Data for 2016

Livestock Density, 2016

Name: Livestock Density, 2016
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2016, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Livestock Density, 2016 covers 188 countries on 3 measures. Singapore is highest, at 54.87; 2 countries share the lowest reading, 0.02. The middle country reads 0.52. Against 2015, 125 values changed (92 up, 33 down), the same countries are covered.

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Livestock Density · Data for 2016

HighestSingapore

54.87

Lowest2 countries share it

0.02

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

188countries
3measures per country
2016the 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, 2016, 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, 2016: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	54.87	36,211	100
2	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	13.36	179,046	100
3	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	12.94	64,717	100
4	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	7.32	395,092	100
5	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	6.11	61,057	100
6	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	5.07	360,051	100
7	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	4.54	8,248,453	100
8	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	4.06	608,292	100
9	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	4.02	20,117	100
10	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	3.85	6,544,012	100
11	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	3.25	26,735	100
12	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	3.15	4,252,831	100
13	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	3.02	2,396,194	100
14	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	2.86	29,736	100
15	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	2.81	1,080,129	100
16	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	2.63	34,230	100
17	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	2.49	9,278,840	100
18	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	2.10	8,359,057	100
19	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	2.03	3,140	100
20	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	1.98	18,222,030	100
21	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	1.89	3,398	100
22	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	1.86	203,838	100
=23	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	1.85	8,884,182	100
=23	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	1.85	159,434	100
25	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	1.81	18,004	100
26	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1.80	4,734,243	100
27	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	1.71	7,635,595	100
28	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	1.70	62,567,000	100
29	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	1.67	21,366,024	100
30	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	1.65	4,126,336	100
31	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	1.63	650	100
32	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	1.61	209,852	100
33	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	1.51	831,994	100
34	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	1.44	1,414,974	100
=35	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	1.41	11,262	100
=35	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	1.41	3,427,508	100
37	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	1.29	1,959,967	100
=38	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	1.28	857,781	100
=38	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	1.28	15,614,345	100
40	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	1.21	20,114,604	100
41	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	1.20	10,817	100
=42	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	1.18	8,265	100
=42	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	1.18	403,444	100
44	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	1.15	12,229,087	100
45	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	1.10	41,138,478	100
=46	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	1.03	2,741,082	100
=46	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	1.03	36,109	100
48	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	1.02	70,423	100
49	India`IND`Southern Asia	1.01	181,434,759	100
50	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.97	84,750	100
51	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.92	1,900,899	100
52	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.91	5,040,905	100
53	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.90	15,684,854	100
54	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.86	3,879,213	100
55	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.85	66,837	100
=56	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.84	24,136,841	100
=56	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.84	350,923	100
=58	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.81	1,406,691	100
=58	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.81	4,098,702	100
60	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.80	10,246,694	100
=61	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.78	183,860,960	100
=61	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.78	952,248	100
=61	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.78	2,682,615	100
=61	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.78	833,987	100
65	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.74	585,041	100
=66	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.73	9,109,104	100
=66	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.73	2,634,830	100
=66	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.73	10,452,384	100
69	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.72	37,840,063	100
70	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.69	2,081,483	100
=71	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.68	419,432	100
=71	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.68	9,727,339	100
=73	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.67	1,483,730	100
=73	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.67	14,501,108	100
75	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.66	1,320,729	100
=76	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.65	3,188,246	100
=76	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.65	17,005,727	100
=78	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.64	760,013	100
=78	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.64	3,972,070	100
=80	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.62	8,421,742	100
=80	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.62	17,633,245	100
82	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.61	1,589,338	100
=83	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.60	2,846,817	100
=83	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.60	3,590	100
85	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.58	1,315,133	100
86	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.57	97,400	100
=87	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.56	798,324	100
=87	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.56	8,118,992	100
89	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.55	2,102,357	100
90	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.54	169,394	100
=91	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.53	3,042,898	100
=91	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.53	13,142	100
=93	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.52	10,470,424	100
=93	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.52	97,818	100
=95	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.51	4,375,894	100
=95	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.51	25,523,118	100
=95	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.51	365,670	100
