Horses — Stocks by country

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

Countries reporting

179

Highest

10.20 million LSU

OECD

Lowest

0 LSU

Bahamas

Median

20,800 LSU

Years covered

1961–2023

Data points

11,867

What the numbers show

Horses — Stocks is currently reported for 179 countries. The highest value is 10.20 million LSU in OECD; the lowest is 0 LSU in Bahamas.

The median across all reporting countries is 20,800 LSU, and the mean is 284,992 LSU.

Over the past decade 93 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	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
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
5	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	341,573 LSU	2023	up 0.7%	rising
6	Kazakhstan	2.50 million LSU	2023	up 128.4%	rising
6	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	330,110 LSU	2023	up 4.1%	rising
7	China	2.34 million LSU	2023	down 16.8%	falling
7	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	51,210 LSU	2023	down 8.6%	falling
8	China, mainland	2.33 million LSU	2023	down 16.8%	falling
8	Melanesia	40,346 LSU	2023	down 5.1%	rising
9	Ethiopia PDR	1.79 million LSU	1992	up 37.5%	rising
9	Viet Nam	31,734 LSU	2023	down 38.2%	falling
10	Argentina	1.63 million LSU	2023	down 30.6%	falling
10	Democratic People's Republic of Korea	31,563 LSU	2023	up 1.2%	rising
11	Ethiopia	1.14 million LSU	2023	up 16.6%	rising
11	Türkiye	26,572 LSU	2023	down 53.0%	volatile
12	Colombia	963,486 LSU	2023	up 76.6%	rising
12	Timor-Leste	24,303 LSU	2023	down 27.8%	falling
13	Russian Federation	851,825 LSU	2023	down 4.9%	falling
13	Lao People's Democratic Republic	20,800 LSU	2023	down 1.5%	rising
14	Chad	749,650 LSU	2023	up 244.7%	volatile
14	Polynesia	10,648 LSU	2023	up 6.3%	flat
15	Cuba	587,837 LSU	2023	up 25.0%	rising
15	Republic of Moldova	10,574 LSU	2023	down 64.9%	falling
16	Caribbean	1.16 million LSU	2023	up 12.0%	rising
16	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	552,500 LSU	2023	up 48.3%	volatile
16	Syrian Arab Republic	3,326 LSU	2023	down 44.9%	volatile
17	Peru	485,592 LSU	2023	up 0.6%	rising
17	Democratic Republic of the Congo	0 LSU	1992	—	volatile
18	Sudan	397,817 LSU	2023	up 1.0%	flat
19	Sudan (former)	392,682 LSU	2011	up 30.9%	volatile
20	Kyrgyzstan	352,643 LSU	2023	up 33.2%	rising
21	Haiti	325,509 LSU	2023	up 0.2%	rising
22	Canada	319,831 LSU	2023	down 1.8%	flat
23	Germany	316,225 LSU	2023	up 5.5%	falling
24	Mali	316,170 LSU	2023	up 24.6%	volatile
25	Senegal	292,246 LSU	2023	up 8.4%	rising
26	Indonesia	263,453 LSU	2023	down 6.7%	falling
27	Uruguay	262,484 LSU	2023	up 6.3%	falling
28	Pakistan	246,350 LSU	2023	up 5.9%	falling
29	Romania	243,100 LSU	2021	down 38.8%	falling
30	Dominican Republic	239,019 LSU	2023	up 3.6%	rising
30	Cabo Verde	296 LSU	2023	up 11.7%	volatile
31	Italy	238,915 LSU	2017	up 22.5%	rising
32	Sierra Leone	222,323 LSU	2023	up 4.0%	rising
33	South Africa	218,473 LSU	2023	up 8.4%	rising
34	Australia and New Zealand	202,104 LSU	2023	down 4.2%	falling
35	Spain	199,837 LSU	2017	up 23.0%	falling
36	Yugoslav SFR	197,183 LSU	1991	down 47.1%	falling
37	Chile	190,442 LSU	2023	down 5.6%	falling
38	France	188,245 LSU	2022	down 30.1%	volatile
39	Australia	181,835 LSU	2023	up 4.8%	falling
40	Uzbekistan	179,335 LSU	2023	up 36.4%	rising
41	Philippines	163,173 LSU	2023	up 4.6%	rising
42	Paraguay	144,859 LSU	2023	down 19.8%	falling
43	India	141,899 LSU	2023	down 65.2%	falling
44	Nicaragua	134,390 LSU	2023	down 0.1%	rising
