Major livestock types — Livestock units per agricultural land area 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
194
Highest
43.97 LSU/ha
Singapore
Lowest
0.02 LSU/ha
Congo
Median
0.53 LSU/ha
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
14,075
What the numbers show
Major livestock types — Livestock units per agricultural land area is currently reported for 194 countries. The highest value is 43.97 LSU/ha in Singapore; the lowest is 0.02 LSU/ha in Congo.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.53 LSU/ha, and the mean is 1.3 LSU/ha.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2,198.
Over the past decade 101 countries rose and 74 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 142.7%), and the largest decrease in Cyprus (down 50.3%).
Major livestock types — Livestock units per agricultural land area: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Singapore | 43.97 LSU/ha | 2023 | down 16.3% | rising |
| 2 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 18.42 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 56.9% | flat |
| 3 | Brunei Darussalam | 15.91 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 10.1% | volatile |
| 4 | Trinidad and Tobago | 8.22 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 14.6% | volatile |
| 5 | Qatar | 7.45 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 142.7% | volatile |
| 6 | Barbados | 6.63 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 58.2% | rising |
| 7 | Kuwait | 4.89 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 41.3% | volatile |
| 8 | Republic of Korea | 4.63 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 31.9% | volatile |
| 9 | Bahrain | 4.21 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 47.7% | volatile |
| 10 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 3.92 LSU/ha | 2023 | down 7.8% | rising |
| 11 | Réunion | 3.76 LSU/ha | 2006 | up 40.8% | volatile |
| 12 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 3.62 LSU/ha | 1999 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 13 | Seychelles | 3.24 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 86.2% | volatile |
| 14 | China, Taiwan Province of | 3.12 LSU/ha | 2023 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 15 | United Arab Emirates | 3.09 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 21.7% | volatile |
| 16 | Cook Islands | 2.95 LSU/ha | 2023 | down 26.1% | volatile |
| 17 | Belgium | 2.85 LSU/ha | 2023 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 18 | Bahamas | 2.78 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 19 | Pakistan | 2.34 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 51.9% | volatile |
| 20 | Malta | 2.14 LSU/ha | 2023 | down 29.1% | rising |
| 21 | Bangladesh | 2.07 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 22 | Mauritius | 2.05 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 13.9% | volatile |
| 23 | Japan | 1.96 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 23 | Tuvalu | 1.96 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 25 | Dominican Republic | 1.83 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 26 | Saint Lucia | 1.75 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 27 | Israel | 1.73 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 28 | Egypt | 1.71 LSU/ha | 2023 | down 30.8% | rising |
| 29 | Nepal | 1.69 LSU/ha | 2023 | down 14.6% | rising |
| 30 | Denmark | 1.66 LSU/ha | 2023 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 31 | Naoero | 1.64 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 32 | Grenada | 1.6 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 33 | Ireland | 1.58 LSU/ha | 2023 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 34 | Norway | 1.41 LSU/ha | 2023 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 35 | Luxembourg | 1.36 LSU/ha | 2023 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 36 | Ethiopia | 1.33 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 30.4% | rising |
| 37 | Switzerland | 1.29 LSU/ha | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 38 | Lebanon | 1.28 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 9.4% | volatile |
| 39 | Guadeloupe | 1.26 LSU/ha | 2006 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 40 | Costa Rica | 1.19 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 60.8% | rising |
| 41 | New Zealand | 1.17 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 42 | Puerto Rico | 1.16 LSU/ha | 2023 | down 19.4% | rising |
| 42 | Suriname | 1.16 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 6.4% | falling |
| 44 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.08 LSU/ha | 2023 | down 12.2% | rising |
| 45 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.07 LSU/ha | 2023 | down 10.8% | rising |
| 45 | Samoa | 1.07 LSU/ha | 2023 | down 11.6% | rising |
| 47 | Haiti | 1.06 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 48 | India | 1.05 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 48 | Tonga | 1.05 LSU/ha | 2023 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 50 | Germany | 1.03 LSU/ha | 2023 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 51 | Indonesia | 1.01 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 60.3% | rising |
| 52 | Cyprus | 0.93 LSU/ha | 2023 | down 50.3% | rising |
| 52 | Guatemala | 0.93 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 52 | Myanmar | 0.93 LSU/ha | 2023 | down 35.4% | rising |
| 55 | Austria | 0.9 LSU/ha | 2023 | down 11.8% | flat |
| 55 | Ecuador | 0.9 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 57 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.89 LSU/ha | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 58 | Nicaragua | 0.88 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 58 | Martinique | 0.88 LSU/ha | 2006 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 60 | Tokelau | 0.86 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 104.8% | rising |
| 61 | Brazil | 0.85 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 61 | Jamaica | 0.85 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 63 | Jordan | 0.84 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 31.2% | rising |
