Horses — Stocks by country

Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area...

Countries reporting
176
Highest
6.42 million An
Mexico
Lowest
0 An
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Median
36,534 An
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
11,871

What the numbers show

Horses — Stocks is currently reported for 176 countries. The highest value is 6.42 million An in Mexico; the lowest is 0 An in Democratic Republic of the Congo.

The median across all reporting countries is 36,534 An, and the mean is 368,980 An.

Over the past decade 89 countries rose and 81 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 684.8%), and the largest decrease in Afghanistan (down 95.2%).

Horses — Stocks: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Mexico 6.42 million An 2024 up 1.0% rising
2 USSR 5.92 million An 1991 up 6.4% falling
3 Brazil 5.70 million An 2024 up 4.6% rising
4 Mongolia 4.68 million An 2024 up 56.3% rising
5 Kazakhstan 4.35 million An 2024 up 143.9% rising
6 China 3.52 million An 2024 down 18.4% falling
7 China, mainland 3.52 million An 2024 down 18.4% falling
8 Ethiopia PDR 2.75 million An 1992 up 37.5% rising
9 Argentina 2.59 million An 2024 down 28.1% falling
10 Ethiopia 2.29 million An 2024 up 12.8% rising
11 Chad 1.55 million An 2024 up 247.1% volatile
12 Caribbean 1.46 million An 2024 down 11.5% rising
13 Russian Federation 1.32 million An 2024 down 3.8% falling
14 Colombia 964,426 An 2024 up 18.4% rising
15 Sudan 796,418 An 2024 up 1.0% flat
16 Sudan (former) 785,363 An 2011 up 30.9% volatile
17 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 760,529 An 2024 up 27.0% volatile
18 Peru 751,041 An 2024 up 1.1% rising
19 Mali 644,989 An 2024 up 24.6% volatile
20 Senegal 598,995 An 2024 up 9.9% rising
21 Cuba 570,114 An 2024 down 26.3% rising
22 Kyrgyzstan 553,516 An 2024 up 27.8% rising
23 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 524,139 An 2024 up 0.4% rising
24 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 516,249 An 2024 up 5.4% rising
25 Haiti 504,950 An 2024 up 1.0% rising
26 Germany 486,500 An 2023 up 5.5% falling
27 Sierra Leone 444,910 An 2024 up 4.0% rising
28 Uruguay 410,347 An 2024 down 0.6% falling
29 Canada 400,306 An 2024 down 1.9% flat
30 Pakistan 382,000 An 2024 up 6.1% falling
31 Dominican Republic 367,585 An 2024 up 3.5% rising
32 Italy 365,414 An 2022 down 7.7% rising
33 Indonesia 350,930 An 2024 down 18.0% falling
34 Spain 307,441 An 2017 up 23.0% falling
35 Yugoslav SFR 303,358 An 1991 down 47.1% falling
36 Chile 295,656 An 2024 down 4.8% falling
37 Romania 290,246 An 2023 down 49.5% falling
38 France 289,788 An 2024 down 28.6% volatile
39 Uzbekistan 282,793 An 2024 up 36.2% rising
40 Nicaragua 269,058 An 2023 up 0.0% rising
41 Niger 268,765 An 2024 up 10.5% rising
42 Australia and New Zealand 259,388 An 2024 down 19.3% falling
43 Philippines 248,273 An 2024 up 3.4% rising
44 Australia 228,204 An 2024 down 15.5% falling
45 Paraguay 223,392 An 2024 down 19.3% falling
46 Honduras 182,378 An 2024 up 0.2% rising
47 India 174,515 An 2024 down 72.3% falling
48 Morocco 158,195 An 2024 up 13.0% falling
