124	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.34	8,595,090	100
129	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.33	547,946	100
=130	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.32	392,850	100
=130	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.32	1,682,920	100
=130	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.32	604,882	100
=130	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.32	9,083,500	100
134	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.31	10,887	100
=135	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.30	17,556,185	100
=135	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.30	1,133,754	100
=135	United States`USA`Northern America	0.30	127,940,082	100
=138	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.28	10,664,400	100
=138	Chile`CHL`South America	0.28	3,881,000	100
=138	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.28	274,515	100
141	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.27	657,075	100
=142	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.26	8,800	100
=142	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.26	577,677	100
=142	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.26	756,430	100
=142	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.26	28,523,691	100
=146	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.25	2,513,830	100
=146	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.25	4,025,180	100
=148	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.24	7,403,811	100
=148	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.24	301,477	100
=150	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.23	1,723,000	100
=150	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.23	3,623,276	100
=150	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.23	9,575,697	100
=150	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.23	22,398	100
=154	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.22	9,874,892	100
=154	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.22	870,897	100
=154	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.22	9,845,965	100
=154	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.22	3,097,237	100
=158	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.21	2,556,375	100
=158	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.21	390,545	100
160	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.19	4,416,601	100
=161	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.18	6,736,830	100
=161	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.18	299,620	100
=163	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.17	1,761,199	100
=163	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.17	7,058,885	100
=165	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.16	807,299	100
=165	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.16	14,977,390	100
167	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.15	6,147,680	100
168	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.14	5,816,388	100
=169	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.12	12,540	100
=169	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.12	217,400	100
=169	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.12	2,887,749	100
172	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.11	24,455,850	100
=173	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.10	35,957,093	100
=173	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.10	1,543,595	100
=175	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.09	164,459	100
=175	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.09	3,706,608	100
=175	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.09	3,187,908	100
=178	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.08	3,712,864	100
=178	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.08	1,759,546	100
180	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.07	7,798,288	100
181	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.06	127,000	100
=182	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.05	1,347,378	100
=182	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.05	1,835,570	100
=182	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.05	1,833,760	100
185	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.04	1,371,256	100
186	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.03	6,877,447	100
=187	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.02	260,738	100
=187	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.02	3,863,273	100

02In 2013

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
185DR Congo0.04
182Namibiashared0.05

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
HighestChina261,820,124
LowestNauru650
Middle country: 1,959,705
Share of total livestock (%)
Highest188 share it
Lowest188 share it
Middle country: 100

032012 → 2013

Since 2012

What changed between 2012 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
130values changed, of 188 in both
85 · 45rose · fell
58unchanged

Rose most

Singapore48.22 → 52.53+4.31
Brunei13.02 → 14.45+1.43
Qatar2.80 → 3.07+0.27
Japan1.63 → 1.87+0.24
Montenegro0.17 → 0.40+0.23

Fell most

Suriname1.54 → 1.09−0.45
Seychelles2.11 → 1.74−0.37
El Salvador0.90 → 0.75−0.15
Lebanon1.31 → 1.17−0.14
Taiwan3.30 → 3.16−0.14

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 2013.
116 distinct values among 188
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 5 countries share 0.34. 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) (2013). Livestock Density, 2013 [data set], describing 2013. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/livestock-density/2013

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