Equidae — Stocks by country

Countries reporting

187

Highest

13.94 million LSU

OECD

Lowest

0 LSU

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Median

31,007 LSU

Years covered

1961–2023

Data points

12,474

What the numbers show

Equidae — Stocks is currently reported for 187 countries. The highest value is 13.94 million LSU in OECD; the lowest is 0 LSU in Democratic Republic of the Congo.

The median across all reporting countries is 31,007 LSU, and the mean is 449,691 LSU.

Over the past decade 100 countries rose and 81 fell. The largest increase was in Chad (up 495.4%), and the largest decrease in Greece (down 92.1%).

Equidae — Stocks: full country ranking

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	OECD	13.94 million LSU	2023	down 15.5%	falling
2	Mexico	6.83 million LSU	2023	up 0.7%	rising
3	Brazil	4.86 million LSU	2023	up 4.5%	flat
4	Ethiopia PDR	4.77 million LSU	1992	up 32.7%	rising
5	Ethiopia	4.58 million LSU	2023	up 39.6%	rising
6	USSR	4.00 million LSU	1991	up 5.4%	falling
7	China	3.33 million LSU	2023	down 42.3%	falling
8	China, mainland	3.33 million LSU	2023	down 42.3%	falling
9	Pakistan	3.29 million LSU	2023	up 18.9%	rising
10	Mongolia	3.14 million LSU	2023	up 84.4%	rising
11	Sudan	2.70 million LSU	2023	up 1.4%	flat
12	Kazakhstan	2.52 million LSU	2023	up 126.6%	rising
13	Chad	2.15 million LSU	2023	up 495.4%	volatile
14	Argentina	1.69 million LSU	2023	down 32.8%	falling
15	Caribbean	1.54 million LSU	2023	up 9.6%	rising
16	Colombia	1.11 million LSU	2023	up 66.1%	flat
17	Peru	998,298 LSU	2023	up 1.2%	rising
18	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	925,306 LSU	2023	down 3.7%	falling
19	Russian Federation	854,478 LSU	2023	down 5.4%	falling
20	Afghanistan	780,775 LSU	2023	down 3.2%	flat
21	Morocco	744,234 LSU	2023	down 7.0%	falling
22	Niger	727,181 LSU	2023	up 15.5%	rising
23	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	697,569 LSU	2023	up 2.0%	rising
24	Mali	687,770 LSU	2023	up 29.9%	volatile
25	Sudan (former)	618,513 LSU	2011	up 17.7%	rising
26	Cuba	609,210 LSU	2023	up 24.3%	rising
27	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	604,773 LSU	2023	up 0.4%	rising
28	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	552,500 LSU	2023	up 48.3%	volatile
29	Egypt	540,289 LSU	2023	down 19.7%	rising
30	Burkina Faso	496,115 LSU	2023	up 39.9%	volatile
31	Haiti	484,030 LSU	2023	up 1.3%	rising
32	Nigeria	458,802 LSU	2023	up 6.6%	flat
33	Senegal	432,307 LSU	2023	up 6.1%	rising
34	Dominican Republic	406,868 LSU	2023	up 2.9%	rising
35	Yemen	366,474 LSU	2023	up 1.9%	rising
36	Kyrgyzstan	366,455 LSU	2023	up 20.7%	rising
37	Spain	335,880 LSU	2017	up 12.1%	volatile
38	Canada	322,231 LSU	2023	down 1.8%	flat
39	Germany	316,225 LSU	2023	up 5.5%	falling
40	Uruguay	265,786 LSU	2023	up 6.2%	falling
41	Indonesia	263,453 LSU	2023	down 6.7%	falling
42	Italy	253,599 LSU	2017	up 19.4%	falling
43	Romania	243,100 LSU	2021	down 41.0%	falling
44	India	234,078 LSU	2023	down 65.6%	falling
45	Uzbekistan	223,322 LSU	2023	down 26.9%	rising
46	Sierra Leone	222,323 LSU	2023	up 4.0%	rising
47	Iraq	215,770 LSU	2023	down 0.9%	falling
48	Zimbabwe	215,385 LSU	2023	up 7.3%	volatile
49	Yugoslav SFR	214,263 LSU	1991	down 44.8%	falling
50	Australia and New Zealand	203,039 LSU	2023	down 4.2%	falling
