Horses — Share in total livestock by country

Countries reporting

177

Highest

28.05 %LSU

Kazakhstan

Lowest

0 %LSU

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Median

1.29 %LSU

Years covered

1961–2023

Data points

11,867

What the numbers show

Horses — Share in total livestock is currently reported for 177 countries. The highest value is 28.05 %LSU in Kazakhstan; the lowest is 0 %LSU in Democratic Republic of the Congo.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.29 %LSU, and the mean is 2.72 %LSU.

Over the past decade 57 countries rose and 107 fell. The largest increase was in Gambia (up 480.8%), and the largest decrease in Kenya (down 100.0%).

Horses — Share in total livestock: full country ranking

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	Kazakhstan	28.05 %LSU	2023	up 76.0%	rising
2	Mongolia	25.27 %LSU	2023	up 15.8%	falling
3	Iceland	21.88 %LSU	2023	down 25.2%	rising
4	Sierra Leone	21.73 %LSU	2023	down 11.5%	falling
5	Tonga	21.05 %LSU	2023	up 3.9%	falling
6	Haiti	17.17 %LSU	2023	down 3.6%	rising
7	Cuba	16.81 %LSU	2023	up 37.8%	rising
8	Kyrgyzstan	16.54 %LSU	2023	up 10.0%	rising
9	Fiji	15.02 %LSU	2023	up 53.6%	rising
10	Caribbean	10.17 %LSU	2023	up 6.8%	flat
11	New Caledonia	10.16 %LSU	2023	up 16.8%	rising
12	Polynesia	9.13 %LSU	2023	up 25.4%	falling
13	French Polynesia	8.2 %LSU	2023	down 4.5%	falling
14	Mexico	7.07 %LSU	2023	down 9.9%	falling
15	Lesotho	6.67 %LSU	2023	up 29.0%	falling
16	Ethiopia PDR	6.36 %LSU	1992	up 16.9%	rising
17	Timor-Leste	6.09 %LSU	2023	down 36.2%	volatile
18	Senegal	5.95 %LSU	2023	down 15.7%	rising
19	El Salvador	5.88 %LSU	2023	up 10.1%	rising
20	Romania	5.81 %LSU	2021	down 30.6%	rising
21	Peru	5.28 %LSU	2023	down 5.4%	falling
22	Chile	5.21 %LSU	2023	up 0.2%	falling
23	Dominican Republic	4.91 %LSU	2023	down 13.9%	falling
24	Gambia	4.53 %LSU	2023	up 480.8%	rising
25	Melanesia	4.45 %LSU	2023	up 9.6%	falling
26	Saint Lucia	4.16 %LSU	2023	down 1.4%	falling
27	Finland	3.93 %LSU	2018	up 17.3%	volatile
28	Albania	3.89 %LSU	2023	up 42.0%	falling
29	Argentina	3.72 %LSU	2023	down 33.2%	falling
30	Bhutan	3.65 %LSU	2023	down 46.7%	flat
31	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	3.63 %LSU	2023	up 48.8%	volatile
32	Colombia	3.62 %LSU	2023	up 30.7%	flat
33	Georgia	3.57 %LSU	2023	up 30.8%	rising
34	Cook Islands	3.49 %LSU	2023	up 33.2%	volatile
35	Panama	3.4 %LSU	2023	down 8.1%	falling
36	USSR	3.38 %LSU	1991	up 5.0%	falling
37	Russian Federation	3.36 %LSU	2023	down 8.2%	falling
37	Yugoslav SFR	3.36 %LSU	1991	down 40.2%	falling
39	Antigua and Barbuda	3.32 %LSU	2023	up 9.9%	falling
40	Honduras	3.26 %LSU	2023	down 4.7%	falling
41	Montenegro	3.23 %LSU	2023	down 9.5%	falling
42	Sweden	3.19 %LSU	2017	up 11.1%	rising
43	Bulgaria	3.13 %LSU	2017	down 63.5%	rising
44	Belize	3.03 %LSU	2023	up 12.2%	falling
45	Slovenia	2.99 %LSU	2017	up 11.6%	rising
46	Nicaragua	2.98 %LSU	2023	down 18.1%	falling
47	Costa Rica	2.92 %LSU	2023	down 38.3%	falling
48	North Macedonia	2.86 %LSU	2023	down 35.9%	falling
49	Uruguay	2.7 %LSU	2023	up 2.7%	falling
50	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	2.65 %LSU	2023	down 10.8%	falling
51	Portugal	2.56 %LSU	2022	up 9.9%	rising
52	OECD	2.51 %LSU	2023	down 18.0%	rising
53	Samoa	2.48 %LSU	2023	up 48.5%	falling
