Data for 1998

Livestock Production Index, 1998

Name: Livestock Production Index, 1998
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1998, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Livestock Production Index, 1998 covers 188 countries. Antigua and Barbuda is highest, at 230.95; Myanmar is lowest, at 13.71. The middle country reads 72.95. Against 1997, 187 values changed (130 up, 57 down), the same countries are covered.

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Livestock Production Index · Data for 1998

HighestAntigua and Barbuda

230.95

LowestMyanmar

13.71

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

188countries
1measure
1998the year it describes
187distinct values2 decimals, as published
Sep 6, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Livestock Production Index, 1998, 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 Production Index, 1998: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	230.95
2	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	219.31
3	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	194.33
4	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	194.26
5	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	184.60
6	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	164.93
7	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	140.50
8	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	139.97
9	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	136.96
10	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	129.76
11	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	128.54
12	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	116.49
13	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	114.04
14	France`FRA`Western Europe	112.12
15	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	111.39
16	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	110.88
17	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	110.67
18	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	109.93
19	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	109.18
20	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	109.10
21	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	108.97
22	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	108.90
23	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	108.80
24	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	107.58
25	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	105.97
26	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	104.76
27	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	104.65
28	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	104.32
29	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	100.12
30	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	100.06
31	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	99.84
32	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	99.31
33	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	99.19
34	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	98.43
35	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	97.86
36	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	96.94
37	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	96.79
38	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	96.48
39	Niger`NER`Western Africa	96.47
40	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	96.04
41	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	95.78
42	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	94.56
43	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	94.20
44	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	94.04
45	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	93.60
46	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	93.58
47	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	93.13
48	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	93.07
49	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	92.90
50	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	92.68
51	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	92.52
52	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	92.48
53	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	91.89
54	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	90.73
55	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	90.71
56	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	90.14
57	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	89.64
58	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	89.31
59	Canada`CAN`Northern America	88.72
60	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	88.69
61	Uruguay`URY`South America	88.51
62	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	88.32
63	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	88.25
64	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	87.17
65	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	86.20
66	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	85.41
67	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	85.09
68	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	84.73
69	United States`USA`Northern America	84.27
70	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	83.58
71	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	83.52
72	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	83.51
73	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	83.15
74	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	83.13
75	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	82.82
76	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	81.75
77	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	81.06
78	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	80.76
79	Venezuela`VEN`South America	80.44
80	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	80.43
81	Argentina`ARG`South America	79.23
82	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	79.21
83	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	78.87
84	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	78.15
85	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	77.74
86	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	77.03
87	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	76.38
88	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	76.25
89	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	75.50
90	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	74.81
91	Chile`CHL`South America	74.37
92	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	74.28
93	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	73.49
94	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	73.45
95	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	72.44
96	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	72.43
97	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	72.35
98	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	72.24
99	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	72.11
100	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	72.07
101	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	71.91
102	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	71.88
103	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	70.58
104	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	70.37
105	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	70.28
106	Honduras`HND`Central America	70.07
107	Suriname`SUR`South America	69.99
108	Colombia`COL`South America	68.85
109	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	68.67
110	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	68.62
111	Panama`PAN`Central America	68.31
112	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	68.26
113	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	68.25
114	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	68.04
115	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	67.06
116	Mexico`MEX`Central America	66.79
117	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	65.42
118	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	64.82
119	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	64.12
120	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	63.78
121	Paraguay`PRY`South America	63.27
122	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	63.25
123	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	62.93
124	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	62.86
125	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	62.81
126	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	62.71
127	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	61.02
128	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	60.97
129	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	60.13
130	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	58.99
131	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	58.86
132	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	58.07
133	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	57.93
134	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	57.11
135	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	56.80
136	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	56.02
137	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	55.86
138	Ecuador`ECU`South America	54.62
139	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	54.25
140	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	54.17
141	Brazil`BRA`South America	53.99
142	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	53.75
143	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	53.02
144	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	52.80
145	Bolivia`BOL`South America	52.70
146	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	52.40
147	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	52.15
148	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	52.04
149	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	52.01
150	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	51.91
151	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	51.88
152	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	51.77
153	Guyana`GUY`South America	51.56
154	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	50.76
=155	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	49.73
=155	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	49.73
157	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	49.69
158	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	49.08
159	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	48.65
160	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	48.50
161	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	47.88
162	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	47.37
163	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	46.93
164	Belize`BLZ`Central America	46.66
165	India`IND`Southern Asia	46.33
166	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	45.78
167	Peru`PER`South America	45.13
168	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	44.28
169	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	43.36
170	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	43.35
171	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	42.93
172	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	42.08
173	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	41.10
174	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	40.46
175	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	40.09
176	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	40.05
177	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	39.73
178	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	39.09
179	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	38.73
180	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	35.74
181	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	34.62
182	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	34.49
183	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	32.22
184	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	29.20
185	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	23.49
186	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	21.36
187	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	20.37
188	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	13.71

02In 1998

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Lowest

188Myanmar13.71
187Bahrain20.37
186Tajikistan21.36
185Malawi23.49
184Bhutan29.20

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 72.95. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031997 → 1998

Since 1997

What changed between 1997 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
187values changed, of 188 in both
130 · 57rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Bahamas86.44 → 129.76+43.32
Cabo Verde98.52 → 114.04+15.52
Bosnia and Herzegovina51.27 → 64.82+13.55
Macau69.74 → 83.13+13.39
Bulgaria173.53 → 184.60+11.07

Fell most

Singapore162.19 → 140.50−21.69
Seychelles214.90 → 194.33−20.57
Moldova121.34 → 108.90−12.44
Suriname81.34 → 69.99−11.35
South Africa62.17 → 51.77−10.40

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 1998.
187 distinct values among 188
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 2 countries share 49.73. 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) (1998). Livestock Production Index, 1998 [data set], describing 1998. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/livestock-production-index/1998

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