Data for 2020

Livestock Density, 2020

Name: Livestock Density, 2020
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2020, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Livestock Density, 2020 covers 188 countries on 3 measures. Singapore is highest, at 50.81; Republic of the Congo is lowest, at 0.02. The middle country reads 0.53. Against 2019, 128 values changed (84 up, 44 down), the same countries are covered.

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Livestock Density · Data for 2020

HighestSingapore

50.81

LowestRepublic of the Congo

0.02

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

188countries
3measures per country
2020the year it describes
120distinct 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, 2020, 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, 2020: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	50.81	33,531	100
2	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	19.02	76,066	100
3	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	14.75	197,684	100
4	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	8.03	433,524	100
5	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	7.81	578,127	100
6	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	6.45	64,484	100
7	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	4.56	683,831	100
8	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	4.37	7,079,466	100
9	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	4.17	20,863	100
10	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	4.08	7,411,234	100
11	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	3.73	30,250	100
12	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	3.18	2,514,956	100
13	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	3.07	4,190,084	100
14	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	3.00	27,300	100
15	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	2.92	1,137,174	100
16	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	2.79	36,253	100
17	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	2.38	3,684	100
18	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	2.33	8,849,950	100
19	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	2.02	73,901,050	100
20	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	2.01	18,912,220	100
21	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	2.00	171,781	100
22	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	1.93	9,033,811	100
23	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	1.92	3,464	100
24	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1.89	4,951,714	100
25	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	1.84	235,227	100
26	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	1.80	17,853	100
27	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	1.77	3,915,937	100
28	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	1.72	931,391	100
29	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	1.70	4,281,112	100
30	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	1.64	655	100
31	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	1.59	6,333,692	100
32	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	1.53	12,234	100
33	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	1.52	6,836,221	100
34	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	1.49	197,353	100
35	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	1.41	1,387,434	100
36	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	1.32	50,897,989	100
37	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	1.28	859,653	100
38	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	1.27	1,914,808	100
39	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	1.26	15,583,299	100
40	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	1.18	12,019,288	100
41	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	1.17	400,216	100
42	Suriname`SUR`South America	1.16	92,992	100
43	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	1.14	10,236	100
44	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	1.13	18,747,169	100
45	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	1.11	7,799	100
46	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	1.05	36,625	100
=47	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	1.04	1,867,859	100
=47	India`IND`Southern Asia	1.04	185,161,735	100
=49	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.99	2,588,724	100
=49	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.99	53,622,326	100
51	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.97	5,242,394	100
52	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.91	4,179,118	100
53	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.89	15,411,675	100
54	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.87	42,980	100
55	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.86	357,899	100
56	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.85	11,093,801	100
=57	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.84	1,433,256	100
=57	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.84	4,263,086	100
59	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.83	10,415,732	100
60	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.82	23,491,150	100
61	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.80	22,832,829	100
=62	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.78	185,843,090	100
=62	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.78	2,752,657	100
=62	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.78	806,250	100
65	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.76	10,992,399	100
66	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.74	607,084	100
=67	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.73	9,185,660	100
=67	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.73	2,900,715	100
69	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.72	56,682	100
70	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.71	843,012	100
=71	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.69	420,377	100
=71	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.69	17,916,263	100
=73	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.67	1,456,787	100
=73	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.67	1,313,855	100
=75	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.66	9,226,636	100
=75	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.66	14,145,643	100
=77	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.64	32,186,327	100
=77	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.64	3,838,500	100
=79	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.60	187,154	100
=79	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.60	1,544,928	100
=79	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.60	8,810,217	100
82	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.59	860,393	100
=83	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.58	2,768,286	100
=83	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.58	3,237,904	100
=83	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.58	2,240,719	100
=83	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.58	22,021,726	100
=87	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.56	101,003	100
=87	Colombia`COL`South America	0.56	24,732,485	100
=87	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.56	3,615,205	100
=90	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.55	394,400	100
=90	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.55	3,281	100
92	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.54	1,635,963	100
=93	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.53	4,358,934	100
=93	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.53	13,224	100
=95	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.52	602,109	100
=95	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.52	1,169,587	100
=95	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.52	20,611,323	100
=98	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.51	7,287,510	100
=98	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.51	10,606,978	100
=100	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.49	2,977,608	100
=100	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.49	4,621,033	100
=102	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.48	995,283	100
=102	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.48	251,984,429	100
=104	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.47	4,636,555	100
=104	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.47	700,450	100
=104	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.47	1,623,925	100
107	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.46	3,949,551	100
108	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.45	21,325,399	100
109	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.44	44,150,744	100
110	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.43	11,157,209	100
111	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.42	78,446	100
=112	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.41	210,826	100
=112	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.41	1,448,719	100
=112	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.41	28,163,033	100
115	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.40	1,784,083	100
=116	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.38	44,319,062	100
=116	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.38	243,958	100
=116	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.38	10,603,032	100
=119	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.37	3,459,811	100
=119	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.37	515,042	100
=119	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.37	8,557,631	100
=122	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.36	47,354	100
=122	Peru`PER`South America	0.36	8,757,685	100
=122	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.36	1,009,997	100
=122	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.36	1,384,419	100
=126	Chile`CHL`South America	0.35	3,886,776	100
=126	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.35	1,711,130	100
=128	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.33	788,411	100
=128	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.33	1,846,150	100
=128	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.33	4,278,505	100
=131	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.32	82,173	100
=131	United States`USA`Northern America	0.32	134,940,456	100
=133	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.31	522,208	100
=133	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.31	365,930	100
=133	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.31	5,229,729	100
=136	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.30	11,726,068	100
=136	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.30	677,227	100
=136	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.30	17,208,799	100
=136	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.30	13,105,231	100
=136	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.30	12,617	100
=136	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.30	560,907	100
142	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.29	13,548,990	100
143	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.28	9,611	100
=144	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.27	3,439,960	100
=144	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.27	667,915	100
=144	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.27	7,964,083	100
=147	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.26	258,940	100
=147	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.26	1,011,108	100
=147	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.26	29,832,724	100
=147	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.26	2,548,815	100
151	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.24	1,800,122	100
152	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.23	9,960,000	100
=153	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.22	645,152	100
=153	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.22	22,814	100
=153	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.22	3,611,711	100
156	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.21	269,728	100
=157	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.20	2,076,307	100
=157	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.20	388,261	100
=157	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.20	4,619,601	100
160	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.19	2,684,391	100
=161	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.18	6,832,124	100
=161	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.18	305,911	100
=163	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.17	7,124,253	100
=163	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.17	843,384	100
165	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.15	351,762	100
=166	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.14	13,545,092	100
=166	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.14	5,584,385	100
168	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.13	2,983,083	100
=169	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.12	13,079	100
=169	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.12	223,573	100
=169	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.12	5,029,852	100
=169	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.12	25,257,549	100
=173	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.11	1,612,081	100
=173	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.11	11,908,129	100
175	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.10	4,028,634	100
=176	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.09	4,109,894	100
=176	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.09	2,450,462	100
=176	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.09	159,786	100
=176	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.09	3,611,697	100
180	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.08	29,658,461	100
181	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.06	131,947	100
=182	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.05	1,561,943	100
=182	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.05	1,984,316	100
=184	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.04	8,363,953	100
=184	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.04	1,691,153	100
=186	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.03	695,720	100
=186	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.03	6,009,847	100
188	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.02	261,314	100

