Data for 2021

Livestock Density, 2021

Name: Livestock Density, 2021
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2021, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Livestock Density, 2021 covers 188 countries on 3 measures. Singapore is highest, at 47.77; Republic of the Congo is lowest, at 0.02. The middle country reads 0.55. Against 2020, 139 values changed (73 up, 66 down), the same countries are covered.

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Livestock Density · Data for 2021

HighestSingapore

47.77

LowestRepublic of the Congo

0.02

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

188countries
3measures per country
2021the year it describes
113distinct values2 decimals, as published
Sep 11, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Livestock Density, 2021, 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, 2021: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	47.77	31,529	100
2	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	18.30	73,219	100
3	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	16.29	218,220	100
4	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	8.03	433,876	100
5	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	6.56	65,640	100
6	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	6.50	481,110	100
7	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	4.69	704,152	100
8	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	4.50	7,218,796	100
9	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	4.10	20,487	100
10	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	4.00	7,245,211	100
11	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	3.85	31,220	100
12	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	3.16	2,488,237	100
13	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	3.06	4,738	100
14	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	3.02	4,121,814	100
15	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	3.00	1,175,047	100
16	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	2.75	35,721	100
17	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	2.33	8,788,968	100
18	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	2.14	77,103,150	100
19	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	2.09	18,259	100
20	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	2.03	19,091,860	100
21	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	2.01	172,682	100
22	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	1.96	9,130,080	100
23	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	1.93	3,472	100
24	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1.86	4,875,897	100
25	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	1.83	4,615,678	100
26	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	1.82	4,012,660	100
27	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	1.72	17,061	100
28	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	1.68	906,430	100
29	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	1.67	6,747,912	100
30	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	1.64	654	100
31	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	1.58	192,112	100
32	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	1.57	6,811,895	100
33	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	1.55	12,399	100
34	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	1.46	193,533	100
35	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	1.45	1,424,353	100
36	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	1.30	16,080,118	100
37	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	1.28	1,920,261	100
38	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	1.26	856,168	100
39	Suriname`SUR`South America	1.25	97,706	100
40	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	1.22	47,379,666	100
41	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	1.19	12,065,286	100
=42	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	1.15	1,954,620	100
=42	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	1.15	56,878	100
44	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	1.11	9,999	100
45	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	1.10	7,726	100
=46	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	1.04	1,873,157	100
=46	India`IND`Southern Asia	1.04	185,600,122	100
=46	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	1.04	355,364	100
=46	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	1.04	36,565	100
50	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.97	16,051,333	100
=51	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.93	2,429,783	100
=51	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.93	5,065,274	100
=53	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.91	4,216,195	100
=53	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.91	49,938,312	100
=53	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.91	15,591,539	100
56	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.90	11,710,247	100
=57	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.86	357,064	100
=57	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.86	4,356,780	100
59	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.85	869,065	100
60	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.81	191,258,437	100
=61	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.78	22,258,219	100
=61	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.78	11,195,128	100
63	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.77	2,767,357	100
=64	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.73	57,621	100
=64	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.73	869,461	100
=64	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.73	20,989,488	100
67	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.72	604,780	100
68	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.71	8,819,742	100
69	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.69	9,712,765	100
70	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.68	1,490,651	100
=71	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.67	33,781,908	100
=71	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.67	8,493,450	100
=73	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.66	404,705	100
=73	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.66	14,217,385	100
75	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.65	3,904,852	100
=76	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.64	1,339,232	100
=76	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.64	1,274,779	100
78	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.63	3,765	100
=79	Colombia`COL`South America	0.62	26,626,311	100
=79	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.62	16,299,990	100
=81	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.60	187,655	100
=81	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.60	877,026	100
=81	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.60	2,295,909	100
=84	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.59	1,526,612	100
=84	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.59	2,354,831	100
=84	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.59	22,387,006	100
87	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.58	3,272,028	100
=88	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.57	2,738,422	100
=88	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.57	8,147,166	100
=88	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.57	8,207,784	100
91	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.56	404,682	100
=92	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.55	100,948	100
=92	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.55	3,536,275	100
=92	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.55	21,625,993	100
95	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.54	1,628,903	100
96	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.53	13,241	100
97	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.52	4,255,773	100
