Data for 2023

Livestock Density, 2023

Name: Livestock Density, 2023
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2023, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Livestock Density, 2023 covers 188 countries on 3 measures. Singapore is highest, at 43.97; Republic of the Congo is lowest, at 0.02. The middle country reads 0.54. Against 2022, 133 values changed (77 up, 56 down), the same countries are covered.

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Livestock Density · Data for 2023

HighestSingapore

43.97

LowestRepublic of the Congo

0.02

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

188countries
3measures per country
2023the year it describes
115distinct 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, 2023, 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, 2023: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	43.97	29,021	100
2	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	18.42	73,698	100
3	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	15.91	213,239	100
4	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	8.22	443,964	100
5	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	7.45	551,379	100
6	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	6.63	66,335	100
7	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	4.89	734,099	100
8	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	4.63	7,266,540	100
=9	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	4.21	34,110	100
=9	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	4.21	21,036	100
11	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	3.92	7,075,236	100
12	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	3.24	5,028	100
13	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	3.12	2,431,138	100
14	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	3.09	1,210,317	100
15	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	2.85	3,853,684	100
16	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	2.78	36,103	100
17	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	2.34	84,077,850	100
18	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	2.14	17,751	100
19	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	2.07	19,460,090	100
20	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	2.05	176,225	100
=21	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	1.96	9,027,249	100
=21	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	1.96	3,528	100
23	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	1.86	4,254,364	100
24	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	1.83	4,872,418	100
25	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	1.75	17,349	100
26	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	1.73	927,169	100
27	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	1.71	6,932,816	100
28	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	1.69	6,343,556	100
29	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1.66	4,350,200	100
30	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	1.64	656	100
31	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	1.60	12,825	100
32	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	1.58	6,599,358	100
33	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	1.41	1,386,675	100
34	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	1.38	16,910,222	100
35	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	1.36	181,504	100
36	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	1.33	51,169,100	100
37	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	1.29	1,931,143	100
38	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	1.28	864,577	100
39	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	1.19	2,010,734	100
=40	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	1.17	11,362,276	100
=40	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	1.17	398,976	100
42	Suriname`SUR`South America	1.16	83,111	100
43	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	1.08	7,534	100
=44	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	1.07	9,651	100
=44	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	1.07	52,113	100
46	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	1.06	1,896,231	100
=47	India`IND`Southern Asia	1.05	186,809,202	100
=47	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	1.05	36,725	100
49	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	1.03	17,118,475	100
50	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	1.01	55,578,759	100
=51	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.93	119,541	100
=51	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.93	4,298,180	100
=51	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.93	12,126,968	100
=54	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.90	2,329,919	100
=54	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.90	4,791,736	100
56	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.89	15,216,897	100
57	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.88	4,504,451	100
=58	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.85	201,895,160	100
=58	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.85	355,493	100
60	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.84	864,214	100
=61	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.79	4,764	100
=61	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.79	11,319,981	100
63	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.78	2,797,469	100
64	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.76	38,332,307	100
=65	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.74	58,728	100
=65	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.74	21,067,693	100
67	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.73	615,932	100
=68	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.72	20,599,419	100
=68	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.72	4,383,205	100
=70	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.70	838,935	100
=70	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.70	1,523,039	100
72	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.68	9,706,792	100
=73	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.67	8,730,750	100
=73	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.67	8,531,032	100
=73	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.67	14,449,022	100
=76	Colombia`COL`South America	0.66	26,588,366	100
=76	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.66	206,348	100
78	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.64	1,381,580	100
79	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.63	15,705,548	100
=80	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.62	911,502	100
=80	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.62	377,570	100
82	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.61	2,384,476	100
83	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.60	3,374,289	100
84	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.59	23,223,334	100
=85	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.58	8,443,313	100
=85	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.58	418,678	100
=87	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.57	1,475,010	100
=87	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.57	8,289,661	100
=87	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.57	1,077,029	100
90	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.56	101,834	100
=91	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.55	3,496,340	100
=91	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.55	2,175,440	100
=93	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.54	4,368,476	100
=93	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.54	1,597,565	100
=95	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.53	2,551,673	100
=95	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.53	13,269	100
=95	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.53	20,605,629	100
