Mules and hinnies — Share in total livestock 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...
What the numbers show
Mules and hinnies — Share in total livestock is currently reported for 86 countries. The highest value is 4.36 %LSU in Mexico; the lowest is 0 %LSU in Russian Federation.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.15 %LSU, and the mean is 0.5934 %LSU.
Over the past decade 19 countries rose and 46 fell. The largest increase was in Botswana (up 114.3%), and the largest decrease in Armenia (down 100.0%).
Mules and hinnies — Share in total livestock: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mexico | 4.36 %LSU | 2023 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 2 | Haiti | 3.89 %LSU | 2023 | up 47.9% | falling |
| 3 | Saint Lucia | 3.83 %LSU | 2023 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 4 | Morocco | 2.98 %LSU | 2023 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 5 | Belize | 2.69 %LSU | 2023 | up 3.5% | falling |
| 6 | Peru | 2.03 %LSU | 2023 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 7 | Cabo Verde | 1.98 %LSU | 2023 | up 16.5% | volatile |
| 8 | Tunisia | 1.96 %LSU | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 9 | Dominican Republic | 1.82 %LSU | 2023 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 10 | Barbados | 1.81 %LSU | 2023 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 11 | El Salvador | 1.71 %LSU | 2023 | up 8.2% | flat |
| 12 | Jamaica | 1.69 %LSU | 2023 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 13 | Caribbean | 1.62 %LSU | 2023 | up 11.7% | flat |
| 14 | Honduras | 1.51 %LSU | 2023 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 15 | Bhutan | 1.5 %LSU | 2023 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 16 | Lebanon | 1.49 %LSU | 2023 | up 50.5% | falling |
| 17 | Ethiopia PDR | 1.35 %LSU | 1992 | up 35.0% | falling |
| 18 | Libya | 1.07 %LSU | 2023 | down 5.3% | volatile |
| 19 | Puerto Rico | 0.8 %LSU | 2023 | up 42.9% | rising |
| 20 | Ecuador | 0.68 %LSU | 2023 | down 43.3% | falling |
| 21 | Nicaragua | 0.65 %LSU | 2023 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 22 | Malta | 0.63 %LSU | 2017 | up 40.0% | volatile |
| 23 | Guatemala | 0.53 %LSU | 2023 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 24 | OECD | 0.49 %LSU | 2023 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 24 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 0.49 %LSU | 2023 | up 6.5% | falling |
| 26 | Ethiopia | 0.46 %LSU | 2023 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 27 | Albania | 0.43 %LSU | 2014 | down 64.8% | falling |
| 27 | Colombia | 0.43 %LSU | 2023 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 29 | Cyprus | 0.42 %LSU | 2017 | up 2.4% | volatile |
| 30 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 0.4 %LSU | 2023 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 31 | Spain | 0.38 %LSU | 2017 | down 2.6% | volatile |
| 32 | Brazil | 0.36 %LSU | 2023 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 32 | Cuba | 0.36 %LSU | 2023 | up 12.5% | falling |
| 34 | Greece | 0.33 %LSU | 2017 | down 29.8% | volatile |
| 35 | Botswana | 0.3 %LSU | 2023 | up 114.3% | volatile |
| 35 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 0.3 %LSU | 2023 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 37 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.27 %LSU | 2023 | down 12.9% | volatile |
| 38 | Grenada | 0.23 %LSU | 2023 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 39 | Afghanistan | 0.21 %LSU | 2023 | up 10.5% | falling |
| 40 | Namibia | 0.17 %LSU | 2023 | down 22.7% | rising |
| 41 | Costa Rica | 0.15 %LSU | 2023 | down 37.5% | falling |
| 41 | Iraq | 0.15 %LSU | 2023 | down 21.1% | volatile |
| 41 | Pakistan | 0.15 %LSU | 2023 | down 21.1% | rising |
| 41 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.15 %LSU | 2023 | down 11.8% | volatile |
| 45 | Lesotho | 0.14 %LSU | 2023 | down 46.2% | volatile |
| 45 | Somalia | 0.14 %LSU | 2023 | up 7.7% | falling |
| 47 | Chile | 0.11 %LSU | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 47 | Algeria | 0.11 %LSU | 2023 | down 64.5% | volatile |
| 47 | Guadeloupe | 0.11 %LSU | 2006 | up 10.0% | volatile |
| 50 | Bulgaria | 0.1 %LSU | 2017 | down 73.7% | falling |
| 50 | China | 0.1 %LSU | 2023 | down 67.7% | falling |
| 50 | Israel | 0.1 %LSU | 2023 | down 16.7% | volatile |
| 50 | China, mainland | 0.1 %LSU | 2023 | down 68.8% | falling |
| 54 | Panama | 0.08 %LSU | 2023 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 54 | Portugal | 0.08 %LSU | 2017 | down 60.0% | volatile |
| 56 | France | 0.07 %LSU | 2017 | up 40.0% | volatile |
| 57 | Argentina | 0.06 %LSU | 2023 | down 76.9% | falling |
| 57 | Paraguay | 0.06 %LSU | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 59 | Türkiye | 0.05 %LSU | 2023 | down 70.6% | volatile |
| 60 | Italy | 0.04 %LSU | 2017 | down 20.0% | volatile |
| 60 | Jordan | 0.04 %LSU | 2023 | down 63.6% | volatile |
| 60 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0.04 %LSU | 2023 | down 20.0% | volatile |
| 60 | Yugoslav SFR | 0.04 %LSU | 1991 | down 55.6% | volatile |
| 64 | Egypt | 0.03 %LSU | 2023 | up 50.0% | volatile |
| 64 | India | 0.03 %LSU | 2023 | down 57.1% | rising |
| 64 | Uruguay | 0.03 %LSU | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 67 | Switzerland | 0.02 %LSU | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 67 | Guyana | 0.02 %LSU | 2023 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 67 | Eswatini | 0.02 %LSU | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 67 | Zimbabwe | 0.02 %LSU | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 71 | Canada | 0.01 %LSU | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 71 | Georgia | 0.01 %LSU | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 71 | Hungary | 0.01 %LSU | 2017 | unchanged | volatile |
| 71 | Ireland | 0.01 %LSU | 2017 | unchanged | volatile |
| 71 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.01 %LSU | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 71 | Myanmar | 0.01 %LSU | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 71 | Mauritius | 0.01 %LSU | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 71 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 0.01 %LSU | 1985 | unchanged | falling |
| 79 | Armenia | 0 %LSU | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 79 | Azerbaijan | 0 %LSU | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 79 | Sudan | 0 %LSU | 2023 | — | flat |
| 79 | Thailand | 0 %LSU | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 79 | USSR | 0 %LSU | 1991 | — | flat |
| 79 | Sudan (former) | 0 %LSU | 2011 | — | flat |
| 79 | Republic of Korea | 0 %LSU | 1996 | — | volatile |
| 79 | Russian Federation | 0 %LSU | 2023 | — | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Central America 3.41 %LSU
- Small Island Developing States (SIDS) 1.31 %LSU
- Latin America and the Caribbean 0.85 %LSU
- Americas 0.63 %LSU
- Northern Africa 0.56 %LSU
- South America 0.36 %LSU
- World 0.24 %LSU
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 0.23 %LSU
- Southern Europe 0.21 %LSU
- Eastern Africa 0.17 %LSU
- Africa 0.15 %LSU
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 0.12 %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.