Major livestock types — 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
214
Highest
405.90 million LSU
OECD
Lowest
515.6 LSU
Tokelau
Median
2.05 million LSU
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
14,138
What the numbers show
Major livestock types — Stocks is currently reported for 214 countries. The highest value is 405.90 million LSU in OECD; the lowest is 515.6 LSU in Tokelau.
The median across all reporting countries is 2.05 million LSU, and the mean is 12.91 million LSU.
Over the past decade 125 countries rose and 89 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 155.5%), and the largest decrease in Botswana (down 49.6%).
Major livestock types — Stocks: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OECD | 405.90 million LSU | 2023 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 2 | China | 269.15 million LSU | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 3 | China, mainland | 266.63 million LSU | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 4 | Brazil | 201.90 million LSU | 2023 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 4 | United Republic of Tanzania | 23.22 million LSU | 2023 | up 53.4% | rising |
| 5 | India | 186.81 million LSU | 2023 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 5 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 22.22 million LSU | 2023 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 6 | USSR | 113.93 million LSU | 1991 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 6 | Türkiye | 20.61 million LSU | 2023 | up 26.9% | flat |
| 7 | Pakistan | 84.08 million LSU | 2023 | up 50.4% | volatile |
| 7 | Viet Nam | 16.91 million LSU | 2023 | up 18.7% | rising |
| 8 | Indonesia | 55.58 million LSU | 2023 | up 71.1% | volatile |
| 8 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 14.45 million LSU | 2023 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 9 | Ethiopia | 51.17 million LSU | 2023 | up 36.0% | rising |
| 10 | Australia and New Zealand | 47.76 million LSU | 2023 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 10 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 12.47 million LSU | 2023 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 11 | Mexico | 45.33 million LSU | 2023 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 11 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 4.25 million LSU | 2023 | up 39.1% | rising |
| 12 | Argentina | 43.94 million LSU | 2023 | up 4.0% | flat |
| 12 | Syrian Arab Republic | 2.88 million LSU | 2023 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 13 | Chad | 38.33 million LSU | 2023 | up 86.1% | volatile |
| 13 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 1.81 million LSU | 2023 | up 32.3% | rising |
| 14 | Australia | 36.40 million LSU | 2023 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 14 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 1.48 million LSU | 2023 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 15 | Sudan (former) | 33.38 million LSU | 2011 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 15 | Melanesia | 906,424 LSU | 2023 | down 13.5% | rising |
| 16 | Nigeria | 29.35 million LSU | 2023 | up 21.7% | volatile |
| 16 | Republic of Moldova | 721,623 LSU | 2023 | up 9.8% | falling |
| 17 | Sudan | 29.03 million LSU | 2023 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 17 | Timor-Leste | 398,976 LSU | 2023 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 18 | Ethiopia PDR | 28.08 million LSU | 1992 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 18 | Polynesia | 116,647 LSU | 2023 | down 15.2% | rising |
| 19 | Colombia | 26.59 million LSU | 2023 | up 35.2% | rising |
| 19 | Micronesia | 31,363 LSU | 2023 | up 8.1% | volatile |
| 20 | Russian Federation | 25.33 million LSU | 2023 | up 3.6% | falling |
| 20 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 21,036 LSU | 2023 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 21 | France | 21.07 million LSU | 2023 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 22 | Kenya | 20.60 million LSU | 2023 | up 31.1% | rising |
| 23 | Bangladesh | 19.46 million LSU | 2023 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 24 | Germany | 17.12 million LSU | 2023 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 25 | Canada | 16.94 million LSU | 2023 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 26 | Spain | 15.71 million LSU | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 27 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 15.22 million LSU | 2023 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 28 | Mali | 14.62 million LSU | 2023 | up 52.6% | volatile |
| 29 | Niger | 14.23 million LSU | 2023 | up 44.1% | rising |
| 29 | Caribbean | 11.43 million LSU | 2023 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 30 | South Africa | 13.39 million LSU | 2023 | down 10.6% | rising |