49 Poland 157,620 An 2024 down 23.9% volatile
50 Ecuador 153,173 An 2024 down 46.0% rising
51 Ukraine 144,800 An 2024 down 58.7% falling
52 Guatemala 133,195 An 2024 up 2.9% falling
53 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 127,751 An 2024 down 8.7% falling
54 Myanmar 117,653 An 2024 up 2.0% rising
55 Costa Rica 117,571 An 2024 up 75.6% rising
56 Nigeria 104,092 An 2024 up 2.2% falling
57 Portugal 103,000 An 2024 up 24.1% rising
58 Panama 102,460 An 2024 down 11.7% falling
59 Sweden 102,319 An 2017 up 7.7% rising
60 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 102,143 An 2024 down 19.3% rising
61 El Salvador 98,260 An 2024 up 0.2% rising
62 Ireland 94,100 An 2024 down 0.9% falling
63 Tajikistan 91,626 An 2024 up 18.1% rising
64 Austria 90,428 An 2017 up 3.9% rising
65 Egypt 89,098 An 2024 up 19.4% volatile
66 Finland 74,400 An 2018 up 7.3% volatile
67 Lesotho 73,968 An 2024 up 33.5% falling
68 Türkiye 70,360 An 2024 down 46.5% volatile
69 Mauritania 66,358 An 2024 up 2.1% volatile
70 Melanesia 63,032 An 2024 down 4.1% rising
71 Belgium-Luxembourg 60,000 An 1999 down 11.8% falling
72 Tunisia 57,197 An 2024 up 0.2% falling
73 Algeria 50,860 An 2024 up 21.1% volatile
74 Iceland 50,000 An 2024 down 32.4% rising
75 Iraq 49,640 An 2024 down 6.3% falling
76 Azerbaijan 49,583 An 2024 down 34.3% rising
77 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 48,351 An 2024 up 0.7% rising
78 Switzerland 48,006 An 2024 down 16.1% falling
79 Fiji 47,707 An 2024 up 1.5% rising
80 Libya 46,676 An 2024 up 0.4% rising
81 Viet Nam 46,406 An 2024 down 30.7% falling
82 Denmark 45,382 An 2024 down 6.8% falling
83 Georgia 43,491 An 2024 up 8.7% rising
84 Bulgaria 42,000 An 2017 down 72.9% falling
85 Namibia 40,718 An 2024 down 26.3% rising
86 Saudi Arabia 40,470 An 2024 up 44.5% volatile
87 Hungary 40,000 An 2024 down 35.5% volatile
88 Czechia 37,087 An 2022 up 11.8% rising
89 Norway 35,980 An 2024 down 7.3% volatile
90 Timor-Leste 35,215 An 2024 down 32.6% falling
91 Czechoslovakia 34,288 An 1992 down 21.7% volatile
92 Serbia and Montenegro 32,688 An 2005 down 66.0% falling
93 Lao People's Democratic Republic 31,957 An 2024 down 1.7% rising
94 Cambodia 31,330 An 2024 up 4.4% volatile
95 New Zealand 31,184 An 2024 down 39.6% falling
96 Belgium 29,437 An 2017 down 12.2% flat
97 Gambia 28,573 An 2024 up 522.1% volatile
98 Zimbabwe 28,160 An 2024 up 0.6% rising
99 Turkmenistan 27,624 An 2024 up 6.2% rising
100 Republic of Korea 27,329 An 2024 up 5.8% volatile
101 Albania 24,199 An 2024 down 23.7% falling
102 Croatia 23,649 An 2018 up 47.8% rising
103 Burkina Faso 20,683 An 2024 down 48.3% rising
104 Slovenia 19,453 An 2017 up 2.4% rising
105 Belarus 18,100 An 2024 down 75.3% volatile
106 Polynesia 16,355 An 2024 up 6.2% flat
107 Cameroon 16,274 An 2024 down 12.0% volatile
108 Qatar 15,744 An 2024 up 684.8% volatile
109 Serbia 14,897 An 2024 down 4.5% falling
110 Republic of Moldova 14,849 An 2024 down 67.0% falling
111 Armenia 14,100 An 2024 up 20.7% rising
112 Japan 13,230 An 2024 down 17.3% volatile
113 Lithuania 12,827 An 2024 down 42.2% volatile
114 Tonga 11,900 An 2024 up 8.2% rising
