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1 | Livestock Counts by World Bank Income Classification | ||||||
2 | All values derived from formulas referencing the Data sheet | ||||||
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4 | Total Livestock (heads) | ||||||
5 | Income Group | Cattle | Poultry | Pigs | Farmed Fish (lower est.) | Total (excl. Fish) | Total (incl. Fish) |
6 | High income | 267,229,991 | 5,608,030,000 | 288,996,168 | 1,743,566,065 | 6,164,256,159 | 7,907,822,224 |
7 | Upper middle income | 553,219,804 | 16,602,347,000 | 546,187,429 | 30,635,307,549 | 17,701,754,233 | 48,337,061,782 |
8 | Lower middle income | 486,502,943 | 6,579,855,000 | 90,901,099 | 9,708,563,026 | 7,157,259,042 | 16,865,822,068 |
9 | Low income | 184,111,068 | 639,384,000 | 34,264,375 | 158,801,645 | 857,759,443 | 1,016,561,088 |
10 | Total | 1,491,063,806 | 29,429,616,000 | 960,349,071 | 42,246,238,286 | 31,881,028,877 | 74,127,267,163 |
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13 | Share of Livestock (%) | ||||||
14 | Income Group | Number of animals farmed per year (millions) | Total Animals (excl. Fish) | Total Animals (incl. Fish) | |||
15 | Cattle | Poultry | Pigs | Farmed Fish (lower est.) | |||
16 | High income | 267 | 5,608 | 289 | 1,744 | 19% | 11% |
17 | Upper middle income | 553 | 16,602 | 546 | 30,635 | 56% | 65% |
18 | Lower middle income | 487 | 6,580 | 91 | 9,709 | 22% | 23% |
19 | Low income | 184 | 639 | 34 | 159 | 3% | 1% |
20 | Total in percentage in non-high income countries | 82% | 81% | 70% | 96% | 81% | 89% |
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23 | Data Sources: Cattle, poultry, and pig data from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data Farmed fish data from fishcount (2017) Income classification data from World Bank (2025) | ||||||
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