98	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.52	4,912,027	100
=99	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.51	266,633,967	100
=99	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.51	1,164,621	100
101	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.50	4,943,749	100
=102	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.48	2,271,877	100
=102	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.48	10,268,691	100
=104	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.47	22,223,276	100
=104	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.47	4,014,424	100
=104	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.47	12,030,030	100
=107	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.46	2,821,321	100
=107	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.46	45,329,146	100
=109	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.45	499,436	100
=109	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.45	4,268,501	100
111	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.44	456,120	100
112	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.43	1,623,820	100
=113	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.42	628,180	100
=113	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.42	29,353,992	100
115	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.41	76,406	100
116	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.40	1,402,686	100
117	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.39	244,951	100
=118	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.38	43,938,698	100
=118	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.38	532,305	100
=118	Peru`PER`South America	0.38	9,200,129	100
=118	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.38	1,305,449	100
=118	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.38	8,507,716	100
123	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.37	10,598,006	100
124	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.36	47,397	100
=125	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.34	180,318	100
=125	Chile`CHL`South America	0.34	3,657,464	100
=125	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.34	1,824,000	100
=125	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.34	14,616,105	100
129	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.33	775,682	100
=130	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.32	12,472,866	100
=130	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.32	5,688,169	100
=130	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.32	962,871	100
=133	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.31	1,589,745	100
=133	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.31	14,233,440	100
=133	United States`USA`Northern America	0.31	129,181,250	100
=136	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.30	16,938,378	100
=136	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.30	3,797,843	100
=136	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.30	721,623	100
=136	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.30	78,140	100
=136	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.30	3,838,795	100
=136	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.30	12,897	100
142	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.29	344,858	100
=143	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.28	467,743	100
=143	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.28	9,672	100
=145	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.26	7,686,223	100
=145	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.26	1,022,924	100
=145	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.26	481,617	100
=145	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.26	29,033,155	100
=145	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.26	2,518,155	100
150	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.25	4,038,239	100
=151	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.24	1,804,720	100
=151	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.24	240,756	100
=153	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.22	617,856	100
=153	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.22	9,790,861	100
=155	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.21	2,132,405	100
=155	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.21	495,676	100
=155	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.21	22,966	100
=155	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.21	2,880,754	100
159	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.20	4,754,215	100
160	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.19	367,265	100
=161	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.18	6,986,237	100
=161	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.18	7,343,874	100
=161	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.18	307,441	100
=161	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.18	229,301	100
=165	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.14	13,389,729	100
=165	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.14	3,437,548	100
=167	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.13	665,198	100
=167	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.13	13,230	100
=169	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.12	229,082	100
=169	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.12	4,974,263	100
=169	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.12	12,423,507	100
=169	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.12	25,328,343	100
=173	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.11	3,071,123	100
=173	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.11	1,648,852	100
=173	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.11	4,479,428	100
=176	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.10	36,397,816	100
=176	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.10	4,110,850	100
=178	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.09	4,347,058	100
=178	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.09	147,519	100
=178	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.09	3,672,586	100
=181	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.06	133,609	100
=181	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.06	2,350,909	100
=183	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.05	1,814,557	100
=183	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.05	2,086,010	100
=185	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.04	8,924,093	100
=185	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.04	6,659,802	100
187	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.03	679,486	100
188	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.02	260,028	100

02In 2023

At either end

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

Highest

1Singapore43.97
2Hong Kong18.42
3Brunei15.91
4Trinidad and Tobago8.22
5Qatar7.45

Lowest

188Republic of the Congo0.02
187Botswana0.03
185Saudi Arabiashared0.04
185Kazakhstanshared0.04
183Mozambiqueshared0.05

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
HighestChina266,633,967
LowestNauru656
Middle country: 2,300,898
Share of total livestock (%)
Highest188 share it
Lowest188 share it
Middle country: 100

032022 → 2023

Since 2022

What changed between 2022 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
133values changed, of 188 in both
77 · 56rose · fell
55unchanged

Rose most

Singapore38.17 → 43.97+5.80
Hong Kong17.95 → 18.42+0.47
Malta1.89 → 2.14+0.25
Costa Rica1.02 → 1.19+0.17
Qatar7.34 → 7.45+0.11

Fell most

Nepal2.33 → 1.69−0.64
Cyprus1.48 → 0.93−0.55
Brunei16.14 → 15.91−0.23
Suriname1.33 → 1.16−0.17
Belgium2.98 → 2.85−0.13

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 2023.
115 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) (2023). Livestock Density, 2023 [data set], describing 2023. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/livestock-density/2023

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07Questions