Cattle — Stocks, per square kilometre by country

Cattle — Stocks divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Countries reporting
167
Highest
191.23 An per square kilometre
Bangladesh
Lowest
0.0743 An per square kilometre
Bahamas
Median
9.96 An per square kilometre
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
9,625

What the numbers show

Cattle — Stocks, per square kilometre is currently reported for 167 countries. The highest value is 191.23 An per square kilometre in Bangladesh; the lowest is 0.0743 An per square kilometre in Bahamas.

The median across all reporting countries is 9.96 An per square kilometre, and the mean is 18.15 An per square kilometre.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2,573.

Over the past decade 87 countries rose and 80 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 141.5%), and the largest decrease in Fiji (down 75.7%).

Cattle — Stocks, per square kilometre: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Bangladesh 191.23 An per square kilometre 2023 up 6.6% flat
2 Ireland 94.73 An per square kilometre 2023 down 5.5% rising
3 Belgium 73.64 An per square kilometre 2023 down 9.0% falling
4 Uganda 72.88 An per square kilometre 2023 up 12.5% volatile
5 Pakistan 71.93 An per square kilometre 2023 up 44.8% rising
6 Luxembourg 71.3 An per square kilometre 2023 down 5.2% flat
7 Uruguay 67.86 An per square kilometre 2023 up 3.0% rising
8 India 65.43 An per square kilometre 2023 up 2.9% rising
9 Dominican Republic 62.75 An per square kilometre 2023 up 1.0% rising
10 Ethiopia 61.43 An per square kilometre 2023 up 26.0% rising
11 Rwanda 58.91 An per square kilometre 2023 up 28.4% rising
12 Haiti 55.22 An per square kilometre 2023 up 3.9% rising
13 Burundi 47.71 An per square kilometre 2023 up 61.4% rising
14 Nicaragua 46.7 An per square kilometre 2023 up 23.1% rising
15 Malta 44.47 An per square kilometre 2023 down 6.5% rising
16 Guinea 39.97 An per square kilometre 2023 up 69.6% volatile
17 Guatemala 39.91 An per square kilometre 2023 up 25.1% rising
18 Switzerland 38.69 An per square kilometre 2023 down 1.8% falling
19 Kenya 37.67 An per square kilometre 2023 up 18.2% rising
20 Burkina Faso 37.07 An per square kilometre 2023 up 13.8% volatile
21 New Zealand 36.23 An per square kilometre 2023 down 6.3% rising
22 El Salvador 36.12 An per square kilometre 2023 down 16.2% falling
23 Denmark 35.87 An per square kilometre 2023 down 11.1% falling
24 Eswatini 35.67 An per square kilometre 2023 down 2.2% flat
25 Nepal 33.14 An per square kilometre 2023 down 34.7% rising
26 Paraguay 33.11 An per square kilometre 2023 down 1.6% rising
27 Uzbekistan 32.09 An per square kilometre 2023 up 37.9% rising
28 Cuba 31.33 An per square kilometre 2023 down 20.2% falling
29 France 31.18 An per square kilometre 2023 down 12.0% falling
30 Germany 31.01 An per square kilometre 2023 down 14.0% falling
31 Costa Rica 30.36 An per square kilometre 2023 up 19.3% falling
32 Chad 29.9 An per square kilometre 2023 up 67.7% volatile
33 Gambia 29.84 An per square kilometre 2023 down 30.8% rising
34 Azerbaijan 29.03 An per square kilometre 2023 down 0.5% rising
35 Brazil 28.55 An per square kilometre 2023 up 12.7% rising
36 Comoros 27.59 An per square kilometre 2023 up 2.7% falling
37 Israel 26.8 An per square kilometre 2023 up 24.7% rising
38 Barbados 26.46 An per square kilometre 2023 up 1.6% falling
39 Colombia 26.32 An per square kilometre 2023 up 26.9% rising
40 Guinea-Bissau 26.16 An per square kilometre 2023 up 9.8% rising
41 Honduras 25.83 An per square kilometre 2023 up 4.2% rising
42 Puerto Rico 25.05 An per square kilometre 2023 down 14.4% falling
43 Malawi 23.2 An per square kilometre 2023 up 76.2% rising
44 Nigeria 22.94 An per square kilometre 2023 up 7.9% rising
45 Slovenia 22.65 An per square kilometre 2023 down 0.8% flat
46 Benin 22.42 An per square kilometre 2023 up 16.7% volatile
47 South Sudan 22.37 An per square kilometre 2023 up 20.1% rising
48 Austria 22.24 An per square kilometre 2023 down 6.1% falling
49 Lesotho 22.07 An per square kilometre 2023 up 22.3% rising
