Horses — Share in total livestock by country

Name: Horses — Share in total livestock
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)

Countries reporting

179

Highest

28.05 %LSU

Kazakhstan

Lowest

0 %LSU

Somalia

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 179 countries. The highest value is 28.05 %LSU in Kazakhstan; the lowest is 0 %LSU in Somalia.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.29 %LSU, and the mean is 2.7 %LSU.

Over the past decade 58 countries rose and 108 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
1	Polynesia	9.13 %LSU	2023	up 25.4%	falling
2	Mongolia	25.27 %LSU	2023	up 15.8%	falling
2	Caribbean	10.17 %LSU	2023	up 6.8%	flat
3	Iceland	21.88 %LSU	2023	down 25.2%	rising
3	Timor-Leste	6.09 %LSU	2023	down 36.2%	volatile
4	Sierra Leone	21.73 %LSU	2023	down 11.5%	falling
4	Melanesia	4.45 %LSU	2023	up 9.6%	falling
5	Tonga	21.05 %LSU	2023	up 3.9%	falling
5	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	2.65 %LSU	2023	down 10.8%	falling
6	Haiti	17.17 %LSU	2023	down 3.6%	rising
6	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	2.36 %LSU	2023	up 3.5%	falling
7	Cuba	16.81 %LSU	2023	up 37.8%	rising
7	Democratic People's Republic of Korea	2.14 %LSU	2023	up 3.4%	rising
8	Kyrgyzstan	16.54 %LSU	2023	up 10.0%	rising
8	Republic of Moldova	1.47 %LSU	2023	down 68.0%	falling
9	Fiji	15.02 %LSU	2023	up 53.6%	rising
10	New Caledonia	10.16 %LSU	2023	up 16.8%	rising
11	French Polynesia	8.2 %LSU	2023	down 4.5%	falling
12	Mexico	7.07 %LSU	2023	down 9.9%	falling
12	Lao People's Democratic Republic	0.49 %LSU	2023	down 29.0%	falling
13	Lesotho	6.67 %LSU	2023	up 29.0%	falling
13	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	0.23 %LSU	2023	down 8.0%	volatile
14	Ethiopia PDR	6.36 %LSU	1992	up 16.9%	rising
14	Viet Nam	0.19 %LSU	2023	down 47.2%	volatile
15	Senegal	5.95 %LSU	2023	down 15.7%	rising
15	Türkiye	0.13 %LSU	2023	down 62.9%	volatile
16	El Salvador	5.88 %LSU	2023	up 10.1%	rising
16	Syrian Arab Republic	0.12 %LSU	2023	down 36.8%	volatile
17	Romania	5.81 %LSU	2021	down 30.6%	rising
17	Democratic Republic of the Congo	0 %LSU	1992	—	volatile
18	Peru	5.28 %LSU	2023	down 5.4%	falling
19	Chile	5.21 %LSU	2023	up 0.2%	falling
20	Dominican Republic	4.91 %LSU	2023	down 13.9%	falling
21	Gambia	4.53 %LSU	2023	up 480.8%	rising
22	Saint Lucia	4.16 %LSU	2023	down 1.4%	falling
23	Finland	3.93 %LSU	2018	up 17.3%	volatile
24	Albania	3.89 %LSU	2023	up 42.0%	falling
25	Argentina	3.72 %LSU	2023	down 33.2%	falling
26	Bhutan	3.65 %LSU	2023	down 46.7%	flat
26	Cabo Verde	0.5 %LSU	2023	up 25.0%	volatile
27	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	3.63 %LSU	2023	up 48.8%	volatile
28	Colombia	3.62 %LSU	2023	up 30.7%	flat
29	Georgia	3.57 %LSU	2023	up 30.8%	rising
30	Cook Islands	3.49 %LSU	2023	up 33.2%	volatile
31	Panama	3.4 %LSU	2023	down 8.1%	falling
32	USSR	3.38 %LSU	1991	up 5.0%	falling
33	Russian Federation	3.36 %LSU	2023	down 8.2%	falling
33	Yugoslav SFR	3.36 %LSU	1991	down 40.2%	falling
35	Antigua and Barbuda	3.32 %LSU	2023	up 9.9%	falling
36	Honduras	3.26 %LSU	2023	down 4.7%	falling
37	Montenegro	3.23 %LSU	2023	down 9.5%	falling
38	Sweden	3.19 %LSU	2017	up 11.1%	rising
39	Bulgaria	3.13 %LSU	2017	down 63.5%	rising
40	Belize	3.03 %LSU	2023	up 12.2%	falling
41	Slovenia	2.99 %LSU	2017	up 11.6%	rising