54	Malta	2.47 %LSU	2017	up 44.4%	volatile
55	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	2.36 %LSU	2023	up 3.5%	falling
56	French Guiana	2.34 %LSU	2006	up 61.4%	rising
57	Italy	2.31 %LSU	2017	up 19.7%	rising
57	Ukraine	2.31 %LSU	2023	down 33.4%	falling
59	Tajikistan	2.29 %LSU	2023	down 10.5%	falling
60	Ethiopia	2.24 %LSU	2023	down 14.2%	falling
61	Croatia	2.18 %LSU	2018	up 46.3%	rising
62	Mali	2.16 %LSU	2023	down 18.5%	rising
63	Austria	2.15 %LSU	2017	up 7.0%	rising
64	Democratic People's Republic of Korea	2.14 %LSU	2023	up 3.4%	rising
65	Puerto Rico	2.07 %LSU	2023	down 1.0%	falling
66	Chad	1.96 %LSU	2023	up 84.9%	falling
67	Ecuador	1.95 %LSU	2023	down 42.1%	falling
68	Philippines	1.91 %LSU	2023	up 7.3%	falling
69	Canada	1.89 %LSU	2023	up 2.2%	falling
70	Brazil	1.87 %LSU	2023	down 4.1%	falling
71	Germany	1.85 %LSU	2023	up 25.9%	rising
72	Armenia	1.83 %LSU	2023	up 43.0%	falling
73	Norway	1.77 %LSU	2023	up 10.6%	volatile
74	Czechia	1.67 %LSU	2022	up 12.8%	rising
75	Switzerland	1.62 %LSU	2023	down 14.3%	flat
76	Latvia	1.59 %LSU	2023	down 12.2%	falling
77	Guatemala	1.55 %LSU	2023	down 13.9%	falling
78	Hungary	1.51 %LSU	2023	down 48.6%	volatile
79	Uzbekistan	1.49 %LSU	2023	down 2.6%	falling
80	Republic of Moldova	1.47 %LSU	2023	down 68.0%	falling
81	Estonia	1.45 %LSU	2018	up 11.5%	rising
82	Paraguay	1.41 %LSU	2023	down 21.2%	falling
83	Luxembourg	1.4 %LSU	2022	down 13.0%	rising
84	China, Hong Kong SAR	1.38 %LSU	2023	down 16.9%	volatile
85	Sudan	1.37 %LSU	2023	down 0.7%	flat
86	Azerbaijan	1.35 %LSU	2023	down 24.2%	falling
87	Martinique	1.31 %LSU	2006	down 67.3%	volatile
88	Lithuania	1.29 %LSU	2023	down 49.4%	falling
88	Vanuatu	1.29 %LSU	2023	down 56.6%	rising
90	Poland	1.23 %LSU	2023	down 30.1%	volatile
91	Sao Tome and Principe	1.22 %LSU	2023	down 8.3%	falling
92	Barbados	1.21 %LSU	2023	down 21.9%	falling
93	Sudan (former)	1.18 %LSU	2011	up 21.6%	volatile
94	Qatar	1.16 %LSU	2023	up 18.4%	volatile
95	Spain	1.15 %LSU	2017	up 19.8%	falling
96	Libya	1.13 %LSU	2023	down 5.8%	falling
97	Serbia and Montenegro	1.12 %LSU	2005	down 49.3%	falling
98	Niger	0.92 %LSU	2023	down 24.6%	falling
99	Tunisia	0.91 %LSU	2023	unchanged	falling
100	Morocco	0.9 %LSU	2023	up 20.0%	volatile
101	Netherlands (Kingdom of the)	0.89 %LSU	2023	down 17.6%	falling
102	Namibia	0.88 %LSU	2023	down 20.0%	rising
102	China, mainland	0.88 %LSU	2023	down 17.8%	falling
104	China	0.87 %LSU	2023	down 17.9%	falling
104	France	0.87 %LSU	2022	down 22.3%	volatile
106	Mauritania	0.82 %LSU	2023	down 6.8%	rising
107	Ireland	0.79 %LSU	2019	down 10.2%	volatile
107	Slovakia	0.79 %LSU	2019	down 8.1%	rising
109	Jamaica	0.73 %LSU	2023	down 1.4%	falling
109	Cambodia	0.73 %LSU	2023	up 14.1%	rising
111	Serbia	0.72 %LSU	2023	up 20.0%	flat
112	Belgium-Luxembourg	0.71 %LSU	1999	down 22.8%	volatile
113	Denmark	0.67 %LSU	2022	down 28.0%	falling
114	Myanmar	0.58 %LSU	2023	up 38.1%	falling
115	Australia	0.5 %LSU	2023	up 4.2%	falling
115	Egypt	0.5 %LSU	2023	up 61.3%	volatile
115	Cabo Verde	0.5 %LSU	2023	up 25.0%	volatile
118	Turkmenistan	0.49 %LSU	2023	down 7.5%	falling
118	Czechoslovakia	0.49 %LSU	1992	down 12.5%	volatile
118	Lao People's Democratic Republic	0.49 %LSU	2023	down 29.0%	falling
121	Belgium	0.47 %LSU	2017	down 7.8%	rising
121	Indonesia	0.47 %LSU	2023	down 46.0%	volatile
