Data for 2019

Livestock Density, 2019

Name: Livestock Density, 2019
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2019, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Livestock Density, 2019 covers 188 countries on 3 measures. Singapore is highest, at 54.24; 2 countries share the lowest reading, 0.02. The middle country reads 0.54. Against 2018, 125 values changed (76 up, 49 down), the same countries are covered.

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Livestock Density · Data for 2019

HighestSingapore

54.24

Lowest2 countries share it

0.02

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

188countries
3measures per country
2019the year it describes
109distinct 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, 2019, 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, 2019: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	54.24	35,800	100
2	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	14.42	72,115	100
3	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	12.92	173,163	100
4	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	7.82	422,206	100
5	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	7.13	527,374	100
6	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	6.78	67,779	100
7	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	4.46	668,412	100
8	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	4.26	6,967,810	100
9	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	4.15	7,534,379	100
10	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	4.05	20,236	100
11	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	4.01	32,452	100
12	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	3.14	2,477,393	100
13	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	3.07	4,163,926	100
14	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	2.89	1,127,836	100
15	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	2.80	36,387	100
16	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	2.27	8,709,871	100
17	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	2.07	3,207	100
18	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	1.99	18,687,930	100
=19	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	1.95	167,440	100
=19	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	1.95	70,888,950	100
21	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	1.92	3,448	100
22	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	1.91	8,984,156	100
23	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1.83	4,799,520	100
24	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	1.80	17,928	100
=25	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	1.67	3,777,389	100
=25	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	1.67	17,371	100
27	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	1.65	4,275,522	100
28	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	1.63	651	100
29	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	1.52	199,658	100
30	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	1.51	5,918,503	100
31	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	1.49	6,742,123	100
=32	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	1.45	11,583	100
=32	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	1.45	923,869	100
=34	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	1.43	179,437	100
=34	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	1.43	1,403,713	100
36	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	1.36	911,041	100
37	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	1.31	445,623	100
38	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	1.28	1,920,797	100
39	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	1.24	47,520,618	100
=40	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	1.18	12,163,530	100
=40	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	1.18	14,634,258	100
42	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	1.14	10,233	100
43	Suriname`SUR`South America	1.13	94,775	100
44	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	1.12	7,857	100
=45	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	1.04	1,868,181	100
=45	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	1.04	55,887,350	100
=45	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	1.04	36,552	100
=48	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	1.03	17,165,754	100
=48	India`IND`Southern Asia	1.03	184,196,649	100
50	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.99	49,158	100
51	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.97	5,178,224	100
=52	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.92	2,434,392	100
=52	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.92	1,581,890	100
=54	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.89	4,099,406	100
=54	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.89	15,639,617	100
56	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.85	354,441	100
=57	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.83	10,713,377	100
=57	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.83	4,228,109	100
59	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.81	23,185,176	100
=60	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.77	183,304,956	100
=60	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.77	2,714,497	100
62	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.75	10,872,813	100
63	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.74	600,592	100
=64	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.73	757,185	100
=64	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.73	9,239,334	100
66	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.72	20,669,790	100
=67	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.68	54,085	100
=67	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.68	8,954,638	100
=67	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.68	1,474,763	100
=67	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.68	1,293,438	100
=71	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.67	798,359	100
=71	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.67	2,011,826	100
=71	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.67	9,395,245	100
74	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.66	403,619	100
=75	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.65	3,841,829	100
=75	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.65	14,055,905	100
=77	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.64	9,025,180	100
=77	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.64	199,232	100
79	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.63	4,012,055	100
=80	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.60	3,277,433	100
=80	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.60	30,367,646	100
=80	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.60	1,564,899	100
=80	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.60	2,381,617	100
=84	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.59	2,800,567	100
=84	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.59	8,544,460	100
=84	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.59	15,566,259	100
=87	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.58	676,445	100
=87	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.58	100,386	100
=87	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.58	845,664	100
90	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.57	2,207,966	100
91	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.56	1,145,526	100
92	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.55	20,908,089	100
=93	Colombia`COL`South America	0.54	23,932,061	100
=93	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.54	3,232	100
=95	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.53	13,147	100
=95	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.53	383,357	100
=97	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.52	4,366,028	100