=98	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.50	4,850,592	100
=98	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.50	259,843,769	100
=100	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.48	735,402	100
=100	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.48	311,382	100
=100	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.48	1,644,496	100
=103	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.46	3,931,431	100
=103	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.46	17,525,645	100
=105	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.45	1,738,573	100
=105	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.45	885,853	100
=105	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.45	20,519,877	100
=108	Colombia`COL`South America	0.44	19,713,327	100
=108	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.44	4,131,593	100
=108	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.44	16,957,382	100
=111	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.43	1,501,492	100
=111	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.43	41,866,355	100
113	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.42	216,423	100
114	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.41	2,344,257	100
115	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.40	10,207,662	100
=116	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.39	2,368,038	100
=116	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.39	99,732	100
=118	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.38	25,736,243	100
=118	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.38	505,226	100
=118	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.38	8,605,270	100
=121	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.36	42,872,586	100
=121	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.36	852,603	100
=121	Peru`PER`South America	0.36	8,546,463	100
=124	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.35	591,179	100
=124	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.35	46,835	100
=124	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.35	4,740,959	100
=127	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.33	1,764,726	100
=127	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.33	9,278,889	100
=129	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.32	2,948,693	100
=129	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.32	604,228	100
=131	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.31	679,614	100
=131	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.31	861,180	100
=131	United States`USA`Northern America	0.31	131,233,688	100
=134	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.30	17,145,090	100
=134	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.30	685,654	100
=136	Chile`CHL`South America	0.29	3,624,523	100
=136	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.29	11,659	100
=136	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.29	1,122,428	100
=139	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.28	10,781,544	100
=139	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.28	343,794	100
141	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.27	9,113	100
=142	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.26	4,231,398	100
=142	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.26	11,035,879	100
=142	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.26	29,056,391	100
=142	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.26	2,495,263	100
=146	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.25	248,724	100
=146	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.25	724,315	100
=146	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.25	7,652,690	100
=146	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.25	317,672	100
=150	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.24	2,956,079	100
=150	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.24	11,284,740	100
=152	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.23	1,749,850	100
=152	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.23	544,037	100
=154	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.22	22,677	100
=154	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.22	9,904,127	100
=154	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.22	3,567,023	100
=157	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.21	397,555	100
=157	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.21	826,275	100
159	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.20	2,797,894	100
160	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.19	4,348,923	100
=161	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.18	6,801,735	100
=161	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.18	303,082	100
=161	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.18	1,899,736	100
164	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.17	6,860,428	100
165	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.16	828,459	100
=166	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.15	6,104,962	100
=166	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.15	14,504,408	100
=166	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.15	6,220,518	100
=169	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.12	12,688	100
=169	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.12	218,986	100
=169	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.12	2,778,294	100
172	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.11	24,780,566	100
=173	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.10	1,541,006	100
=173	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.10	3,910,731	100
=175	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.09	4,015,335	100
=175	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.09	31,245,435	100
=175	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.09	175,542	100
=175	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.09	10,694,983	100
=175	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.09	3,389,903	100
180	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.08	1,969,812	100
181	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.06	129,656	100
=182	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.05	1,856,953	100
=182	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.05	2,087,426	100
=184	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.04	994,653	100
=184	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.04	1,413,529	100
=184	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.04	7,718,430	100
=187	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.02	262,832	100
=187	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.02	3,831,752	100

02In 2016

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
184Kazakhstanshared0.04
184DR Congoshared0.04
184Botswanashared0.04

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
HighestChina259,843,769
LowestNauru650
Middle country: 2,094,891
Share of total livestock (%)
Highest188 share it
Lowest188 share it
Middle country: 100

032015 → 2016

Since 2015

What changed between 2015 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
125values changed, of 188 in both
92 · 33rose · fell
63unchanged

Rose most

Qatar3.80 → 5.07+1.27
Barbados5.03 → 6.11+1.08
Singapore53.95 → 54.87+0.92
Brunei13.02 → 13.36+0.34
Hong Kong12.61 → 12.94+0.33

Fell most

Malta3.01 → 2.86−0.15
Vanuatu0.65 → 0.52−0.13
Israel1.62 → 1.51−0.11
Belgium3.21 → 3.15−0.06
Taiwan3.07 → 3.02−0.05

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 2016.
115 distinct values among 188
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 5 countries share 0.09. 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) (2016). Livestock Density, 2016 [data set], describing 2016. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/livestock-density/2016

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