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Horses — Stocks by country

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...

Countries reporting
177
Highest
10.20 million LSU
OECD
Lowest
0 LSU
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Median
20,800 LSU
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
11,867

What the numbers show

Horses — Stocks is currently reported for 177 countries. The highest value is 10.20 million LSU in OECD; the lowest is 0 LSU in Democratic Republic of the Congo.

The median across all reporting countries is 20,800 LSU, and the mean is 286,976 LSU.

Over the past decade 91 countries rose and 81 fell. The largest increase was in Gambia (up 391.7%), and the largest decrease in Afghanistan (down 91.2%).

Horses — Stocks: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 OECD 10.20 million LSU 2023 down 18.3% rising
2 USSR 3.85 million LSU 1991 up 6.4% falling
3 Brazil 3.77 million LSU 2023 up 9.2% rising
4 Mexico 3.21 million LSU 2023 up 0.9% rising
5 Mongolia 3.14 million LSU 2023 up 84.4% rising
6 Kazakhstan 2.50 million LSU 2023 up 128.4% rising
7 China 2.34 million LSU 2023 down 16.8% falling
8 China, mainland 2.33 million LSU 2023 down 16.8% falling
9 Ethiopia PDR 1.79 million LSU 1992 up 37.5% rising
10 Argentina 1.63 million LSU 2023 down 30.6% falling
11 Caribbean 1.16 million LSU 2023 up 12.0% rising
12 Ethiopia 1.14 million LSU 2023 up 16.6% rising
13 Colombia 963,486 LSU 2023 up 76.6% rising
14 Russian Federation 851,825 LSU 2023 down 4.9% falling
15 Chad 749,650 LSU 2023 up 244.7% volatile
16 Cuba 587,837 LSU 2023 up 25.0% rising
17 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 552,500 LSU 2023 up 48.3% volatile
18 Peru 485,592 LSU 2023 up 0.6% rising
19 Sudan 397,817 LSU 2023 up 1.0% flat
20 Sudan (former) 392,682 LSU 2011 up 30.9% volatile
21 Kyrgyzstan 352,643 LSU 2023 up 33.2% rising
22 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 341,573 LSU 2023 up 0.7% rising
23 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 330,110 LSU 2023 up 4.1% rising
24 Haiti 325,509 LSU 2023 up 0.2% rising
25 Canada 319,831 LSU 2023 down 1.8% flat
26 Germany 316,225 LSU 2023 up 5.5% falling
27 Mali 316,170 LSU 2023 up 24.6% volatile
28 Senegal 292,246 LSU 2023 up 8.4% rising
29 Indonesia 263,453 LSU 2023 down 6.7% falling
30 Uruguay 262,484 LSU 2023 up 6.3% falling
31 Pakistan 246,350 LSU 2023 up 5.9% falling
32 Romania 243,100 LSU 2021 down 38.8% falling
33 Dominican Republic 239,019 LSU 2023 up 3.6% rising
34 Italy 238,915 LSU 2017 up 22.5% rising
35 Sierra Leone 222,323 LSU 2023 up 4.0% rising
36 Australia and New Zealand 202,104 LSU 2023 down 4.2% falling
37 Spain 199,837 LSU 2017 up 23.0% falling
38 Yugoslav SFR 197,183 LSU 1991 down 47.1% falling
39 Chile 190,442 LSU 2023 down 5.6% falling
40 France 188,245 LSU 2022 down 30.1% volatile
41 Australia 181,835 LSU 2023 up 4.8% falling
42 Uzbekistan 179,335 LSU 2023 up 36.4% rising
43 Philippines 163,173 LSU 2023 up 4.6% rising
44 Paraguay 144,859 LSU 2023 down 19.8% falling
45 India 141,899 LSU 2023 down 65.2% falling
46 Nicaragua 134,390 LSU 2023 down 0.1% rising
47 Niger 130,435 LSU 2023 up 8.3% rising