42	Nicaragua	2.98 %LSU	2023	down 18.1%	falling
43	Costa Rica	2.92 %LSU	2023	down 38.3%	falling
44	North Macedonia	2.86 %LSU	2023	down 35.9%	falling
45	Uruguay	2.7 %LSU	2023	up 2.7%	falling
46	Portugal	2.56 %LSU	2022	up 9.9%	rising
47	OECD	2.51 %LSU	2023	down 18.0%	rising
48	Samoa	2.48 %LSU	2023	up 48.5%	falling
49	Malta	2.47 %LSU	2017	up 44.4%	volatile
50	French Guiana	2.34 %LSU	2006	up 61.4%	rising
51	Italy	2.31 %LSU	2017	up 19.7%	rising
51	Ukraine	2.31 %LSU	2023	down 33.4%	falling
53	Tajikistan	2.29 %LSU	2023	down 10.5%	falling
54	Ethiopia	2.24 %LSU	2023	down 14.2%	falling
55	Croatia	2.18 %LSU	2018	up 46.3%	rising
56	Mali	2.16 %LSU	2023	down 18.5%	rising
57	Austria	2.15 %LSU	2017	up 7.0%	rising
58	Puerto Rico	2.07 %LSU	2023	down 1.0%	falling
59	Chad	1.96 %LSU	2023	up 84.9%	falling
60	Ecuador	1.95 %LSU	2023	down 42.1%	falling
61	Philippines	1.91 %LSU	2023	up 7.3%	falling
62	Canada	1.89 %LSU	2023	up 2.2%	falling
63	Brazil	1.87 %LSU	2023	down 4.1%	falling
64	Germany	1.85 %LSU	2023	up 25.9%	rising
65	Armenia	1.83 %LSU	2023	up 43.0%	falling
66	Norway	1.77 %LSU	2023	up 10.6%	volatile
67	Czechia	1.67 %LSU	2022	up 12.8%	rising
68	South Africa	1.63 %LSU	2023	up 20.7%	falling
69	Switzerland	1.62 %LSU	2023	down 14.3%	flat
70	Latvia	1.59 %LSU	2023	down 12.2%	falling
71	Guatemala	1.55 %LSU	2023	down 13.9%	falling
72	Hungary	1.51 %LSU	2023	down 48.6%	volatile
73	Uzbekistan	1.49 %LSU	2023	down 2.6%	falling
74	Estonia	1.45 %LSU	2018	up 11.5%	rising
75	Paraguay	1.41 %LSU	2023	down 21.2%	falling
76	Luxembourg	1.4 %LSU	2022	down 13.0%	rising
77	China, Hong Kong SAR	1.38 %LSU	2023	down 16.9%	volatile
78	Sudan	1.37 %LSU	2023	down 0.7%	flat
79	Azerbaijan	1.35 %LSU	2023	down 24.2%	falling
80	Martinique	1.31 %LSU	2006	down 67.3%	volatile
81	Lithuania	1.29 %LSU	2023	down 49.4%	falling
81	Vanuatu	1.29 %LSU	2023	down 56.6%	rising
83	Poland	1.23 %LSU	2023	down 30.1%	volatile
84	Sao Tome and Principe	1.22 %LSU	2023	down 8.3%	falling
85	Barbados	1.21 %LSU	2023	down 21.9%	falling
86	Sudan (former)	1.18 %LSU	2011	up 21.6%	volatile
87	Qatar	1.16 %LSU	2023	up 18.4%	volatile
88	Spain	1.15 %LSU	2017	up 19.8%	falling
89	Libya	1.13 %LSU	2023	down 5.8%	falling
90	Serbia and Montenegro	1.12 %LSU	2005	down 49.3%	falling
91	Niger	0.92 %LSU	2023	down 24.6%	falling
92	Tunisia	0.91 %LSU	2023	unchanged	falling
93	Morocco	0.9 %LSU	2023	up 20.0%	volatile
94	Netherlands (Kingdom of the)	0.89 %LSU	2023	down 17.6%	falling
95	Namibia	0.88 %LSU	2023	down 20.0%	rising
95	China, mainland	0.88 %LSU	2023	down 17.8%	falling
97	China	0.87 %LSU	2023	down 17.9%	falling
97	France	0.87 %LSU	2022	down 22.3%	volatile
99	Mauritania	0.82 %LSU	2023	down 6.8%	rising
100	Ireland	0.79 %LSU	2019	down 10.2%	volatile
100	Slovakia	0.79 %LSU	2019	down 8.1%	rising
102	Jamaica	0.73 %LSU	2023	down 1.4%	falling
102	Cambodia	0.73 %LSU	2023	up 14.1%	rising
104	Serbia	0.72 %LSU	2023	up 20.0%	flat
105	Belgium-Luxembourg	0.71 %LSU	1999	down 22.8%	volatile
106	Denmark	0.67 %LSU	2022	down 28.0%	falling
107	Myanmar	0.58 %LSU	2023	up 38.1%	falling
108	Australia	0.5 %LSU	2023	up 4.2%	falling
108	Egypt	0.5 %LSU	2023	up 61.3%	volatile
110	Turkmenistan	0.49 %LSU	2023	down 7.5%	falling
110	Czechoslovakia	0.49 %LSU	1992	down 12.5%	volatile
112	Belgium	0.47 %LSU	2017	down 7.8%	rising
