Data for 2018

Livestock Density, 2018

Name: Livestock Density, 2018
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2018, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Livestock Density, 2018 covers 188 countries on 3 measures. Singapore is highest, at 56.91; 2 countries share the lowest reading, 0.02. The middle country reads 0.54. Against 2017, 120 values changed (71 up, 49 down), the same countries are covered.

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Livestock Density · Data for 2018

HighestSingapore

56.91

Lowest2 countries share it

0.02

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

188countries
3measures per country
2018the year it describes
111distinct 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, 2018, 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, 2018: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	56.91	37,562	100
2	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	14.28	71,379	100
3	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	13.98	187,390	100
4	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	7.64	412,777	100
5	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	6.96	515,037	100
6	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	6.60	66,025	100
7	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	4.33	649,497	100
8	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	4.18	6,899,729	100
9	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	4.13	7,532,324	100
10	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	4.03	20,154	100
11	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	3.81	30,836	100
12	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	3.09	4,185,254	100
13	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	3.07	2,428,661	100
14	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	2.91	1,111,256	100
15	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	2.77	35,967	100
=16	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	2.22	8,582,386	100
=16	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	2.22	8,581,393	100
18	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	2.04	3,159	100
19	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	2.02	18,563,750	100
20	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	1.91	164,260	100
=21	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	1.90	8,998,790	100
=21	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	1.90	3,423	100
23	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	1.84	68,043,750	100
24	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	1.83	18,197	100
25	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1.81	4,775,287	100
26	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	1.70	17,620	100
27	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	1.64	4,239,029	100
28	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	1.63	651	100
29	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	1.55	3,597,747	100
30	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	1.53	201,232	100
31	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	1.50	6,762,779	100
32	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	1.47	11,743	100
33	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	1.44	1,422,726	100
34	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	1.38	884,077	100
35	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	1.34	178,134	100
=36	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	1.32	884,158	100
=36	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	1.32	15,979,762	100
38	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	1.29	1,948,431	100
39	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	1.17	10,524	100
=40	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	1.16	43,871,724	100
=40	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	1.16	12,174,247	100
=40	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	1.16	395,664	100
=43	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	1.15	8,026	100
=43	Suriname`SUR`South America	1.15	96,959	100
45	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	1.06	58,500	100
46	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	1.05	17,543,848	100
47	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	1.04	36,447	100
=48	India`IND`Southern Asia	1.02	183,290,586	100
=48	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	1.02	54,214,557	100
50	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.93	2,465,460	100
51	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.92	1,830,297	100
=52	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.91	4,976,153	100
=52	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.91	15,793,508	100
54	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.89	1,525,118	100
55	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.88	4,016,665	100
56	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.85	353,887	100
57	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.83	23,655,759	100
58	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.82	4,143,491	100
=59	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.79	809,567	100
=59	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.79	10,367,631	100
=61	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.77	182,502,471	100
=61	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.77	2,701,070	100
63	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.74	10,730,103	100
64	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.73	594,688	100
=65	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.72	8,900,196	100
=65	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.72	9,121,706	100
=67	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.69	823,632	100
=67	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.69	1,502,454	100
=69	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.67	1,300,759	100
=69	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.67	2,023,600	100
=71	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.66	402,971	100
=71	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.66	9,297,843	100
=73	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.65	51,386	100
=73	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.65	13,974,648	100
75	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.63	8,819,380	100
=76	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.62	726,030	100
=76	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.62	3,208,871	100
=76	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.62	3,881,670	100
=76	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.62	2,327,779	100
=80	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.61	17,342,122	100
=80	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.61	1,584,954	100
=82	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.59	2,806,113	100
=82	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.59	15,423,079	100
=84	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.58	99,996	100
=84	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.58	183,069	100
=84	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.58	8,441,570	100
=87	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.57	28,655,279	100
=87	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.57	829,892	100
=87	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.57	3,402	100
=90	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.56	1,122,399	100
=90	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.56	2,156,694	100
=92	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.54	1,230,046	100
=92	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.54	3,165,155	100
=92	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.54	20,332,299	100
=95	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.53	13,143	100
=95	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.53	378,267	100
=97	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.52	4,375,858	100
=97	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.52	3,029,975	100
99	Colombia`COL`South America	0.51	22,353,109	100
100	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.50	10,201,259	100
101	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.49	4,796,451	100
=102	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.48	252,401,262	100
=102	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.48	706,432	100
=102	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.48	18,675,210	100
105	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.47	4,378,872	100
106	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.46	1,579,915	100
=107	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.45	228,942	100
=107	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.45	43,074,861	100
=109	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.43	20,155,264	100
=109	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.43	3,666,364	100
=109	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.43	81,214	100
=112	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.42	1,465,271	100
=112	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.42	263,423	100
=112	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.42	10,787,017	100
115	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.41	1,833,086	100
116	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.40	26,891,348	100
=117	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.38	44,365,844	100
=117	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.38	2,253,186	100
119	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.37	8,555,018	100
=120	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.36	47,232	100
=120	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.36	511,311	100
=120	Peru`PER`South America	0.36	8,620,815	100
=120	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.36	10,245,439	100
=124	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.34	801,364	100
=124	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.34	86,741	100
=124	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.34	968,156	100
=124	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.34	1,288,991	100
=128	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.33	1,726,240	100
=128	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.33	3,126,551	100
=128	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.33	4,397,816	100
=131	Chile`CHL`South America	0.32	3,750,772	100
=131	United States`USA`Northern America	0.32	134,786,525	100
=133	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.31	514,034	100
=133	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.31	678,395	100
=133	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.31	710,553	100
=133	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.31	593,790	100
=137	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.30	17,372,359	100
=137	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.30	12,459	100
=139	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.29	11,242,156	100
=139	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.29	12,192,935	100
=141	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.28	331,997	100
=141	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.28	4,721,151	100
=143	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.27	9,346	100
=143	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.27	12,361,900	100
=145	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.26	255,865	100
=145	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.26	3,209,599	100
=145	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.26	7,836,616	100
=145	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.26	29,462,014	100
=145	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.26	2,504,885	100
150	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.25	312,284	100
151	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.24	950,888	100
=152	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.23	1,771,418	100
=152	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.23	559,206	100
=152	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.23	664,725	100
=155	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.22	22,670	100
=155	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.22	9,885,441	100
=155	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.22	3,572,616	100
158	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.19	1,990,574	100
=159	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.18	6,756,166	100
=159	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.18	305,009	100
=159	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.18	4,145,264	100
=162	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.17	6,927,649	100
=162	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.17	850,328	100
=162	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.17	331,142	100
=162	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.17	2,368,792	100
166	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.15	14,039,031	100
167	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.14	5,822,375	100
168	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.13	5,273,530	100
=169	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.12	12,858	100
=169	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.12	220,584	100
=169	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.12	25,067,792	100
=169	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.12	2,931,907	100
173	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.11	1,615,390	100
=174	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.10	3,909,706	100
=174	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.10	11,560,097	100
=176	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.09	3,952,680	100
=176	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.09	32,946,451	100
=176	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.09	2,204,817	100
=176	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.09	170,328	100
=176	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.09	3,461,249	100
181	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.06	129,864	100
=182	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.05	2,063,554	100
=182	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.05	1,903,565	100
=184	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.04	1,456,904	100
=184	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.04	8,529,596	100
186	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.03	736,475	100
=187	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.02	262,526	100
=187	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.02	4,007,624	100

