Data for 2022

Livestock Density, 2022

Name: Livestock Density, 2022
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2022, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Livestock Density, 2022 covers 188 countries on 3 measures. Singapore is highest, at 38.17; Republic of the Congo is lowest, at 0.02. The middle country reads 0.55. Against 2021, 134 values changed (77 up, 57 down), the same countries are covered.

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Livestock Density · Data for 2022

HighestSingapore

38.17

LowestRepublic of the Congo

0.02

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

188countries
3measures per country
2022the year it describes
117distinct 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, 2022, 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, 2022: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	38.17	25,191	100
2	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	17.95	71,798	100
3	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	16.14	216,337	100
4	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	8.13	439,265	100
5	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	7.34	543,087	100
6	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	6.61	66,114	100
7	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	4.83	725,023	100
8	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	4.57	7,237,461	100
=9	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	4.15	33,595	100
=9	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	4.15	20,750	100
11	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	3.97	7,157,030	100
12	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	3.20	4,963	100
13	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	3.15	2,456,335	100
14	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	3.06	1,198,107	100
15	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	2.98	4,046,672	100
16	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	2.76	35,907	100
17	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	2.33	8,718,210	100
18	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	2.24	80,483,850	100
19	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	2.04	19,274,600	100
20	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	2.03	174,303	100
=21	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	1.95	9,054,975	100
=21	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	1.95	3,505	100
23	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	1.89	16,529	100
=24	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	1.82	7,366,814	100
=24	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	1.82	4,122,658	100
26	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	1.79	4,726,782	100
27	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	1.73	17,225	100
28	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	1.72	919,500	100
29	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1.70	4,473,757	100
30	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	1.64	655	100
31	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	1.61	12,902	100
32	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	1.54	6,691,972	100
33	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	1.48	182,563	100
34	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	1.44	1,419,290	100
35	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	1.43	190,052	100
36	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	1.35	16,678,421	100
37	Suriname`SUR`South America	1.33	95,974	100
38	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	1.30	1,938,884	100
39	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	1.29	875,372	100
40	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	1.25	48,171,418	100
41	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	1.19	11,636,361	100
42	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	1.15	391,064	100
=43	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	1.09	9,824	100
=43	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	1.09	7,625	100
=43	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	1.09	53,741	100
=46	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	1.05	1,890,297	100
=46	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	1.05	36,639	100
48	India`IND`Southern Asia	1.04	186,367,444	100
49	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	1.02	1,723,161	100
50	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.97	53,317,738	100
=51	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.93	15,414,605	100
=51	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.93	12,122,650	100
=53	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.92	2,387,469	100
=53	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.92	4,257,119	100
55	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.91	4,872,699	100
56	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.89	15,573,437	100
57	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.87	4,430,626	100
58	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.85	354,293	100
59	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.84	199,118,364	100
60	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.83	861,318	100
=61	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.78	2,782,404	100
=61	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.78	11,267,923	100
63	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.76	21,623,246	100
64	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.75	4,498	100
65	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.74	58,168	100
66	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.73	609,563	100
=67	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.71	35,957,817	100
=67	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.71	850,925	100
69	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.69	1,505,466	100
=70	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.67	8,677,850	100
=70	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.67	4,074,903	100
=70	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.67	9,500,604	100
=70	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.67	14,511,575	100
=74	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.66	1,402,242	100
=74	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.66	8,381,451	100
=76	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.65	18,800,472	100
=76	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.65	394,030	100
78	Colombia`COL`South America	0.64	26,783,207	100
79	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.63	195,697	100
80	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.61	894,656	100
=81	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.60	16,020,252	100
=81	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.60	2,352,361	100
83	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.59	3,328,720	100
=84	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.58	8,175,469	100
=84	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.58	2,287,689	100
=86	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.57	2,704,054	100
=86	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.57	8,289,926	100
=86	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.57	412,303	100
=86	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.57	1,473,801	100
=86	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.57	22,424,629	100
91	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.56	101,386	100
=92	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.55	3,519,140	100
=92	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.55	1,079,647	100
=92	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.55	1,640,847	100
=92	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.55	21,239,795	100
=96	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.53	4,250,217	100
=96	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.53	13,258	100
98	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.52	269,609,483	100
99	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.51	4,829,940	100
=100	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.50	4,965,407	100
=100	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.50	1,136,669	100
=102	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.48	22,805,100	100
=102	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.48	10,264,490	100
=104	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.47	521,040	100
=104	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.47	2,884,106	100
=106	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.46	671,130	100
=106	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.46	4,394,119	100
=106	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.46	3,942,521	100
=106	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.46	11,767,047	100
=110	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.45	508,635	100
=110	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.45	44,932,466	100
112	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.44	2,115,021	100
113	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.43	1,492,161	100
114	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.42	29,340,589	100
=115	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.41	1,445,127	100
=115	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.41	1,559,688	100
=115	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.41	75,798	100
118	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.39	246,552	100
=119	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.38	197,651	100
=119	Peru`PER`South America	0.38	9,171,209	100
=121	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.37	525,889	100
=121	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.37	10,398,684	100
=123	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.36	43,217,885	100
=123	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.36	47,362	100
=123	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.36	1,012,576	100
=123	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.36	8,511,503	100
=127	Chile`CHL`South America	0.35	3,725,501	100
=127	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.35	828,142	100
=129	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.33	1,745,990	100
=129	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.33	5,859,626	100
=129	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.33	14,092,401	100
=132	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.32	1,621,275	100
=132	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.32	737,080	100
=132	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.32	14,858,501	100
=135	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.31	507,098	100
=135	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.31	12,203,273	100
=135	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.31	78,751	100
=135	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.31	3,900,665	100
=135	United States`USA`Northern America	0.31	132,073,585	100
=140	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.30	17,216,758	100
=140	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.30	12,882	100
142	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.29	347,961	100
=143	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.28	3,561,998	100
=143	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.28	9,568	100
=143	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.28	700,796	100
146	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.27	7,952,424	100
=147	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.26	1,011,554	100
=147	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.26	478,256	100
=147	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.26	2,517,633	100
=150	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.25	244,747	100
=150	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.25	28,616,772	100
=152	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.24	1,800,194	100
=152	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.24	3,906,395	100
=154	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.22	626,666	100
=154	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.22	9,808,063	100
=156	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.21	22,923	100
=156	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.21	2,791,650	100
=158	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.20	2,107,228	100
=158	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.20	384,793	100
=158	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.20	4,785,838	100
161	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.19	240,163	100
=162	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.18	6,926,182	100
=162	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.18	306,817	100
164	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.17	7,201,204	100
165	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.15	3,461,785	100
166	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.14	13,404,554	100
=167	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.13	640,607	100
=167	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.13	13,133	100
=169	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.12	227,098	100
=169	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.12	13,148,903	100
=169	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.12	24,967,507	100
=169	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.12	5,087,701	100
=173	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.11	2,927,266	100
=173	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.11	1,616,214	100
=173	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.11	4,336,973	100
176	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.10	4,094,632	100
=177	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.09	4,241,592	100
=177	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.09	31,300,530	100
=177	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.09	3,652,975	100
180	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.08	150,504	100
=181	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.06	132,842	100
=181	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.06	2,365,556	100
=183	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.05	1,721,990	100
=183	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.05	2,116,995	100
=185	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.04	8,875,166	100
=185	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.04	7,004,983	100
187	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.03	734,303	100
188	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.02	260,055	100

