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Livestock Density 2017

Report year 2017Data year 2017

Livestock units per hectare of agricultural landNeither end is better — this is a shape, not a scorePublished by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

63 reference years (1961–2023), covering 158 to 188 countries, from FAOSTAT's Livestock Patterns domain, with the absolute total stored beside it. ⚠ THE SHEET ROW ASKS FOR "HEAD COUNTS OF CATTLE, SHEEP, POULTRY AND THE REST", AND THAT IS NOT A NUMBER THAT CAN BE PUBLISHED: head counts by species cannot be added, because a chicken is not a cow. FAO's own answer is the LIVESTOCK UNIT, which weighs species by feed requirement, and "Major livestock types" is its own published all-species total — nothing here is aggregated by this site. Per hectare of agricultural land then makes a large country comparable with a small one. The row is therefore narrowed and renamed, the same call made for the UIS funding-per-student row. ⚠ NEITHER END IS BETTER: high density is intensive farming, efficient in land and hard on water, soil and emissions; low density is extensive grazing, or very little livestock at all. Read it beside agricultural emissions, which is largely what it drives. The FAO ranks nobody, so no rank is stored; the POSITION is derived here and labelled as ours.

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Livestock Density 2017 — Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Cite as: FAO. FAOSTAT. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Licence: CC BY 4.0

How much livestock a country carries for each hectare of its agricultural land, in FAO's own livestock units — a standard that weighs species by feed requirement, so cattle, sheep and poultry can be counted together. The absolute total is stored beside it. ⚠ FAO'S AGGREGATE, NOT OURS: "Major livestock types" is a published total, not a sum computed here — head counts by species cannot be added, because a chicken is not a cow. ⚠ NEITHER END IS BETTER. High density is intensive farming, which is efficient in land and hard on water, soil and emissions; low density is extensive grazing or very little livestock at all. Read it beside agricultural emissions. The FAO does not rank countries on it, so no rank is stored and none is derived.

188 rows × 5 columns · imported from the publisher’s published data file on 2026-09-11