| 64 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.79 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 64 | Uganda | 0.79 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 27.4% | rising |
| 66 | Honduras | 0.78 LSU/ha | 2023 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 67 | Chad | 0.76 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 85.4% | volatile |
| 68 | France | 0.74 LSU/ha | 2023 | down 11.9% | rising |
| 69 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.73 LSU/ha | 2023 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 70 | Kenya | 0.72 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 30.9% | rising |
| 70 | Malawi | 0.72 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 111.8% | volatile |
| 72 | Panama | 0.7 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 72 | El Salvador | 0.7 LSU/ha | 2023 | down 6.7% | flat |
| 74 | Uruguay | 0.68 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 74 | Czechoslovakia | 0.68 LSU/ha | 1992 | down 9.3% | rising |
| 76 | Italy | 0.67 LSU/ha | 2023 | down 9.5% | rising |
| 76 | Philippines | 0.67 LSU/ha | 2023 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 78 | Colombia | 0.66 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 78 | Fiji | 0.66 LSU/ha | 2023 | down 33.3% | rising |
| 80 | Burundi | 0.64 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 45.5% | rising |
| 81 | Spain | 0.63 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 82 | Oman | 0.62 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 17.0% | volatile |
| 82 | Slovenia | 0.62 LSU/ha | 2023 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 84 | Tajikistan | 0.61 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 85 | Central African Republic | 0.6 LSU/ha | 2023 | down 3.2% | volatile |
| 85 | French Guiana | 0.6 LSU/ha | 2006 | up 27.7% | falling |
| 87 | Burkina Faso | 0.58 LSU/ha | 2023 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 87 | Guyana | 0.58 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 87 | French Polynesia | 0.58 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 90 | Poland | 0.57 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 7.5% | falling |
| 90 | Rwanda | 0.57 LSU/ha | 2023 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 92 | Belize | 0.56 LSU/ha | 2023 | down 16.4% | rising |
| 93 | Cuba | 0.55 LSU/ha | 2023 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 93 | Portugal | 0.55 LSU/ha | 2023 | down 15.4% | rising |
| 95 | Belarus | 0.54 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 95 | Sweden | 0.54 LSU/ha | 2023 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 97 | Azerbaijan | 0.53 LSU/ha | 2023 | down 10.2% | rising |
| 97 | Dominica | 0.53 LSU/ha | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 99 | China | 0.52 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 99 | Senegal | 0.52 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 101 | Finland | 0.51 LSU/ha | 2023 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 101 | China, mainland | 0.51 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 103 | Cameroon | 0.5 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 103 | Ethiopia PDR | 0.5 LSU/ha | 1992 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 105 | Palestine, State of | 0.49 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 106 | Benin | 0.48 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 106 | Paraguay | 0.48 LSU/ha | 2023 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 108 | Malaysia | 0.47 LSU/ha | 2023 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 108 | Uzbekistan | 0.47 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 38.2% | rising |
| 110 | Cambodia | 0.46 LSU/ha | 2023 | down 16.4% | flat |
| 110 | Mexico | 0.46 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 112 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.45 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 112 | Iraq | 0.45 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 9.8% | flat |
| 114 | Albania | 0.44 LSU/ha | 2023 | down 30.2% | rising |
| 115 | Togo | 0.43 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 43.3% | volatile |
| 116 | Croatia | 0.42 LSU/ha | 2023 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 116 | Nigeria | 0.42 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 116 | Yugoslav SFR | 0.42 LSU/ha | 1991 | down 8.7% | flat |
| 119 | Vanuatu | 0.41 LSU/ha | 2023 | down 43.8% | rising |
| 120 | Czechia | 0.4 LSU/ha | 2023 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 121 | Gambia | 0.39 LSU/ha | 2023 | down 13.3% | rising |
| 122 | Argentina | 0.38 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 122 | Peru | 0.38 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 122 | Papua New Guinea | 0.38 LSU/ha | 2023 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 122 | Serbia | 0.38 LSU/ha | 2023 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 122 | Thailand | 0.38 LSU/ha | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 127 | New Caledonia | 0.37 LSU/ha | 2023 | down 9.8% | rising |
| 127 | South Sudan | 0.37 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 129 | Comoros | 0.36 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 2.9% | falling |
| 130 | OECD | 0.35 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 131 | Bhutan | 0.34 LSU/ha | 2023 | down 17.1% | flat |
| 131 | Chile | 0.34 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 131 | Greece | 0.34 LSU/ha | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 131 | Mali | 0.34 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 47.8% | rising |
| 131 | Serbia and Montenegro | 0.34 LSU/ha | 2005 | down 26.1% | falling |
| 136 | Georgia | 0.33 LSU/ha | 2023 | down 13.2% | rising |
| 137 | Guinea | 0.32 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 39.1% | volatile |
| 137 | Sri Lanka | 0.32 LSU/ha | 2023 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 139 | Hungary | 0.31 LSU/ha | 2023 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 139 | Niger | 0.31 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 40.9% | rising |