48 Ukraine 103,415 LSU 2023 down 57.8% falling
49 Poland 101,737 LSU 2023 down 24.4% volatile
50 Ecuador 93,204 LSU 2023 down 53.4% rising
51 Honduras 91,250 LSU 2023 up 0.6% rising
52 Myanmar 69,826 LSU 2023 down 7.0% rising
53 Morocco 69,320 LSU 2023 up 24.5% falling
54 Guatemala 66,794 LSU 2023 up 2.8% falling
55 Sweden 66,507 LSU 2017 up 7.7% rising
56 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 63,246 LSU 2023 down 25.5% rising
57 Costa Rica 58,784 LSU 2023 down 6.7% rising
58 Austria 58,778 LSU 2017 up 3.9% rising
59 Portugal 58,500 LSU 2022 up 2.3% rising
60 Tajikistan 54,600 LSU 2023 up 9.2% rising
61 Ireland 53,306 LSU 2019 down 16.4% falling
62 Panama 51,746 LSU 2023 down 10.0% falling
63 Nigeria 51,628 LSU 2023 up 1.5% falling
64 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 51,210 LSU 2023 down 8.6% falling
65 El Salvador 49,302 LSU 2023 up 0.6% rising
66 Finland 48,360 LSU 2018 up 7.3% volatile
67 Melanesia 40,346 LSU 2023 down 5.1% rising
68 Belgium-Luxembourg 39,000 LSU 1999 down 11.8% falling
69 Egypt 34,633 LSU 2023 up 21.4% volatile
70 Azerbaijan 34,499 LSU 2023 down 30.7% rising
71 Mauritania 33,836 LSU 2023 up 4.1% volatile
72 Lesotho 33,058 LSU 2023 up 10.7% falling
73 Iceland 32,278 LSU 2023 down 32.9% rising
74 Viet Nam 31,734 LSU 2023 down 38.2% falling
75 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 31,563 LSU 2023 up 1.2% rising
76 Switzerland 31,257 LSU 2023 down 16.0% falling
77 Fiji 30,991 LSU 2023 up 1.4% rising
78 Denmark 29,908 LSU 2022 down 32.8% falling
79 Georgia 27,726 LSU 2023 up 6.6% rising
80 Bulgaria 27,300 LSU 2017 down 72.9% falling
81 Türkiye 26,572 LSU 2023 down 53.0% volatile
82 Norway 24,505 LSU 2023 up 9.4% volatile
83 Timor-Leste 24,303 LSU 2023 down 27.8% falling
84 Czechia 24,107 LSU 2022 up 11.8% rising
85 Hungary 24,050 LSU 2023 down 51.3% volatile
86 Tunisia 22,855 LSU 2023 down 0.1% falling
87 Czechoslovakia 22,287 LSU 1992 down 21.7% volatile
88 Serbia and Montenegro 21,247 LSU 2005 down 66.0% falling
89 Lao People's Democratic Republic 20,800 LSU 2023 down 1.5% rising
90 Namibia 20,603 LSU 2023 up 2.3% rising
91 Cambodia 20,530 LSU 2023 up 5.3% volatile
92 New Zealand 20,270 LSU 2023 down 45.7% falling
93 Iraq 19,962 LSU 2023 down 4.0% falling
94 Algeria 19,708 LSU 2023 up 9.4% volatile
95 Belgium 19,134 LSU 2017 down 12.2% flat
96 Libya 18,659 LSU 2023 up 0.8% rising
97 Turkmenistan 18,167 LSU 2023 up 7.5% rising
98 Republic of Korea 17,789 LSU 2023 down 6.7% volatile
99 Albania 17,738 LSU 2023 down 13.6% falling
100 Croatia 15,372 LSU 2018 up 47.8% rising
101 Zimbabwe 14,089 LSU 2023 up 0.6% rising
102 Belarus 13,130 LSU 2023 down 75.4% volatile
103 Slovenia 12,644 LSU 2017 up 2.4% rising
104 Burkina Faso 11,184 LSU 2023 down 44.7% rising
105 Gambia 11,101 LSU 2023 up 391.7% volatile
106 Polynesia 10,648 LSU 2023 up 6.3% flat
107 Republic of Moldova 10,574 LSU 2023 down 64.9% falling
108 Serbia 9,438 LSU 2023 down 7.0% falling
109 Japan 9,018 LSU 2023 down 12.2% volatile
110 Armenia 8,559 LSU 2023 up 22.2% rising
111 Lithuania 7,996 LSU 2023 down 58.5% volatile
112 Cameroon 7,828 LSU 2023 down 14.4% volatile
113 Tonga 7,729 LSU 2023 up 8.1% rising