| 30 | Côte d'Ivoire | 3.07 million LSU | 2023 | up 74.5% | volatile |
| 31 | Mongolia | 12.42 million LSU | 2023 | up 59.3% | rising |
| 31 | Cabo Verde | 58,728 LSU | 2023 | down 10.4% | rising |
| 32 | Myanmar | 12.13 million LSU | 2023 | down 32.9% | rising |
| 33 | Uzbekistan | 12.03 million LSU | 2023 | up 40.0% | rising |
| 34 | New Zealand | 11.36 million LSU | 2023 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 35 | Uganda | 11.32 million LSU | 2023 | up 25.9% | volatile |
| 36 | South Sudan | 10.60 million LSU | 2023 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 37 | Paraguay | 10.27 million LSU | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 38 | Somalia | 9.79 million LSU | 2023 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 39 | Uruguay | 9.71 million LSU | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 40 | Peru | 9.20 million LSU | 2023 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 41 | Japan | 9.03 million LSU | 2023 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 42 | Kazakhstan | 8.92 million LSU | 2023 | up 29.8% | rising |
| 43 | Italy | 8.73 million LSU | 2023 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 44 | Philippines | 8.53 million LSU | 2023 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 45 | Thailand | 8.51 million LSU | 2023 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 46 | Burkina Faso | 8.44 million LSU | 2023 | up 7.3% | volatile |
| 47 | Poland | 8.29 million LSU | 2023 | up 8.4% | falling |
| 48 | Morocco | 7.69 million LSU | 2023 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 49 | Algeria | 7.34 million LSU | 2023 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 50 | Republic of Korea | 7.27 million LSU | 2023 | up 17.1% | volatile |
| 51 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 7.08 million LSU | 2023 | down 10.0% | rising |
| 52 | Afghanistan | 6.99 million LSU | 2023 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 53 | Egypt | 6.93 million LSU | 2023 | down 24.9% | rising |
| 54 | Saudi Arabia | 6.66 million LSU | 2023 | up 72.4% | volatile |
| 55 | Ireland | 6.60 million LSU | 2023 | down 9.9% | rising |
| 56 | Nepal | 6.34 million LSU | 2023 | down 21.0% | rising |
| 57 | Yugoslav SFR | 5.87 million LSU | 1991 | down 11.5% | flat |
| 58 | Guinea | 5.69 million LSU | 2023 | up 57.0% | volatile |
| 59 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 5.51 million LSU | 1999 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 60 | Madagascar | 4.97 million LSU | 2023 | down 14.5% | rising |
| 61 | Cameroon | 4.94 million LSU | 2023 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 62 | Senegal | 4.91 million LSU | 2023 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 63 | Dominican Republic | 4.87 million LSU | 2023 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 64 | Ecuador | 4.79 million LSU | 2023 | down 19.4% | rising |
| 65 | Yemen | 4.75 million LSU | 2023 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 66 | Czechoslovakia | 4.57 million LSU | 1992 | down 10.6% | rising |
| 67 | Nicaragua | 4.50 million LSU | 2023 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 68 | Ukraine | 4.48 million LSU | 2023 | down 36.5% | volatile |
| 69 | Malawi | 4.38 million LSU | 2023 | up 129.9% | volatile |
| 70 | Belarus | 4.37 million LSU | 2023 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 71 | Denmark | 4.35 million LSU | 2023 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 72 | Angola | 4.35 million LSU | 2023 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 73 | Guatemala | 4.30 million LSU | 2023 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 74 | Iraq | 4.27 million LSU | 2023 | up 18.0% | flat |
| 75 | Mauritania | 4.11 million LSU | 2023 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 76 | Zimbabwe | 4.04 million LSU | 2023 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 77 | Malaysia | 4.01 million LSU | 2023 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 78 | Belgium | 3.85 million LSU | 2023 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 79 | Romania | 3.84 million LSU | 2023 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 80 | Ghana | 3.80 million LSU | 2023 | up 48.6% | volatile |
| 81 | Turkmenistan | 3.67 million LSU | 2023 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 82 | Chile | 3.66 million LSU | 2023 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 83 | Cuba | 3.50 million LSU | 2023 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 84 | Zambia | 3.44 million LSU | 2023 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 85 | Central African Republic | 3.37 million LSU | 2023 | up 11.1% | volatile |
| 86 | Cambodia | 2.82 million LSU | 2023 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 87 | Honduras | 2.80 million LSU | 2023 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 88 | Azerbaijan | 2.55 million LSU | 2023 | down 8.7% | rising |