=97	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.52	1,171,367	100
99	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.51	3,016,441	100
=100	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.50	10,445,036	100
=100	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.50	19,509,056	100
102	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.49	4,787,048	100
=103	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.47	703,120	100
=103	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.47	4,439,027	100
=103	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.47	1,611,058	100
=106	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.45	3,866,693	100
=106	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.45	43,626,527	100
=108	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.44	223,290	100
=108	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.44	20,458,289	100
=110	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.43	224,663,579	100
=110	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.43	10,912,594	100
=110	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.43	79,597	100
=113	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.41	1,882,311	100
=113	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.41	1,460,902	100
=115	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.40	251,646	100
=115	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.40	27,482,113	100
117	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.38	44,625,855	100
=118	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.37	514,786	100
=118	Peru`PER`South America	0.37	8,714,555	100
=118	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.37	10,500,276	100
=118	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.37	8,568,956	100
=122	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.36	47,342	100
=122	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.36	3,372,043	100
=124	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.34	947,946	100
=124	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.34	1,312,038	100
=126	Chile`CHL`South America	0.33	3,816,695	100
=126	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.33	779,624	100
=126	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.33	84,685	100
=129	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.32	1,863,750	100
=129	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.32	1,663,280	100
=129	United States`USA`Northern America	0.32	136,215,136	100
=132	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.31	678,112	100
=132	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.31	702,642	100
=132	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.31	4,352,149	100
=132	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.31	575,327	100
=136	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.30	506,191	100
=136	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.30	11,439,423	100
=136	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.30	17,333,253	100
=136	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.30	4,983,829	100
=136	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.30	12,640,112	100
=136	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.30	12,509	100
142	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.29	352,612	100
=143	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.28	9,469	100
=143	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.28	12,940,056	100
=145	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.27	3,341,908	100
=145	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.27	7,989,241	100
=147	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.26	256,430	100
=147	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.26	29,646,644	100
=147	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.26	2,508,365	100
150	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.25	975,412	100
=151	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.23	1,780,697	100
=151	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.23	9,937,255	100
=153	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.22	479,999	100
=153	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.22	659,207	100
=153	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.22	22,664	100
=153	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.22	3,513,414	100
157	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.21	263,710	100
158	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.20	2,046,249	100
159	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.19	4,561,333	100
=160	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.18	6,783,987	100
=160	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.18	305,824	100
=160	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.18	2,452,954	100
=163	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.17	6,867,081	100
=163	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.17	332,353	100
165	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.16	809,855	100
=166	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.14	13,862,220	100
=166	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.14	5,717,138	100
=168	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.13	5,338,080	100
=168	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.13	3,043,042	100
=170	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.12	12,948	100
=170	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.12	221,501	100
=170	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.12	24,951,688	100
=173	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.11	1,650,308	100
=173	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.11	12,374,165	100
175	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.10	3,961,108	100
=176	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.09	3,932,069	100
=176	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.09	31,093,276	100
=176	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.09	2,315,891	100
=176	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.09	167,347	100
=176	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.09	3,485,211	100
181	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.06	130,081	100
=182	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.05	1,961,807	100
=182	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.05	1,884,169	100
=184	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.04	1,493,110	100
=184	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.04	8,038,749	100
186	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.03	663,342	100
=187	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.02	262,582	100
=187	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.02	4,129,712	100

02In 2019

At either end

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

Highest

1Singapore54.24
2Hong Kong14.42
3Brunei12.92
4Trinidad and Tobago7.82
5Qatar7.13

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
HighestChina224,663,579
LowestNauru651
Middle country: 2,127,108
Share of total livestock (%)
Highest188 share it
Lowest188 share it
Middle country: 100

032018 → 2019

Since 2018

What changed between 2018 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
125values changed, of 188 in both
76 · 49rose · fell
63unchanged

Rose most

Bahrain3.81 → 4.01+0.20
Barbados6.60 → 6.78+0.18
Trinidad and Tobago7.64 → 7.82+0.18
Qatar6.96 → 7.13+0.17
Timor-Leste1.16 → 1.31+0.15

Fell most

Singapore56.91 → 54.24−2.67
Brunei13.98 → 12.92−1.06
Egypt2.22 → 1.51−0.71
Vietnam1.32 → 1.18−0.14
Samoa1.06 → 0.99−0.07

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 2019.
109 distinct values among 188
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 6 countries share 0.30. 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) (2019). Livestock Density, 2019 [data set], describing 2019. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/livestock-density/2019

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