02In 2022

At either end

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

Highest

1Singapore38.17
2Hong Kong17.95
3Brunei16.14
4Trinidad and Tobago8.13
5Qatar7.34

Lowest

188Republic of the Congo0.02
187Botswana0.03
185Saudi Arabiashared0.04
185Kazakhstanshared0.04
183Namibiashared0.05

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
HighestChina269,609,483
LowestNauru655
Middle country: 2,320,025
Share of total livestock (%)
Highest188 share it
Lowest188 share it
Middle country: 100

032021 → 2022

Since 2021

What changed between 2021 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
134values changed, of 188 in both
77 · 57rose · fell
54unchanged

Rose most

Qatar6.50 → 7.34+0.84
Bahrain3.85 → 4.15+0.30
Bosnia and Herzegovina0.24 → 0.47+0.23
Egypt1.67 → 1.82+0.15
Seychelles3.06 → 3.20+0.14

Fell most

Singapore47.77 → 38.17−9.60
Hong Kong18.30 → 17.95−0.35
Malta2.09 → 1.89−0.20
Denmark1.86 → 1.70−0.16
Brunei16.29 → 16.14−0.15

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 2022.
117 distinct values among 188
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 5 countries share 0.57. 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) (2022). Livestock Density, 2022 [data set], describing 2022. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/livestock-density/2022

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How it has moved, charted by country

07Questions