| 89 | Tunisia | 2.52 million LSU | 2023 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 90 | China, Taiwan Province of | 2.43 million LSU | 2023 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 91 | Tajikistan | 2.38 million LSU | 2023 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 92 | Namibia | 2.35 million LSU | 2023 | up 28.2% | rising |
| 93 | Austria | 2.33 million LSU | 2023 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 94 | Benin | 2.27 million LSU | 2023 | up 41.4% | rising |
| 95 | Portugal | 2.18 million LSU | 2023 | down 9.4% | flat |
| 96 | Kyrgyzstan | 2.13 million LSU | 2023 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 97 | Mozambique | 2.09 million LSU | 2023 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 98 | Costa Rica | 2.01 million LSU | 2023 | up 50.9% | rising |
| 99 | Switzerland | 1.93 million LSU | 2023 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 100 | Serbia and Montenegro | 1.90 million LSU | 2005 | down 32.9% | falling |
| 101 | Haiti | 1.90 million LSU | 2023 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 102 | Greece | 1.82 million LSU | 2023 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 103 | Eritrea | 1.80 million LSU | 2023 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 104 | Libya | 1.65 million LSU | 2023 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 105 | Togo | 1.62 million LSU | 2023 | up 43.2% | volatile |
| 106 | Sweden | 1.60 million LSU | 2023 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 107 | Hungary | 1.59 million LSU | 2023 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 108 | Panama | 1.52 million LSU | 2023 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 109 | Czechia | 1.40 million LSU | 2023 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 110 | Norway | 1.39 million LSU | 2023 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 111 | Burundi | 1.38 million LSU | 2023 | up 65.2% | volatile |
| 112 | Serbia | 1.31 million LSU | 2023 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 113 | United Arab Emirates | 1.21 million LSU | 2023 | up 25.7% | volatile |
| 114 | Finland | 1.16 million LSU | 2023 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 115 | Rwanda | 1.08 million LSU | 2023 | down 7.7% | volatile |
| 116 | Sierra Leone | 1.02 million LSU | 2023 | up 17.5% | volatile |
| 117 | Sri Lanka | 962,871 LSU | 2023 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 118 | Israel | 927,169 LSU | 2023 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 119 | Oman | 911,502 LSU | 2023 | up 20.7% | volatile |
| 120 | Lebanon | 864,577 LSU | 2023 | up 12.3% | volatile |
| 121 | Jordan | 864,214 LSU | 2023 | up 27.2% | rising |
| 122 | El Salvador | 838,935 LSU | 2023 | down 8.6% | flat |
| 123 | Georgia | 775,682 LSU | 2023 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 124 | Kuwait | 734,099 LSU | 2023 | up 38.2% | volatile |
| 125 | Botswana | 679,486 LSU | 2023 | down 49.6% | flat |
| 126 | Bulgaria | 665,198 LSU | 2023 | down 17.6% | volatile |
| 127 | Croatia | 628,180 LSU | 2023 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 128 | Lithuania | 617,856 LSU | 2023 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 129 | Guinea-Bissau | 615,932 LSU | 2023 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 130 | Qatar | 551,379 LSU | 2023 | up 155.5% | volatile |
| 131 | Papua New Guinea | 532,305 LSU | 2023 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 132 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 499,436 LSU | 2023 | down 34.8% | rising |
| 133 | Lesotho | 495,676 LSU | 2023 | down 14.2% | rising |
| 134 | Slovakia | 481,617 LSU | 2023 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 135 | Armenia | 467,743 LSU | 2023 | down 14.6% | rising |
| 136 | Albania | 456,120 LSU | 2023 | down 39.1% | rising |
| 137 | Trinidad and Tobago | 443,964 LSU | 2023 | up 14.6% | volatile |
| 138 | Guyana | 418,678 LSU | 2023 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 139 | Slovenia | 377,570 LSU | 2023 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 140 | Latvia | 367,265 LSU | 2023 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 141 | Jamaica | 355,493 LSU | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 142 | Eswatini | 344,858 LSU | 2023 | down 12.2% | rising |
| 143 | Djibouti | 307,441 LSU | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 144 | Congo | 260,028 LSU | 2023 | down 0.3% | volatile |
| 145 | Gambia | 244,951 LSU | 2023 | down 15.6% | rising |
| 146 | Estonia | 240,756 LSU | 2023 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 147 | North Macedonia | 229,301 LSU | 2023 | down 23.9% | falling |
| 148 | Liberia | 229,082 LSU | 2023 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 149 | Brunei Darussalam | 213,239 LSU | 2023 | up 10.2% | volatile |