45	Niger	130,435 LSU	2023	up 8.3%	rising
46	Ukraine	103,415 LSU	2023	down 57.8%	falling
47	Poland	101,737 LSU	2023	down 24.4%	volatile
48	Ecuador	93,204 LSU	2023	down 53.4%	rising
49	Honduras	91,250 LSU	2023	up 0.6%	rising
50	Myanmar	69,826 LSU	2023	down 7.0%	rising
51	Morocco	69,320 LSU	2023	up 24.5%	falling
52	Guatemala	66,794 LSU	2023	up 2.8%	falling
53	Sweden	66,507 LSU	2017	up 7.7%	rising
54	Netherlands (Kingdom of the)	63,246 LSU	2023	down 25.5%	rising
55	Costa Rica	58,784 LSU	2023	down 6.7%	rising
56	Austria	58,778 LSU	2017	up 3.9%	rising
57	Portugal	58,500 LSU	2022	up 2.3%	rising
58	Tajikistan	54,600 LSU	2023	up 9.2%	rising
59	Ireland	53,306 LSU	2019	down 16.4%	falling
60	Panama	51,746 LSU	2023	down 10.0%	falling
61	Nigeria	51,628 LSU	2023	up 1.5%	falling
62	El Salvador	49,302 LSU	2023	up 0.6%	rising
63	Finland	48,360 LSU	2018	up 7.3%	volatile
64	Belgium-Luxembourg	39,000 LSU	1999	down 11.8%	falling
65	Egypt	34,633 LSU	2023	up 21.4%	volatile
66	Azerbaijan	34,499 LSU	2023	down 30.7%	rising
67	Mauritania	33,836 LSU	2023	up 4.1%	volatile
68	Lesotho	33,058 LSU	2023	up 10.7%	falling
69	Iceland	32,278 LSU	2023	down 32.9%	rising
70	Switzerland	31,257 LSU	2023	down 16.0%	falling
71	Fiji	30,991 LSU	2023	up 1.4%	rising
72	Denmark	29,908 LSU	2022	down 32.8%	falling
73	Georgia	27,726 LSU	2023	up 6.6%	rising
74	Bulgaria	27,300 LSU	2017	down 72.9%	falling
75	Norway	24,505 LSU	2023	up 9.4%	volatile
76	Czechia	24,107 LSU	2022	up 11.8%	rising
77	Hungary	24,050 LSU	2023	down 51.3%	volatile
78	Tunisia	22,855 LSU	2023	down 0.1%	falling
79	Czechoslovakia	22,287 LSU	1992	down 21.7%	volatile
80	Serbia and Montenegro	21,247 LSU	2005	down 66.0%	falling
81	Namibia	20,603 LSU	2023	up 2.3%	rising
82	Cambodia	20,530 LSU	2023	up 5.3%	volatile
83	New Zealand	20,270 LSU	2023	down 45.7%	falling
84	Iraq	19,962 LSU	2023	down 4.0%	falling
85	Algeria	19,708 LSU	2023	up 9.4%	volatile
86	Belgium	19,134 LSU	2017	down 12.2%	flat
87	Libya	18,659 LSU	2023	up 0.8%	rising
88	Turkmenistan	18,167 LSU	2023	up 7.5%	rising
89	Republic of Korea	17,789 LSU	2023	down 6.7%	volatile
90	Albania	17,738 LSU	2023	down 13.6%	falling
91	Croatia	15,372 LSU	2018	up 47.8%	rising
92	Zimbabwe	14,089 LSU	2023	up 0.6%	rising
93	Belarus	13,130 LSU	2023	down 75.4%	volatile
94	Slovenia	12,644 LSU	2017	up 2.4%	rising
95	Burkina Faso	11,184 LSU	2023	down 44.7%	rising
96	Gambia	11,101 LSU	2023	up 391.7%	volatile
97	Serbia	9,438 LSU	2023	down 7.0%	falling
98	Japan	9,018 LSU	2023	down 12.2%	volatile
99	Armenia	8,559 LSU	2023	up 22.2%	rising
100	Lithuania	7,996 LSU	2023	down 58.5%	volatile
101	Cameroon	7,828 LSU	2023	down 14.4%	volatile
102	Tonga	7,729 LSU	2023	up 8.1%	rising
103	New Caledonia	6,949 LSU	2023	up 6.9%	rising
104	Bhutan	6,576 LSU	2023	down 55.4%	rising
105	North Macedonia	6,568 LSU	2023	down 51.1%	volatile
106	Qatar	6,384 LSU	2023	up 201.9%	volatile
107	Afghanistan	6,052 LSU	2023	down 91.2%	falling
108	Latvia	5,850 LSU	2023	down 17.4%	falling
109	Thailand	4,700 LSU	2023	up 39.3%	volatile
110	Slovakia	4,524 LSU	2019	down 17.3%	falling
111	Puerto Rico	4,050 LSU	2023	down 30.0%	falling
112	Greece	3,836 LSU	2018	down 79.3%	volatile
113	Estonia	3,705 LSU	2018	up 7.5%	rising
114	Belize	3,086 LSU	2023	up 6.4%	rising
115	Botswana	2,766 LSU	2023	down 85.0%	rising
116	Luxembourg	2,664 LSU	2022	down 16.1%	rising
117	Jamaica	2,605 LSU	2023	up 0.2%	falling
118	Israel	2,600 LSU	2023	unchanged	volatile
119	Malaysia	2,590 LSU	2023	up 8.4%	falling