51	Chile	202,343 LSU	2023	down 5.4%	falling
52	Tunisia	193,986 LSU	2023	up 0.9%	rising
53	France	188,245 LSU	2022	down 38.0%	volatile
54	Australia	182,769 LSU	2023	up 4.7%	falling
55	Paraguay	168,924 LSU	2023	down 17.4%	falling
56	Nicaragua	168,117 LSU	2023	up 0.2%	rising
57	Philippines	163,173 LSU	2023	up 4.6%	rising
58	Honduras	145,161 LSU	2023	up 0.6%	flat
59	Ecuador	142,630 LSU	2023	down 56.1%	falling
60	Mauritania	137,320 LSU	2023	up 11.8%	rising
61	South Sudan	109,738 LSU	2023	up 14.3%	rising
62	Ukraine	109,332 LSU	2023	down 56.4%	falling
63	Tajikistan	107,126 LSU	2023	down 21.8%	rising
64	Poland	101,737 LSU	2023	down 24.4%	volatile
65	Guatemala	94,417 LSU	2023	up 1.1%	falling
66	Türkiye	73,712 LSU	2023	down 58.9%	volatile
67	Lesotho	72,689 LSU	2023	up 17.6%	flat
68	Namibia	71,458 LSU	2023	up 16.4%	rising
69	Myanmar	70,468 LSU	2023	down 6.9%	rising
70	Sweden	66,507 LSU	2017	up 7.7%	rising
71	Costa Rica	65,413 LSU	2023	down 6.8%	rising
72	El Salvador	65,300 LSU	2023	up 0.3%	rising
73	Netherlands (Kingdom of the)	63,246 LSU	2023	down 25.5%	rising
74	Austria	58,778 LSU	2017	up 3.9%	rising
75	Portugal	58,500 LSU	2022	down 11.2%	falling
76	United Republic of Tanzania	57,608 LSU	2023	up 2.7%	rising
77	Algeria	56,687 LSU	2023	down 45.3%	volatile
78	Ireland	53,306 LSU	2019	down 21.9%	falling
79	Panama	53,017 LSU	2023	down 10.0%	falling
80	Saudi Arabia	51,192 LSU	2023	down 16.1%	rising
81	Libya	50,065 LSU	2023	up 51.6%	falling
82	Switzerland	48,420 LSU	2023	up 2.8%	rising
83	Finland	48,360 LSU	2018	up 7.3%	volatile
84	Azerbaijan	41,984 LSU	2023	down 41.3%	rising
85	Melanesia	40,346 LSU	2023	down 5.1%	rising
86	Belgium-Luxembourg	39,000 LSU	1999	down 11.8%	falling
87	Bulgaria	37,450 LSU	2017	down 73.3%	falling
88	Albania	35,966 LSU	2023	down 28.1%	falling
89	Gambia	33,899 LSU	2023	up 67.3%	volatile
90	Georgia	32,632 LSU	2023	up 5.1%	rising
91	Iceland	32,278 LSU	2023	down 32.9%	rising
92	Viet Nam	31,734 LSU	2023	down 38.2%	falling
93	Democratic People's Republic of Korea	31,563 LSU	2023	up 1.2%	rising
94	Syrian Arab Republic	31,007 LSU	2023	down 37.3%	falling
95	Fiji	30,991 LSU	2023	up 1.4%	rising
96	Turkmenistan	30,583 LSU	2023	up 4.0%	flat
97	Denmark	29,908 LSU	2022	down 32.8%	falling
98	Botswana	29,344 LSU	2023	down 74.1%	volatile
99	Hungary	25,600 LSU	2023	down 50.3%	volatile
100	Norway	24,505 LSU	2023	up 9.4%	volatile
101	Timor-Leste	24,303 LSU	2023	down 27.8%	falling
102	Czechia	24,107 LSU	2022	up 11.8%	rising
103	Czechoslovakia	22,287 LSU	1992	down 21.7%	volatile
104	Lebanon	21,328 LSU	2023	up 28.4%	rising
105	Serbia and Montenegro	21,247 LSU	2005	down 66.0%	falling
106	Lao People's Democratic Republic	20,800 LSU	2023	down 1.5%	rising
107	Somalia	20,728 LSU	2023	up 2.5%	flat
108	Cambodia	20,530 LSU	2023	up 5.3%	volatile
109	New Zealand	20,270 LSU	2023	down 45.7%	falling
110	Jamaica	20,105 LSU	2023	up 0.0%	falling
111	Cameroon	19,854 LSU	2023	down 6.1%	falling
112	Belgium	19,135 LSU	2017	down 12.2%	flat
113	Bhutan	18,239 LSU	2023	down 32.5%	rising
114	Republic of Korea	17,789 LSU	2023	down 6.7%	volatile
115	Belarus	17,666 LSU	2023	down 69.5%	volatile
116	Mozambique	15,909 LSU	2023	up 9.8%	rising
117	Croatia	15,372 LSU	2018	up 35.8%	falling
118	Polynesia	14,148 LSU	2023	up 4.7%	flat
119	Slovenia	12,644 LSU	2017	up 2.4%	rising