| 150 | Fiji | 206,348 LSU | 2023 | down 33.9% | rising |
| 151 | Puerto Rico | 195,970 LSU | 2023 | down 29.4% | falling |
| 152 | Palestine | 191,090 LSU | 2023 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 153 | Luxembourg | 181,504 LSU | 2023 | down 10.0% | flat |
| 154 | Bhutan | 180,318 LSU | 2023 | down 16.3% | rising |
| 155 | Réunion | 176,780 LSU | 2006 | up 32.3% | rising |
| 156 | Mauritius | 176,224 LSU | 2023 | up 13.9% | volatile |
| 157 | Iceland | 147,519 LSU | 2023 | down 10.3% | flat |
| 158 | Gabon | 133,609 LSU | 2023 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 159 | Cyprus | 119,541 LSU | 2023 | down 41.3% | rising |
| 160 | Belize | 101,834 LSU | 2023 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 161 | Suriname | 83,111 LSU | 2023 | down 8.7% | rising |
| 162 | Montenegro | 78,140 LSU | 2023 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 163 | Vanuatu | 76,406 LSU | 2023 | down 43.8% | rising |
| 164 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 73,698 LSU | 2023 | up 23.1% | falling |
| 165 | New Caledonia | 68,398 LSU | 2023 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 166 | Barbados | 66,336 LSU | 2023 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 167 | Guadeloupe | 55,588 LSU | 2006 | down 8.6% | flat |
| 168 | Samoa | 52,112 LSU | 2023 | down 29.4% | rising |
| 169 | Comoros | 47,397 LSU | 2023 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 170 | Tonga | 36,725 LSU | 2023 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 171 | Bahamas | 36,103 LSU | 2023 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 172 | Bahrain | 34,110 LSU | 2023 | up 40.1% | volatile |
| 173 | Singapore | 29,021 LSU | 2023 | down 17.5% | volatile |
| 174 | Martinique | 24,735 LSU | 2006 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 175 | Solomon Islands | 22,966 LSU | 2023 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 176 | Malta | 17,751 LSU | 2023 | down 42.5% | rising |
| 177 | French Polynesia | 17,443 LSU | 2023 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 178 | Saint Lucia | 17,349 LSU | 2023 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 179 | French Guiana | 14,047 LSU | 2006 | up 25.1% | volatile |
| 180 | Dominica | 13,269 LSU | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 181 | Equatorial Guinea | 13,230 LSU | 2023 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 182 | Sao Tome and Principe | 12,897 LSU | 2023 | up 18.5% | volatile |
| 183 | Grenada | 12,825 LSU | 2023 | up 18.7% | rising |
| 184 | Kiribati | 9,672 LSU | 2023 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 185 | Antigua and Barbuda | 9,651 LSU | 2023 | down 10.4% | rising |
| 186 | Faroe Islands | 9,013 LSU | 2023 | up 10.4% | flat |
| 187 | China, Macao SAR | 8,190 LSU | 2023 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 188 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 7,534 LSU | 2023 | down 12.3% | rising |
| 189 | Cook Islands | 5,599 LSU | 2023 | down 26.1% | rising |
| 190 | Seychelles | 5,028 LSU | 2023 | up 86.9% | rising |
| 191 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 4,764 LSU | 2023 | up 18.5% | falling |
| 192 | Tuvalu | 3,528 LSU | 2023 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 193 | Niue | 723.8 LSU | 2023 | up 8.4% | flat |
| 194 | Nauru | 655.8 LSU | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 195 | Tokelau | 515.6 LSU | 2023 | up 106.2% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 1.96 billion LSU
- Asia 818.28 million LSU
- Americas 556.42 million LSU
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 320.10 million LSU
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 499.78 million LSU
- Middle Africa 53.23 million LSU
- Latin America and the Caribbean 410.30 million LSU
- Africa 370.37 million LSU
- South America 337.47 million LSU
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 328.16 million LSU
- Southern Asia 327.04 million LSU
- Sub-Saharan Africa 315.21 million LSU
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 14.43 million LSU
- Eastern Asia 299.34 million LSU
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 253.97 million LSU
- Europe 168.45 million LSU
- Eastern Africa 150.42 million LSU
- Northern America 146.12 million LSU
- United States of America 129.18 million LSU
- South-Eastern Asia 113.39 million LSU
- European Union (27) 112.41 million LSU
- Western Africa 94.29 million LSU
- Central America 61.40 million LSU
- Northern Africa 55.16 million LSU
- Western Europe 53.56 million LSU
- Eastern Europe 51.17 million LSU
- Western Asia 49.37 million LSU
- Oceania 48.81 million LSU
- Southern Europe 32.03 million LSU
- Northern Europe 31.70 million LSU
- Central Asia 29.14 million LSU
- Southern Africa 17.26 million LSU
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.