=98	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.51	265,345,038	100
=98	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.51	1,161,177	100
=100	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.50	4,931,531	100
=100	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.50	10,549,320	100
=102	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.49	562,298	100
=102	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.49	4,704,027	100
104	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.48	22,532,382	100
=105	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.47	2,906,794	100
=105	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.47	694,760	100
=107	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.45	3,833,447	100
=107	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.45	44,559,672	100
=107	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.45	1,581,274	100
=107	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.45	11,477,280	100
111	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.44	4,168,194	100
112	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.43	1,979,402	100
=113	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.42	218,256	100
=113	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.42	28,823,984	100
115	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.41	77,200	100
=116	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.39	245,167	100
=116	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.39	1,475,228	100
=118	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.37	43,399,717	100
=118	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.37	520,685	100
=118	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.37	1,033,251	100
=121	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.36	47,287	100
=121	Peru`PER`South America	0.36	9,092,830	100
=121	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.36	10,103,899	100
=121	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.36	8,521,244	100
=125	Chile`CHL`South America	0.35	3,791,545	100
=125	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.35	1,231,456	100
=125	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.35	837,277	100
128	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.33	1,639,265	100
=129	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.32	541,719	100
=129	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.32	1,829,495	100
=129	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.32	5,551,481	100
=129	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.32	4,186,500	100
=129	United States`USA`Northern America	0.32	133,800,198	100
=134	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.31	11,937,046	100
=134	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.31	366,403	100
=134	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.31	13,589,045	100
=137	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.30	17,198,804	100
=137	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.30	76,599	100
=137	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.30	14,187,530	100
=137	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.30	12,864	100
=141	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.28	3,475,650	100
=141	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.28	9,586	100
=141	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.28	685,965	100
=144	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.27	8,075,155	100
=144	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.27	1,071,010	100
=144	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.27	504,176	100
=147	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.26	254,790	100
=147	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.26	29,316,464	100
=147	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.26	2,520,877	100
=150	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.24	541,765	100
=150	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.24	1,792,835	100
152	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.23	3,798,178	100
153	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.22	9,883,180	100
=154	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.21	625,396	100
=154	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.21	22,870	100
=156	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.20	2,101,219	100
=156	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.20	392,051	100
=156	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.20	246,540	100
=156	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.20	2,711,315	100
=156	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.20	4,756,810	100
=161	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.18	6,850,896	100
=161	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.18	7,233,159	100
=161	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.18	306,193	100
=161	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.18	396,423	100
=165	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.14	697,023	100
=165	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.14	13,447,586	100
=167	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.13	13,126	100
=167	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.13	5,280,143	100
=167	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.13	3,135,159	100
=170	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.12	224,728	100
=170	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.12	25,025,823	100
=172	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.11	4,650,656	100
=172	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.11	12,212,027	100
=174	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.10	2,666,787	100
=174	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.10	1,598,250	100
=174	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.10	4,067,465	100
=177	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.09	4,164,003	100
=177	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.09	31,129,717	100
=177	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.09	3,633,686	100
180	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.08	155,038	100
181	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.06	132,073	100
=182	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.05	1,637,879	100
=182	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.05	2,093,248	100
=184	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.04	8,798,781	100
=184	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.04	1,713,882	100
=186	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.03	677,978	100
=186	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.03	6,017,672	100
188	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.02	260,115	100

02In 2021

At either end

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

Highest

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 0.55. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Total livestock units
HighestChina265,345,038
LowestNauru654
Middle country: 2,198,564
Share of total livestock (%)
Highest188 share it
Lowest188 share it
Middle country: 100

032020 → 2021

Since 2020

What changed between 2020 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
139values changed, of 188 in both
73 · 66rose · fell
49unchanged

Rose most

Brunei14.75 → 16.29+1.54
Seychelles2.38 → 3.06+0.68
Costa Rica0.84 → 1.15+0.31
Samoa0.87 → 1.15+0.28
Burundi0.48 → 0.64+0.16

Fell most

Singapore50.81 → 47.77−3.04
Qatar7.81 → 6.50−1.31
Malta3.00 → 2.09−0.91
Hong Kong19.02 → 18.30−0.72
Cyprus1.84 → 1.58−0.26

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 2021.
113 distinct values among 188
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 5 countries share 0.32. 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) (2021). Livestock Density, 2021 [data set], describing 2021. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/livestock-density/2021

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