112	Indonesia	0.47 %LSU	2023	down 46.0%	volatile
112	Iraq	0.47 %LSU	2023	down 19.0%	falling
115	Solomon Islands	0.43 %LSU	2023	down 2.3%	falling
116	Australia and New Zealand	0.42 %LSU	2023	down 2.3%	falling
117	Botswana	0.41 %LSU	2023	down 70.1%	rising
118	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.38 %LSU	2023	down 74.7%	volatile
119	Guyana	0.37 %LSU	2023	down 17.8%	falling
120	Zimbabwe	0.35 %LSU	2023	unchanged	rising
121	Belarus	0.3 %LSU	2023	down 75.8%	volatile
122	Pakistan	0.29 %LSU	2023	down 31.0%	volatile
123	Israel	0.28 %LSU	2023	down 15.2%	volatile
124	Algeria	0.27 %LSU	2023	down 6.9%	volatile
124	Suriname	0.27 %LSU	2023	up 145.5%	volatile
126	Papua New Guinea	0.25 %LSU	2023	down 7.4%	falling
126	Eswatini	0.25 %LSU	2023	up 19.0%	falling
128	Republic of Korea	0.24 %LSU	2023	down 22.6%	volatile
129	Guadeloupe	0.23 %LSU	2006	down 77.5%	falling
130	Guinea-Bissau	0.2 %LSU	2023	unchanged	falling
130	Trinidad and Tobago	0.2 %LSU	2023	down 13.0%	falling
132	Nigeria	0.18 %LSU	2023	down 14.3%	volatile
132	New Zealand	0.18 %LSU	2023	down 40.0%	falling
134	Greece	0.17 %LSU	2018	down 76.4%	volatile
135	Cameroon	0.16 %LSU	2023	down 20.0%	volatile
135	Lebanon	0.16 %LSU	2023	down 20.0%	volatile
137	Cyprus	0.15 %LSU	1990	down 37.5%	volatile
137	Grenada	0.15 %LSU	2023	down 16.7%	rising
139	Burkina Faso	0.13 %LSU	2023	down 50.0%	falling
140	Réunion	0.12 %LSU	2006	down 20.0%	volatile
141	Jordan	0.1 %LSU	2023	down 28.6%	volatile
141	Japan	0.1 %LSU	2023	down 9.1%	volatile
143	Afghanistan	0.09 %LSU	2023	down 91.2%	volatile
144	India	0.08 %LSU	2023	down 65.2%	falling
144	Sri Lanka	0.08 %LSU	2023	down 11.1%	flat
146	Kuwait	0.07 %LSU	2023	down 12.5%	volatile
147	Malaysia	0.06 %LSU	2023	unchanged	volatile
147	Togo	0.06 %LSU	2023	down 25.0%	falling
147	Thailand	0.06 %LSU	2023	up 50.0%	volatile
150	Ghana	0.05 %LSU	2023	down 16.7%	volatile
151	Mauritius	0.04 %LSU	2023	down 20.0%	volatile
152	Benin	0.03 %LSU	2023	down 25.0%	volatile
152	Guinea	0.03 %LSU	2023	down 40.0%	falling
152	Saudi Arabia	0.03 %LSU	2023	down 89.3%	volatile
155	Yemen	0.02 %LSU	2023	unchanged	falling
155	China, Taiwan Province of	0.02 %LSU	2023	unchanged	rising
157	Angola	0.01 %LSU	2023	unchanged	falling
157	United Arab Emirates	0.01 %LSU	2023	down 50.0%	volatile
157	Congo	0.01 %LSU	2023	unchanged	volatile
157	Madagascar	0.01 %LSU	2023	—	volatile
161	Bahamas	0 %LSU	1992	—	volatile
161	Kenya	0 %LSU	2023	down 100.0%	volatile
161	Malawi	0 %LSU	2023	—	volatile
161	Somalia	0 %LSU	2023	—	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
Middle Africa 1.42 %LSU
Eastern Europe 2.16 %LSU
Asia 1.2 %LSU
Northern Europe 1.97 %LSU
Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 1.19 %LSU
Eastern Asia 1.85 %LSU
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 1.84 %LSU
World 1.76 %LSU
Southern Africa 1.6 %LSU
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 1.36 %LSU
Europe 1.29 %LSU
Western Africa 1.14 %LSU
Sub-Saharan Africa 1.04 %LSU
Africa 1.03 %LSU
Northern Africa 1.02 %LSU
Western Europe 0.77 %LSU
Eastern Africa 0.77 %LSU
South-Eastern Asia 0.53 %LSU
Oceania 0.52 %LSU
European Union (27) 0.46 %LSU
Western Asia 0.27 %LSU
Southern Asia 0.14 %LSU
Southern Europe 0.12 %LSU

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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.