50 Belarus 20.68 An per square kilometre 2023 down 3.9% falling
51 Panama 20.47 An per square kilometre 2023 down 11.9% rising
52 Poland 20.46 An per square kilometre 2023 up 6.9% falling
53 Italy 20.29 An per square kilometre 2023 up 2.6% falling
54 Senegal 19.9 An per square kilometre 2023 up 11.7% rising
55 Argentina 19.82 An per square kilometre 2023 up 6.4% rising
56 Tajikistan 19.35 An per square kilometre 2023 up 29.0% rising
57 Mexico 18.84 An per square kilometre 2023 up 13.0% rising
58 Dominica 18.5 An per square kilometre 2023 down 0.9% rising
59 Sri Lanka 18.14 An per square kilometre 2023 down 2.7% falling
60 Armenia 17.8 An per square kilometre 2023 down 23.3% rising
61 Eritrea 17.76 An per square kilometre 2023 up 3.4% rising
62 Czechia 17.75 An per square kilometre 2023 up 1.3% falling
63 Saint Lucia 17.22 An per square kilometre 2023 down 4.5% rising
64 Tonga 16.91 An per square kilometre 2023 up 4.0% rising
65 Portugal 16.68 An per square kilometre 2023 up 3.9% rising
66 Myanmar 16.55 An per square kilometre 2023 down 27.9% rising
67 Sudan 16.44 An per square kilometre 2023 up 2.3% flat
68 Grenada 16.32 An per square kilometre 2023 down 4.7% falling
69 Cambodia 16.02 An per square kilometre 2023 down 2.5% rising
70 Niger 15.17 An per square kilometre 2023 up 79.1% volatile
71 Ecuador 14.99 An per square kilometre 2023 down 27.5% rising
72 Zimbabwe 14.88 An per square kilometre 2023 down 6.4% rising
73 Jamaica 14.23 An per square kilometre 2023 down 9.4% falling
74 Samoa 13.68 An per square kilometre 2023 down 20.4% rising
75 Djibouti 13.65 An per square kilometre 2023 up 6.1% volatile
76 Madagascar 12.93 An per square kilometre 2023 down 25.0% flat
77 Spain 12.6 An per square kilometre 2023 up 10.6% rising
78 Cameroon 12.53 An per square kilometre 2023 up 2.0% rising
79 Georgia 12.29 An per square kilometre 2023 down 29.5% falling
80 Mali 11.17 An per square kilometre 2023 up 40.2% rising
81 Japan 11.09 An per square kilometre 2023 down 0.6% rising
82 Ghana 10.07 An per square kilometre 2023 up 44.1% rising
83 South Africa 10.06 An per square kilometre 2023 down 12.0% rising
84 Lithuania 9.96 An per square kilometre 2023 down 14.4% falling
85 Albania 9.61 An per square kilometre 2023 down 47.1% rising
86 Hungary 9.53 An per square kilometre 2023 up 13.5% falling
87 Kyrgyzstan 9.4 An per square kilometre 2023 up 28.4% rising
88 Indonesia 9.28 An per square kilometre 2023 up 37.4% rising
89 Antigua and Barbuda 9.25 An per square kilometre 2023 down 18.6% falling
90 Sierra Leone 9.24 An per square kilometre 2023 down 3.1% rising
91 Slovakia 8.94 An per square kilometre 2023 down 8.8% falling
92 Cyprus 8.9 An per square kilometre 2023 up 42.9% rising
93 Togo 8.79 An per square kilometre 2023 up 7.9% rising
94 Bahrain 8.75 An per square kilometre 2023 down 35.8% rising
95 Philippines 8.66 An per square kilometre 2023 up 3.3% rising
96 Serbia 8.63 An per square kilometre 2023 down 17.4% falling
97 Thailand 8.62 An per square kilometre 2023 down 14.4% rising
98 Afghanistan 8.39 An per square kilometre 2023 up 4.5% rising
99 Romania 7.89 An per square kilometre 2023 down 9.7% falling
100 China 7.85 An per square kilometre 2023 up 16.9% rising
101 Central African Republic 7.72 An per square kilometre 2023 up 11.9% volatile
102 Somalia 7.63 An per square kilometre 2023 down 1.7% rising
103 Croatia 7.42 An per square kilometre 2023 down 6.1% falling
104 Lebanon 7.29 An per square kilometre 2023 down 7.3% flat
105 Vanuatu 7.28 An per square kilometre 2023 down 48.7% rising
106 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 7.18 An per square kilometre 2023 down 33.0% falling
107 Palestine 6.9 An per square kilometre 2022 up 23.4% rising
108 Zambia 6.88 An per square kilometre 2023 up 27.0% rising
109 Trinidad and Tobago 6.84 An per square kilometre 2023 up 1.7% falling
110 Bhutan 6.83 An per square kilometre 2023 down 25.5% rising
111 Saint Kitts and Nevis 6.69 An per square kilometre 2023 down 35.6% falling
112 Morocco 6.46 An per square kilometre 2023 down 9.1% falling