02In 2020

At either end

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

Highest

1Singapore50.81
2Hong Kong19.02
3Brunei14.75
4Trinidad and Tobago8.03
5Qatar7.81

Lowest

188Republic of the Congo0.02
186Saudi Arabiashared0.03
186Botswanashared0.03
184Namibiashared0.04
184Kazakhstanshared0.04

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.53. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Total livestock units
HighestChina251,984,429
LowestNauru655
Middle country: 2,158,513
Share of total livestock (%)
Highest188 share it
Lowest188 share it
Middle country: 100

032019 → 2020

Since 2019

What changed between 2019 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
128values changed, of 188 in both
84 · 44rose · fell
60unchanged

Rose most

Hong Kong14.42 → 19.02+4.60
Brunei12.92 → 14.75+1.83
Malta1.67 → 3.00+1.33
Qatar7.13 → 7.81+0.68
Cyprus1.43 → 1.84+0.41

Fell most

Singapore54.24 → 50.81−3.43
Barbados6.78 → 6.45−0.33
Bahrain4.01 → 3.73−0.28
Timor-Leste1.31 → 1.17−0.14
Burkina Faso0.64 → 0.51−0.13

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 2020.
120 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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Cite this edition

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2020). Livestock Density, 2020 [data set], describing 2020. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/livestock-density/2020

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