115 New Caledonia 10,725 An 2024 up 7.2% rising
116 Bhutan 10,499 An 2024 down 50.5% rising
117 Latvia 9,100 An 2024 down 15.0% falling
118 Afghanistan 8,262 An 2024 down 95.2% falling
119 North Macedonia 7,815 An 2024 down 59.7% volatile
120 Slovakia 6,960 An 2019 down 17.3% falling
121 Syrian Arab Republic 6,600 An 2024 down 59.9% volatile
122 Belize 6,122 An 2024 up 6.5% rising
123 Estonia 5,700 An 2018 up 7.5% rising
124 Bosnia and Herzegovina 5,380 An 2024 down 68.4% volatile
125 Thailand 5,316 An 2024 down 16.3% volatile
126 Malaysia 4,437 An 2024 up 21.2% falling
127 Puerto Rico 4,285 An 2024 down 46.7% falling
128 Montenegro 4,253 An 2024 down 14.4% falling
129 Luxembourg 4,054 An 2024 down 14.2% rising
130 Jamaica 4,008 An 2024 up 0.2% falling
131 Israel 4,000 An 2024 unchanged volatile
132 Guinea 3,678 An 2024 up 9.8% rising
133 Lebanon 3,541 An 2024 down 11.5% rising
134 Greece 3,482 An 2023 down 88.9% volatile
135 Ghana 3,468 An 2024 up 15.6% falling
136 Botswana 2,572 An 2024 down 90.4% rising
137 Vanuatu 2,416 An 2024 down 62.8% volatile
138 Guinea-Bissau 2,406 An 2024 up 4.6% rising
139 Guyana 2,340 An 2024 down 2.5% falling
140 Jordan 2,205 An 2024 down 9.3% volatile
141 French Polynesia 2,200 An 2024 unchanged falling
142 Togo 2,105 An 2024 up 13.8% rising
143 Kenya 2,036 An 2024 down 0.7% falling
144 Papua New Guinea 2,033 An 2024 down 0.8% rising
145 Samoa 1,954 An 2024 up 2.8% falling
146 Eswatini 1,756 An 2024 up 6.4% falling
147 Yemen 1,697 An 2024 down 16.8% falling
148 China, Hong Kong SAR 1,561 An 2024 up 2.4% rising
149 Trinidad and Tobago 1,407 An 2024 up 0.5% rising
150 Sri Lanka 1,256 An 2024 down 9.0% falling
151 Barbados 1,230 An 2024 down 0.8% rising
152 Benin 1,173 An 2024 down 2.2% volatile
153 Kuwait 1,159 An 2024 up 7.3% volatile
154 Saint Lucia 1,113 An 2024 up 1.2% rising
155 Malta 1,070 An 2017 up 0.9% falling
156 Angola 1,012 An 2024 up 1.2% flat
157 Somalia 905 An 2024 up 6.5% rising
158 China, Taiwan Province of 873 An 2024 up 2.1% volatile
159 Cyprus 650 An 1990 down 13.3% falling
160 Cabo Verde 597 An 2024 up 10.6% volatile
161 Madagascar 520 An 2024 up 6.1% volatile
162 French Guiana 505 An 2006 up 102.0% volatile
163 Martinique 500 An 2006 down 76.2% volatile
164 Antigua and Barbuda 493 An 2024 down 1.4% falling
165 United Arab Emirates 448 An 2024 up 6.7% rising
166 Suriname 344 An 2024 up 120.5% flat
167 Sao Tome and Principe 314 An 2024 up 8.3% rising
168 Cook Islands 300 An 2024 down 1.6% volatile
169 Malawi 235 An 2024 up 119.6% volatile
170 Guadeloupe 200 An 2006 down 78.9% falling
171 Solomon Islands 151 An 2024 up 0.7% rising
172 Mauritius 144 An 2024 down 4.0% flat
173 Congo 75 An 2024 unchanged volatile
174 Grenada 30 An 2024 unchanged rising
175 Bahamas 0 An 1992 volatile
175 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0 An 1992 volatile

Regions and income groups

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

About this data

Indicator
Horses — Stocks
Unit
An
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
208 places, 11,871 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed

Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.