120	Montenegro	2,523 LSU	2023	down 20.1%	falling
121	Saudi Arabia	1,948 LSU	2023	down 82.3%	volatile
122	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1,909 LSU	2023	down 83.4%	falling
123	Guinea	1,833 LSU	2023	up 9.4%	rising
124	Ghana	1,720 LSU	2023	up 18.6%	falling
125	Guyana	1,547 LSU	2023	down 2.9%	falling
126	French Polynesia	1,430 LSU	2023	unchanged	falling
127	Lebanon	1,355 LSU	2023	down 10.9%	rising
128	Papua New Guinea	1,323 LSU	2023	down 0.7%	rising
129	Samoa	1,294 LSU	2023	up 4.7%	falling
130	Guinea-Bissau	1,212 LSU	2023	up 5.3%	rising
131	Togo	1,036 LSU	2023	up 12.1%	rising
132	Kenya	1,016 LSU	2023	down 0.9%	falling
133	China, Hong Kong SAR	1,013 LSU	2023	up 2.2%	rising
134	Vanuatu	984.1 LSU	2023	down 75.6%	volatile
135	Trinidad and Tobago	909.35 LSU	2023	down 0.1%	rising
136	Jordan	898.4 LSU	2023	down 6.4%	volatile
137	Eswatini	872 LSU	2023	up 5.7%	falling
138	Barbados	802.75 LSU	2023	down 1.2%	rising
139	Sri Lanka	794.3 LSU	2023	down 12.1%	falling
140	Yemen	764.8 LSU	2023	down 3.3%	falling
141	Saint Lucia	721.5 LSU	2023	up 0.9%	rising
142	Malta	695.5 LSU	2017	up 0.9%	falling
143	Benin	590 LSU	2023	down 1.7%	volatile
144	China, Taiwan Province of	568.1 LSU	2023	up 2.2%	volatile
145	Angola	505 LSU	2023	up 1.0%	flat
146	Kuwait	484.8 LSU	2023	up 12.2%	volatile
147	Somalia	450 LSU	2023	up 5.9%	rising
148	French Guiana	328.25 LSU	2006	up 102.0%	volatile
149	Martinique	325 LSU	2006	down 76.2%	volatile
150	Antigua and Barbuda	320.45 LSU	2023	down 1.4%	falling
151	Cyprus	260 LSU	1990	down 13.3%	falling
152	Madagascar	258 LSU	2023	up 6.4%	volatile
153	Suriname	223.6 LSU	2023	up 116.4%	flat
154	Réunion	215 LSU	2006	up 10.3%	volatile
155	Cook Islands	195.65 LSU	2023	down 1.3%	volatile
156	United Arab Emirates	178.4 LSU	2023	up 6.2%	rising
157	Sao Tome and Principe	157.5 LSU	2023	up 8.6%	rising
158	Guadeloupe	130 LSU	2006	down 78.9%	falling
159	Malawi	110.5 LSU	2023	up 92.2%	volatile
160	Solomon Islands	98.15 LSU	2023	up 0.7%	rising
161	Mauritius	72.5 LSU	2023	down 3.3%	flat
162	Congo	38.5 LSU	2023	up 2.7%	volatile
163	Grenada	19.5 LSU	2023	unchanged	rising
164	Bahamas	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 34.53 million LSU
Asia 9.83 million LSU
Americas 18.44 million LSU
Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 3.82 million LSU
Latin America and the Caribbean 13.04 million LSU
Small island developing States (SIDS) 1.24 million LSU
Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 9.22 million LSU
Middle Africa 758,180 LSU
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 9.17 million LSU
South America 8.22 million LSU
Eastern Asia 5.53 million LSU
Northern America 5.40 million LSU
United States of America 5.08 million LSU
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 4.46 million LSU
Africa 3.83 million LSU
Central America 3.66 million LSU
Sub-Saharan Africa 3.27 million LSU
Central Asia 3.11 million LSU
Europe 2.18 million LSU
Eastern Africa 1.16 million LSU
Eastern Europe 1.10 million LSU
Western Africa 1.08 million LSU
Northern Europe 623,129 LSU
South-Eastern Asia 601,108 LSU
Northern Africa 562,991 LSU
European Union (27) 519,104 LSU
Southern Asia 452,880 LSU
Western Europe 410,728 LSU
Southern Africa 275,771 LSU
Oceania 253,098 LSU
Western Asia 135,259 LSU
Southern Europe 38,176 LSU

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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: 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.