| 141 | Canada | 0.3 LSU/ha | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 141 | Ghana | 0.3 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 42.9% | volatile |
| 141 | Montenegro | 0.3 LSU/ha | 2023 | down 25.0% | rising |
| 141 | Romania | 0.3 LSU/ha | 2023 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 141 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.3 LSU/ha | 2023 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 146 | Eswatini | 0.29 LSU/ha | 2023 | down 9.4% | rising |
| 147 | Armenia | 0.28 LSU/ha | 2023 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 147 | Kiribati | 0.28 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 149 | Morocco | 0.26 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 149 | Sudan | 0.26 LSU/ha | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 149 | Sierra Leone | 0.26 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 149 | Slovakia | 0.26 LSU/ha | 2023 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 149 | Tunisia | 0.26 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 154 | Zimbabwe | 0.25 LSU/ha | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 155 | Eritrea | 0.24 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 155 | Estonia | 0.24 LSU/ha | 2023 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 155 | Sudan (former) | 0.24 LSU/ha | 2011 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 158 | Lithuania | 0.22 LSU/ha | 2023 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 158 | Somalia | 0.22 LSU/ha | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 160 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.21 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 160 | Lesotho | 0.21 LSU/ha | 2023 | down 19.2% | rising |
| 160 | Solomon Islands | 0.21 LSU/ha | 2023 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 160 | USSR | 0.21 LSU/ha | 1991 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 164 | Yemen | 0.2 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 165 | Latvia | 0.19 LSU/ha | 2023 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 166 | Afghanistan | 0.18 LSU/ha | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 166 | Djibouti | 0.18 LSU/ha | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 166 | Algeria | 0.18 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 166 | North Macedonia | 0.18 LSU/ha | 2023 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 170 | Niue | 0.15 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 7.1% | falling |
| 171 | South Africa | 0.14 LSU/ha | 2023 | down 12.5% | rising |
| 171 | Zambia | 0.14 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 173 | Bulgaria | 0.13 LSU/ha | 2023 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 173 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.13 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 173 | Australia and New Zealand | 0.13 LSU/ha | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 176 | Liberia | 0.12 LSU/ha | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 176 | Madagascar | 0.12 LSU/ha | 2023 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 176 | Mongolia | 0.12 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 71.4% | rising |
| 176 | Russian Federation | 0.12 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 9.1% | falling |
| 180 | Libya | 0.11 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 180 | Ukraine | 0.11 LSU/ha | 2023 | down 35.3% | falling |
| 182 | Australia | 0.1 LSU/ha | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 182 | Mauritania | 0.1 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 184 | Angola | 0.09 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 184 | Faroe Islands | 0.09 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 12.5% | flat |
| 184 | Iceland | 0.09 LSU/ha | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 184 | Turkmenistan | 0.09 LSU/ha | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 188 | Gabon | 0.06 LSU/ha | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 188 | Namibia | 0.06 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 190 | Mozambique | 0.05 LSU/ha | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 191 | Kazakhstan | 0.04 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 191 | Saudi Arabia | 0.04 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 193 | Botswana | 0.03 LSU/ha | 2023 | down 40.0% | rising |
| 194 | Congo | 0.02 LSU/ha | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Micronesia (Federated States of) 4.21 LSU/ha
- Southern Asia 1.03 LSU/ha
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 1.86 LSU/ha
- Western Europe 1.02 LSU/ha
- Viet Nam 1.38 LSU/ha
- Caribbean 0.98 LSU/ha
- Timor-Leste 1.17 LSU/ha
- South-Eastern Asia 0.85 LSU/ha
- Polynesia 0.88 LSU/ha
- Northern Europe 0.84 LSU/ha
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 0.87 LSU/ha
- Cabo Verde 0.74 LSU/ha
- European Union (27) 0.7 LSU/ha
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 0.67 LSU/ha
- South America 0.63 LSU/ha
- United Republic of Tanzania 0.59 LSU/ha
- Latin America and the Caribbean 0.62 LSU/ha
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea 0.57 LSU/ha
- Southern Europe 0.57 LSU/ha
- Türkiye 0.53 LSU/ha
- Central America 0.52 LSU/ha
- Asia 0.5 LSU/ha
- Americas 0.49 LSU/ha
- Micronesia 0.47 LSU/ha
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0.47 LSU/ha
- Eastern Asia 0.47 LSU/ha
- Eastern Africa 0.45 LSU/ha
- Melanesia 0.41 LSU/ha
- World 0.41 LSU/ha
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 0.41 LSU/ha
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 0.39 LSU/ha
- Middle Africa 0.33 LSU/ha
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 0.38 LSU/ha
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0.32 LSU/ha
- Europe 0.37 LSU/ha
- Republic of Moldova 0.3 LSU/ha
- Sub-Saharan Africa 0.33 LSU/ha
- Syrian Arab Republic 0.21 LSU/ha
- Africa 0.32 LSU/ha
- Western Africa 0.32 LSU/ha
About this data
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.