02In 2018

At either end

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

Highest

1Singapore56.91
2Hong Kong14.28
3Brunei13.98
4Trinidad and Tobago7.64
5Qatar6.96

Lowest

187Saudi Arabiashared0.02
187Republic of the Congoshared0.02
186Botswana0.03
184Kazakhstanshared0.04
184DR Congoshared0.04

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.54. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Total livestock units
HighestChina252,401,262
LowestNauru651
Middle country: 2,180,755
Share of total livestock (%)
Highest188 share it
Lowest188 share it
Middle country: 100

032017 → 2018

Since 2017

What changed between 2017 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
120values changed, of 188 in both
71 · 49rose · fell
68unchanged

Rose most

Qatar5.29 → 6.96+1.67
Singapore55.87 → 56.91+1.04
Brunei13.01 → 13.98+0.97
Hong Kong13.80 → 14.28+0.48
Bahrain3.42 → 3.81+0.39

Fell most

Malta2.71 → 1.70−1.01
Myanmar1.80 → 0.79−1.01
Cyprus1.75 → 1.34−0.41
Netherlands4.38 → 4.13−0.25
Ireland1.73 → 1.50−0.23

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

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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 2018.
111 distinct values among 188
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 5 countries share 0.26. 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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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2018). Livestock Density, 2018 [data set], describing 2018. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/livestock-density/2018

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07Questions