120	Republic of Moldova	11,373 LSU	2023	down 63.7%	falling
121	Oman	10,925 LSU	2023	down 9.0%	flat
122	Serbia	9,438 LSU	2023	down 7.0%	falling
123	Armenia	9,088 LSU	2023	up 1.1%	falling
124	Japan	9,018 LSU	2023	down 12.2%	volatile
125	Lithuania	7,996 LSU	2023	down 58.5%	volatile
126	Tonga	7,729 LSU	2023	up 8.1%	rising
127	New Caledonia	6,949 LSU	2023	up 6.9%	rising
128	Puerto Rico	6,612 LSU	2023	down 20.8%	falling
129	North Macedonia	6,568 LSU	2023	down 51.1%	volatile
130	Cabo Verde	6,436 LSU	2023	up 7.8%	rising
131	Qatar	6,384 LSU	2023	up 201.9%	volatile
132	Ghana	6,262 LSU	2023	up 8.8%	falling
133	Israel	6,060 LSU	2023	unchanged	volatile
134	Eswatini	5,898 LSU	2023	up 3.6%	falling
135	Latvia	5,850 LSU	2023	down 17.4%	falling
136	Belize	5,826 LSU	2023	up 2.4%	rising
137	Uganda	5,818 LSU	2023	up 1.0%	rising
138	Samoa	4,794 LSU	2023	up 1.2%	falling
139	Thailand	4,745 LSU	2023	up 38.7%	volatile
140	Slovakia	4,524 LSU	2019	down 17.3%	falling
141	Jordan	4,095 LSU	2023	down 33.7%	volatile
142	Greece	3,836 LSU	2018	down 92.1%	volatile
143	Estonia	3,705 LSU	2018	up 7.5%	rising
144	Cyprus	3,500 LSU	2017	unchanged	volatile
145	Trinidad and Tobago	3,277 LSU	2023	up 0.5%	rising
146	Barbados	3,076 LSU	2023	down 2.7%	rising
147	Guinea-Bissau	2,777 LSU	2023	up 2.5%	rising
148	Luxembourg	2,664 LSU	2022	down 16.1%	rising
149	Malaysia	2,590 LSU	2023	up 8.4%	falling
150	Malawi	2,578 LSU	2023	up 32.2%	volatile
151	Guinea	2,557 LSU	2023	up 9.5%	rising
152	Djibouti	2,550 LSU	2023	up 1.2%	rising
153	Montenegro	2,523 LSU	2023	down 20.1%	falling
154	Guyana	2,137 LSU	2023	down 2.8%	falling
155	Togo	2,090 LSU	2023	up 7.4%	rising
156	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1,909 LSU	2023	down 83.4%	falling
157	Angola	1,846 LSU	2023	down 0.2%	rising
158	Saint Lucia	1,690 LSU	2023	up 0.9%	rising
159	Comoros	1,656 LSU	2023	up 2.2%	rising
160	French Polynesia	1,430 LSU	2023	unchanged	falling
161	Papua New Guinea	1,323 LSU	2023	down 0.7%	rising
162	Antigua and Barbuda	1,189 LSU	2023	up 1.2%	falling
163	Malta	1,113 LSU	2017	down 0.5%	falling
164	Kenya	1,016 LSU	2023	down 0.9%	falling
165	China, Hong Kong SAR	1,013 LSU	2023	up 2.2%	rising
166	Vanuatu	984.1 LSU	2023	down 75.6%	volatile
167	Sri Lanka	794.3 LSU	2023	down 12.1%	falling
168	Benin	780.5 LSU	2023	down 0.7%	volatile
169	Zambia	673.8 LSU	2023	up 7.0%	rising
170	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	664.5 LSU	2023	up 2.2%	rising
171	China, Taiwan Province of	568.1 LSU	2023	up 2.2%	volatile
172	Kuwait	484.8 LSU	2023	up 12.2%	volatile
173	Grenada	380 LSU	2023	up 0.1%	falling
174	French Guiana	328.25 LSU	2006	up 102.0%	volatile
175	Martinique	325 LSU	2006	down 76.2%	volatile
176	Madagascar	306 LSU	2023	up 6.4%	volatile
177	Guadeloupe	265 LSU	2006	down 64.8%	volatile
178	Suriname	227.1 LSU	2023	up 113.5%	falling
179	Cook Islands	195.65 LSU	2023	down 1.3%	volatile
180	Sao Tome and Principe	191.4 LSU	2023	up 8.4%	flat
181	United Arab Emirates	178.4 LSU	2023	up 6.2%	rising
182	Mauritius	102.5 LSU	2023	down 2.4%	flat
183	Solomon Islands	98.15 LSU	2023	up 0.7%	rising
184	Congo	38.5 LSU	2023	up 2.7%	volatile
185	Bahrain	0 LSU	1992	—	volatile
185	Bahamas	0 LSU	1992	—	volatile
185	Democratic Republic of the Congo	0 LSU	1992	—	volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