113 Bosnia and Herzegovina 6.45 An per square kilometre 2023 down 26.1% falling
114 Latvia 5.91 An per square kilometre 2023 down 6.4% falling
115 North Macedonia 5.9 An per square kilometre 2023 down 37.6% falling
116 Estonia 5.65 An per square kilometre 2023 down 0.2% falling
117 Turkmenistan 5.41 An per square kilometre 2023 up 12.7% rising
118 Bulgaria 5.29 An per square kilometre 2023 up 9.2% falling
119 Montenegro 5.09 An per square kilometre 2023 down 11.7% falling
120 Greece 4.96 An per square kilometre 2023 up 4.9% falling
121 Iraq 4.95 An per square kilometre 2023 down 22.7% rising
122 Peru 4.59 An per square kilometre 2023 up 5.8% rising
123 Belize 4.35 An per square kilometre 2023 down 12.3% rising
124 New Caledonia 4.27 An per square kilometre 2023 down 15.1% falling
125 Fiji 4.16 An per square kilometre 2023 down 75.7% rising
126 Angola 4.14 An per square kilometre 2023 up 7.8% rising
127 Chile 4.01 An per square kilometre 2023 down 0.8% rising
128 Ukraine 3.98 An per square kilometre 2023 down 50.4% volatile
129 Australia 3.88 An per square kilometre 2023 up 1.9% rising
130 Qatar 3.83 An per square kilometre 2023 up 141.5% volatile
131 Yemen 3.73 An per square kilometre 2023 up 14.5% rising
132 Namibia 3.67 An per square kilometre 2023 up 14.5% rising
133 Mongolia 3.43 An per square kilometre 2023 up 83.8% rising
134 Sweden 3.36 An per square kilometre 2023 down 8.5% falling
135 Tunisia 3.35 An per square kilometre 2023 down 19.6% falling
136 Mozambique 3.06 An per square kilometre 2023 up 43.2% rising
137 Egypt 2.84 An per square kilometre 2023 down 40.4% rising
138 Finland 2.63 An per square kilometre 2023 down 12.4% falling
139 Kazakhstan 2.45 An per square kilometre 2023 up 16.3% falling
140 French Polynesia 2.45 An per square kilometre 2023 up 14.9% falling
141 Norway 2.4 An per square kilometre 2023 up 2.6% falling
142 Malaysia 2.21 An per square kilometre 2023 down 3.4% rising
143 Mauritania 1.91 An per square kilometre 2023 up 11.0% flat
144 Kuwait 1.79 An per square kilometre 2023 up 27.3% volatile
145 Botswana 1.76 An per square kilometre 2023 down 52.0% falling
146 Mauritius 1.71 An per square kilometre 2023 down 52.9% volatile
147 United Arab Emirates 1.64 An per square kilometre 2023 up 36.7% volatile
148 Sao Tome and Principe 1.61 An per square kilometre 2023 up 35.1% falling
149 Oman 1.42 An per square kilometre 2023 up 21.9% volatile
150 Faroe Islands 1.28 An per square kilometre 2023 down 7.8% falling
151 Canada 1.28 An per square kilometre 2023 down 6.3% rising
152 Seychelles 1.12 An per square kilometre 2023 up 72.3% volatile
153 Jordan 1.02 An per square kilometre 2023 up 29.5% rising
154 Congo 0.9827 An per square kilometre 2023 down 0.4% volatile
155 Iceland 0.7808 An per square kilometre 2023 up 15.1% rising
156 Algeria 0.7582 An per square kilometre 2023 down 5.4% rising
157 Solomon Islands 0.548 An per square kilometre 2023 up 2.3% rising
158 Guyana 0.4725 An per square kilometre 2023 down 17.6% falling
159 Liberia 0.448 An per square kilometre 2023 up 2.7% rising
160 Singapore 0.2465 An per square kilometre 2023 down 12.9% volatile
161 Saudi Arabia 0.2335 An per square kilometre 2023 up 10.0% rising
162 Papua New Guinea 0.2012 An per square kilometre 2023 down 2.0% rising
163 Suriname 0.2006 An per square kilometre 2023 down 30.1% rising
164 Equatorial Guinea 0.196 An per square kilometre 2023 up 3.8% rising
165 Gabon 0.1535 An per square kilometre 2023 up 4.1% volatile
166 Libya 0.1201 An per square kilometre 2023 up 6.4% rising
167 Bahamas 0.0743 An per square kilometre 2023 down 0.8% volatile

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Cattle — Stocks divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Cattle — Stocks ÷ Land area (sq. km)

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Indicator
Cattle — Stocks, per square kilometre
Unit
An per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
168 places, 9,625 data points, 1961–2023
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Cattle — Stocks divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.