114 New Caledonia 6,949 LSU 2023 up 6.9% rising
115 Bhutan 6,576 LSU 2023 down 55.4% rising
116 North Macedonia 6,568 LSU 2023 down 51.1% volatile
117 Qatar 6,384 LSU 2023 up 201.9% volatile
118 Afghanistan 6,052 LSU 2023 down 91.2% falling
119 Latvia 5,850 LSU 2023 down 17.4% falling
120 Thailand 4,700 LSU 2023 up 39.3% volatile
121 Slovakia 4,524 LSU 2019 down 17.3% falling
122 Puerto Rico 4,050 LSU 2023 down 30.0% falling
123 Greece 3,836 LSU 2018 down 79.3% volatile
124 Estonia 3,705 LSU 2018 up 7.5% rising
125 Syrian Arab Republic 3,326 LSU 2023 down 44.9% volatile
126 Belize 3,086 LSU 2023 up 6.4% rising
127 Botswana 2,766 LSU 2023 down 85.0% rising
128 Luxembourg 2,664 LSU 2022 down 16.1% rising
129 Jamaica 2,605 LSU 2023 up 0.2% falling
130 Israel 2,600 LSU 2023 unchanged volatile
131 Malaysia 2,590 LSU 2023 up 8.4% falling
132 Montenegro 2,523 LSU 2023 down 20.1% falling
133 Saudi Arabia 1,948 LSU 2023 down 82.3% volatile
134 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,909 LSU 2023 down 83.4% falling
135 Guinea 1,833 LSU 2023 up 9.4% rising
136 Ghana 1,720 LSU 2023 up 18.6% falling
137 Guyana 1,547 LSU 2023 down 2.9% falling
138 French Polynesia 1,430 LSU 2023 unchanged falling
139 Lebanon 1,355 LSU 2023 down 10.9% rising
140 Papua New Guinea 1,323 LSU 2023 down 0.7% rising
141 Samoa 1,294 LSU 2023 up 4.7% falling
142 Guinea-Bissau 1,212 LSU 2023 up 5.3% rising
143 Togo 1,036 LSU 2023 up 12.1% rising
144 Kenya 1,016 LSU 2023 down 0.9% falling
145 China, Hong Kong SAR 1,013 LSU 2023 up 2.2% rising
146 Vanuatu 984.1 LSU 2023 down 75.6% volatile
147 Trinidad and Tobago 909.35 LSU 2023 down 0.1% rising
148 Jordan 898.4 LSU 2023 down 6.4% volatile
149 Eswatini 872 LSU 2023 up 5.7% falling
150 Barbados 802.75 LSU 2023 down 1.2% rising
151 Sri Lanka 794.3 LSU 2023 down 12.1% falling
152 Yemen 764.8 LSU 2023 down 3.3% falling
153 Saint Lucia 721.5 LSU 2023 up 0.9% rising
154 Malta 695.5 LSU 2017 up 0.9% falling
155 Benin 590 LSU 2023 down 1.7% volatile
156 China, Taiwan Province of 568.1 LSU 2023 up 2.2% volatile
157 Angola 505 LSU 2023 up 1.0% flat
158 Kuwait 484.8 LSU 2023 up 12.2% volatile
159 Somalia 450 LSU 2023 up 5.9% rising
160 French Guiana 328.25 LSU 2006 up 102.0% volatile
161 Martinique 325 LSU 2006 down 76.2% volatile
162 Antigua and Barbuda 320.45 LSU 2023 down 1.4% falling
163 Cabo Verde 296 LSU 2023 up 11.7% volatile
164 Cyprus 260 LSU 1990 down 13.3% falling
165 Madagascar 258 LSU 2023 up 6.4% volatile
166 Suriname 223.6 LSU 2023 up 116.4% flat
167 Cook Islands 195.65 LSU 2023 down 1.3% volatile
168 United Arab Emirates 178.4 LSU 2023 up 6.2% rising
169 Sao Tome and Principe 157.5 LSU 2023 up 8.6% rising
170 Guadeloupe 130 LSU 2006 down 78.9% falling
171 Malawi 110.5 LSU 2023 up 92.2% volatile
172 Solomon Islands 98.15 LSU 2023 up 0.7% rising
173 Mauritius 72.5 LSU 2023 down 3.3% flat
174 Congo 38.5 LSU 2023 up 2.7% volatile
175 Grenada 19.5 LSU 2023 unchanged rising
176 Bahamas 0 LSU 1992 — volatile
176 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.

About this data

Indicator
Horses — Stocks
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

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.