World 59.28 million LSU
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 25.14 million LSU
Americas 25.14 million LSU
Latin America and the Caribbean 19.71 million LSU
Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 17.23 million LSU
Asia 16.49 million LSU
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 15.26 million LSU
Africa 15.17 million LSU
Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 14.23 million LSU
Sub-Saharan Africa 10.88 million LSU
South America 10.74 million LSU
Central America 7.43 million LSU

About this data

Indicator: Equidae — Stocks
Unit: LSU
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage: 222 places, 12,474 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed: 12 August 2026

The Livestock Patterns domain of FAOSTAT contains data on livestock numbers, shares of major livestock species and densities of livestock units in the agricultural land area. Values are calculated using Livestock Units (LSU), which facilitate aggregating information for different livestock types. Data are available by country, with global coverage, for the period 1961 to the most recent year available with annual updates. This methodology applies the LSU coefficients reported in the "Guidelines for the preparation of livestock sector reviews" (FAO, 2011). From this publication, LSU coefficients are computed by livestock type and by country. The reference unit used for the calculation of livestock units (=1 LSU) is the grazing equivalent of one adult dairy cow producing 3000 kg of milk annually, fed without additional concentrated foodstuffs. FAOSTAT agri-environmental indicators on livestock patterns closely follow the structure of the indicators in EUROSTAT.