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Livestock Density 2017 — 188 rows. Column headings sort the table.
ISO Code	Country	Livestock units per hectare of agricultural land	Total livestock units	Share of total livestock (%)
SGP	Singapore	56	36,872	100
HKG	Hong Kong	14	70,370	100
BRN	Brunei	13	174,308	100
TTO	Trinidad and Tobago	7	403,426	100
BRB	Barbados	6	63,702	100
QAT	Qatar	5	380,934	100
NLD	Netherlands	4	7,969,883	100
KWT	Kuwait	4	645,316	100
KOR	South Korea	4	6,801,478	100
FSM	Micronesia	4	20,016	100
BHR	Bahrain	3	27,709	100
BEL	Belgium	3	4,109,031	100
TWN	Taiwan	3	2,417,138	100
ARE	United Arab Emirates	3	1,103,731	100
BHS	Bahamas	3	35,248	100
MLT	Malta	3	28,156	100
EGY	Egypt	2	8,803,355	100
NPL	Nepal	2	8,425,127	100
BGD	Bangladesh	2	18,391,530	100
SYC	Seychelles	2	3,099	100
TUV	Tuvalu	2	3,398	100
MUS	Mauritius	2	161,302	100
JPN	Japan	2	8,927,300	100
LCA	Saint Lucia	2	18,354	100
DNK	Denmark	2	4,724,066	100
MMR	Myanmar	2	23,538,287	100
PAK	Pakistan	2	65,324,950	100
CYP	Cyprus	2	212,525	100
IRL	Ireland	2	7,751,566	100
DOM	Dominican Republic	2	4,221,310	100
NRU	Nauru	2	650	100
LUX	Luxembourg	2	211,911	100
LAO	Laos	2	3,538,708	100
NOR	Norway	1	1,436,135	100
GRD	Grenada	1	11,503	100
ISR	Israel	1	873,326	100
LBN	Lebanon	1	867,058	100
CHE	Switzerland	1	1,953,950	100
VNM	Vietnam	1	15,535,644	100
ATG	Antigua and Barbuda	1	10,844	100
DEU	Germany	1	20,012,827	100
NZL	New Zealand	1	12,228,336	100
VCT	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1	8,063	100
TLS	Timor-Leste	1	394,141	100
SUR	Suriname	1	95,252	100
ETH	Ethiopia	1	42,095,069	100
WSM	Samoa	1	65,496	100
TON	Tonga	1	36,344	100
AUT	Austria	1	2,729,402	100
IND	India	1	182,358,545	100
IDN	Indonesia	1	52,282,289	100
HTI	Haiti	1	1,872,748	100
ECU	Ecuador	1	5,070,250	100
GBR	United Kingdom	1	15,890,589	100
GTM	Guatemala	1	3,950,664	100
CRI	Costa Rica	1	1,462,554	100
JAM	Jamaica	1	352,699	100
FRA	France	1	23,831,008	100
JOR	Jordan	1	823,326	100
ITA	Italy	1	10,321,550	100
NIC	Nicaragua	1	4,088,565	100
BRA	Brazil	1	182,753,653	100
HND	Honduras	1	2,692,766	100
SLV	El Salvador	1	920,420	100
GNB	Guinea-Bissau	1	589,538	100
PRT	Portugal	1	2,729,430	100
PHL	Philippines	1	9,066,075	100
UGA	Uganda	1	10,445,763	100
CPV	Cabo Verde	1	56,386	100
SVN	Slovenia	1	422,854	100
SWE	Sweden	1	2,082,011	100
PAN	Panama	1	1,478,825	100
RWA	Rwanda	1	1,337,952	100
URY	Uruguay	1	9,523,846	100
ESP	Spain	1	17,428,015	100
VEN	Venezuela	1	14,134,870	100
CAF	Central African Republic	1	3,141,372	100
ALB	Albania	1	743,408	100
BFA	Burkina Faso	1	8,618,092	100
CUB	Cuba	1	3,861,150	100
PRK	North Korea	1	1,595,031	100
AZE	Azerbaijan	1	2,834,836	100
KEN	Kenya	1	16,544,031	100
POL	Poland	1	8,451,543	100
BLZ	Belize	1	98,884	100
FJI	Fiji	1	180,326	100
FIN	Finland	1	1,274,900	100
OMN	Oman	1	813,425	100
TJK	Tajikistan	1	2,136,097	100
BDI	Burundi	1	1,103,877	100
TCD	Chad	1	27,041,125	100
DMA	Dominica	1	13,135	100
BLR	Belarus	1	4,457,549	100
KHM	Cambodia	1	3,036,551	100
GUY	Guyana	1	372,499	100
PRY	Paraguay	1	10,449,082	100
CMR	Cameroon	1	4,847,238	100
CHN	China	0	254,025,657	100
HRV	Croatia	0	737,182	100
KNA	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0	2,964	100
COL	Colombia	0	21,048,046	100
SRB	Serbia	0	1,629,640	100
MYS	Malaysia	0	3,987,053	100
TUR	Türkiye	0	17,664,625	100
VUT	Vanuatu	0	87,837	100
SEN	Senegal	0	4,267,290	100
TZA	Tanzania	0	17,633,910	100
BEN	Benin	0	1,785,376	100
GMB	Gambia	0	281,537	100
MEX	Mexico	0	42,429,024	100
IRN	Iran	0	19,803,029	100
MWI	Malawi	0	2,498,829	100
BTN	Bhutan	0	217,560	100
CZE	Czechia	0	1,478,297	100
UZB	Uzbekistan	0	10,478,837	100
GRC	Greece	0	2,402,664	100
NGA	Nigeria	0	26,312,899	100
ARG	Argentina	0	44,457,904	100
THA	Thailand	0	8,553,419	100
PNG	Papua New Guinea	0	507,965	100
COM	Comoros	0	47,032	100
GEO	Georgia	0	830,699	100
MNE	Montenegro	0	90,637	100
PER	Peru	0	8,550,491	100
ROU	Romania	0	4,652,609	100
ARM	Armenia	0	556,682	100
IRQ	Iraq	0	3,043,007	100
SSD	South Sudan	0	9,394,534	100
LKA	Sri Lanka	0	904,631	100
HUN	Hungary	0	1,716,976	100
BIH	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0	685,678	100
MDA	Moldova	0	709,541	100
STP	São Tomé and Príncipe	0	12,643	100
SVK	Slovakia	0	576,707	100
TGO	Togo	0	1,181,381	100
USA	United States	0	133,544,346	100
CAN	Canada	0	17,126,804	100
CHL	Chile	0	3,653,244	100
BOL	Bolivia	0	10,977,464	100
SWZ	Eswatini	0	334,435	100
MLI	Mali	0	11,762,910	100
GIN	Guinea	0	4,470,026	100
KIR	Kiribati	0	9,228	100
EST	Estonia	0	257,060	100
GHA	Ghana	0	3,087,120	100
SDN	Sudan	0	29,259,999	100
TUN	Tunisia	0	2,513,526	100
LSO	Lesotho	0	614,099	100
MAR	Morocco	0	7,686,292	100
NER	Niger	0	11,808,532	100
MKD	North Macedonia	0	317,281	100
LTU	Lithuania	0	710,308	100
ERI	Eritrea	0	1,760,923	100
SLE	Sierra Leone	0	917,011	100
SLB	Solomon Islands	0	22,677	100
SOM	Somalia	0	9,864,180	100
ZWE	Zimbabwe	0	3,554,508	100
LVA	Latvia	0	397,234	100
AFG	Afghanistan	0	6,637,930	100
DJI	Djibouti	0	304,165	100
KGZ	Kyrgyzstan	0	1,939,966	100
YEM	Yemen	0	4,328,721	100
DZA	Algeria	0	6,863,456	100
BGR	Bulgaria	0	872,010	100
SYR	Syria	0	2,389,726	100
MDG	Madagascar	0	6,129,300	100
ZAF	South Africa	0	14,143,718	100
UKR	Ukraine	0	6,046,893	100
GNQ	Equatorial Guinea	0	12,767	100
LBR	Liberia	0	219,713	100
RUS	Russia	0	24,817,475	100
ZMB	Zambia	0	2,843,425	100
LBY	Libya	0	1,554,213	100
MRT	Mauritania	0	3,897,412	100
MNG	Mongolia	0	11,521,250	100
AGO	Angola	0	3,971,139	100
AUS	Australia	0	32,878,929	100
ISL	Iceland	0	170,315	100
TKM	Turkmenistan	0	3,432,753	100
CIV	Côte d’Ivoire	0	2,091,890	100
GAB	Gabon	0	129,689	100
NAM	Namibia	0	1,983,581	100
COD	DR Congo	0	1,423,353	100
KAZ	Kazakhstan	0	8,070,623	100
MOZ	Mozambique	0	1,709,408	100
BWA	Botswana	0	752,722	100
COG	Republic of the Congo	0	262,629	100
SAU	Saudi Arabia	0	3,885,336	100

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