121	Iraq	0.47 %LSU	2023	down 19.0%	falling
124	Solomon Islands	0.43 %LSU	2023	down 2.3%	falling
125	Australia and New Zealand	0.42 %LSU	2023	down 2.3%	falling
126	Botswana	0.41 %LSU	2023	down 70.1%	rising
127	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.38 %LSU	2023	down 74.7%	volatile
128	Guyana	0.37 %LSU	2023	down 17.8%	falling
129	Zimbabwe	0.35 %LSU	2023	unchanged	rising
130	Belarus	0.3 %LSU	2023	down 75.8%	volatile
131	Pakistan	0.29 %LSU	2023	down 31.0%	volatile
132	Israel	0.28 %LSU	2023	down 15.2%	volatile
133	Algeria	0.27 %LSU	2023	down 6.9%	volatile
133	Suriname	0.27 %LSU	2023	up 145.5%	volatile
135	Papua New Guinea	0.25 %LSU	2023	down 7.4%	falling
135	Eswatini	0.25 %LSU	2023	up 19.0%	falling
137	Republic of Korea	0.24 %LSU	2023	down 22.6%	volatile
138	Guadeloupe	0.23 %LSU	2006	down 77.5%	falling
138	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	0.23 %LSU	2023	down 8.0%	volatile
140	Guinea-Bissau	0.2 %LSU	2023	unchanged	falling
140	Trinidad and Tobago	0.2 %LSU	2023	down 13.0%	falling
142	Viet Nam	0.19 %LSU	2023	down 47.2%	volatile
143	Nigeria	0.18 %LSU	2023	down 14.3%	volatile
143	New Zealand	0.18 %LSU	2023	down 40.0%	falling
145	Greece	0.17 %LSU	2018	down 76.4%	volatile
146	Cameroon	0.16 %LSU	2023	down 20.0%	volatile
146	Lebanon	0.16 %LSU	2023	down 20.0%	volatile
148	Cyprus	0.15 %LSU	1990	down 37.5%	volatile
148	Grenada	0.15 %LSU	2023	down 16.7%	rising
150	Burkina Faso	0.13 %LSU	2023	down 50.0%	falling
150	Türkiye	0.13 %LSU	2023	down 62.9%	volatile
152	Syrian Arab Republic	0.12 %LSU	2023	down 36.8%	volatile
153	Jordan	0.1 %LSU	2023	down 28.6%	volatile
153	Japan	0.1 %LSU	2023	down 9.1%	volatile
155	Afghanistan	0.09 %LSU	2023	down 91.2%	volatile
156	India	0.08 %LSU	2023	down 65.2%	falling
156	Sri Lanka	0.08 %LSU	2023	down 11.1%	flat
158	Kuwait	0.07 %LSU	2023	down 12.5%	volatile
159	Malaysia	0.06 %LSU	2023	unchanged	volatile
159	Togo	0.06 %LSU	2023	down 25.0%	falling
159	Thailand	0.06 %LSU	2023	up 50.0%	volatile
162	Ghana	0.05 %LSU	2023	down 16.7%	volatile
163	Mauritius	0.04 %LSU	2023	down 20.0%	volatile
164	Benin	0.03 %LSU	2023	down 25.0%	volatile
164	Guinea	0.03 %LSU	2023	down 40.0%	falling
164	Saudi Arabia	0.03 %LSU	2023	down 89.3%	volatile
167	Yemen	0.02 %LSU	2023	unchanged	falling
167	China, Taiwan Province of	0.02 %LSU	2023	unchanged	rising
169	Angola	0.01 %LSU	2023	unchanged	falling
169	United Arab Emirates	0.01 %LSU	2023	down 50.0%	volatile
169	Congo	0.01 %LSU	2023	unchanged	volatile
169	Madagascar	0.01 %LSU	2023	—	volatile
173	Bahamas	0 %LSU	1992	—	volatile
173	Kenya	0 %LSU	2023	down 100.0%	volatile
173	Malawi	0 %LSU	2023	—	volatile
173	Somalia	0 %LSU	2023	—	volatile
173	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.

Central Asia 10.66 %LSU
Small Island Developing States (SIDS) 8.62 %LSU
Central America 5.96 %LSU
United States of America 3.93 %LSU
Northern America 3.69 %LSU
Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 3.63 %LSU
Americas 3.31 %LSU
Latin America and the Caribbean 3.18 %LSU
South America 2.43 %LSU
Eastern Europe 2.16 %LSU
Northern Europe 1.97 %LSU
Eastern Asia 1.85 %LSU

About this data

Indicator: Horses — Share in total livestock
Unit: %LSU
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage: 211 places, 11,867 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.