Donkeys: number of animals by country
Donkeys: the number of live animals kept in each country. Which countries have the most?
#1 Ethiopia (10.8M animals), #2 Sudan (7.68M animals), #3 Pakistan (5.94M animals). The last place is Suriname (5 animals).
How to read this number
The number of live animals in the country, from the FAO’s livestock “stocks” statistics. Item: Donkeys.
Only countries with animals counted above zero are listed; countries with none, or with no FAO figure, are not ranked. Counting methods and dates differ by country, and many figures are FAO estimates. This is the number of animals, not the amount of meat, milk or eggs they produce.
- Countries listed: 104 (of 193)
- Data years: 2023–2024 (differs by country)
- 103 countries use 2024 data
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Ranking table
Sorted from the highest value
| Rank | Country | Donkeys: number of animals | Year | Bar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Ethiopia |
10,803,079 animals | 2024 | |
| 2 |  Sudan |
7,677,752 animals | 2024 | |
| 3 |  Pakistan |
5,938,000 animals | 2024 | |
| 4 |  Chad |
5,042,154 animals | 2024 | |
| 5 |  Mexico |
3,293,871 animals | 2024 | |
| 6 |  Niger |
2,110,632 animals | 2024 | |
| 7 |  Burkina Faso |
1,670,785 animals | 2024 | |
| 8 |  Iran |
1,568,474 animals | 2024 | |
| 9 |  Afghanistan |
1,530,569 animals | 2024 | |
| 10 |  Nigeria |
1,344,853 animals | 2024 | |
| 11 |  China |
1,299,000 animals | 2024 | |
| 12 |  Mali |
1,263,440 animals | 2024 | |
| 13 |  Egypt |
1,230,611 animals | 2024 | |
| 14 |  Morocco |
798,054 animals | 2024 | |
| 15 |  Brazil |
739,539 animals | 2024 | |
| 16 |  Yemen |
717,047 animals | 2024 | |
| 17 |  Zimbabwe |
687,242 animals | 2024 | |
| 18 |  Peru |
650,192 animals | 2024 | |
| 19 |  Bolivia |
635,146 animals | 2024 | |
| 20 |  Senegal |
468,638 animals | 2024 | |
| 21 |  Venezuela |
440,000 animals | 2024 | |
| 22 |  Iraq |
379,223 animals | 2024 | |
| 23 |  South Sudan |
367,884 animals | 2024 | |
| 24 |  Mauritania |
361,514 animals | 2024 | |
| 25 |  Tunisia |
243,058 animals | 2024 | |
| 26 |  Tanzania |
191,331 animals | 2024 | |
| 27 |  Namibia |
164,116 animals | 2024 | |
| 28 |  Haiti |
160,213 animals | 2024 | |
| 29 |  Dominican Republic |
158,278 animals | 2024 | |
| 30 |  South Africa |
142,579 animals | 2024 | |
| 31 |  Lesotho |
141,951 animals | 2024 | |
| 32 |  Tajikistan |
115,836 animals | 2024 | |
| 33 |  Saudi Arabia |
98,285 animals | 2024 | |
| 34 |  Gambia |
70,247 animals | 2024 | |
| 35 |  Uzbekistan |
66,822 animals | 2024 | |
| 36 |  Türkiye |
65,003 animals | 2024 | |
| 37 |  Argentina |
62,269 animals | 2024 | |
| 38 |  Colombia |
60,071 animals | 2024 | |
| 39 |  Algeria |
55,741 animals | 2024 | |
| 40 |  Syria |
52,962 animals | 2024 | |
| 41 |  Mozambique |
52,207 animals | 2024 | |
| 42 |  United States |
51,973 animals | 2024 | |
| 43 |  India |
51,608 animals | 2024 | |
| 44 |  Albania |
44,924 animals | 2024 | |
| 45 |  Ecuador |
40,909 animals | 2024 | |
| 46 |  Cameroon |
40,105 animals | 2024 | |
| 47 |  Paraguay |
35,480 animals | 2024 | |
| 48 |  Switzerland |
33,306 animals | 2024 | |
| 49 |  Kazakhstan |
29,091 animals | 2024 | |
| 50 |  Turkmenistan |
24,838 animals | 2024 | |
| 51 |  Kyrgyzstan |
24,767 animals | 2024 | |
| 52 |  Honduras |
23,483 animals | 2024 | |
| 53 |  Jamaica |
23,000 animals | 2024 | |
| 54 |  Somalia |
22,964 animals | 2024 | |
| 55 |  Oman |
21,618 animals | 2024 | |
| 56 |  Uganda |
19,364 animals | 2024 | |
| 57 |  Bhutan |
17,913 animals | 2024 | |
| 58 |  Eswatini |
16,747 animals | 2024 | |
| 59 |  Cape Verde |
16,685 animals | 2024 | |
| 60 |  Cuba |
15,724 animals | 2024 | |
| 61 |  Ghana |
15,345 animals | 2024 | |
| 62 |  Chile |
15,020 animals | 2024 | |
| 63 |  Lebanon |
13,576 animals | 2024 | |
| 64 |  Ukraine |
12,083 animals | 2024 | |
| 65 |  Azerbaijan |
10,273 animals | 2024 | |
| 66 |  Georgia |
10,110 animals | 2024 | |
| 67 |  Guatemala |
9,671 animals | 2024 | |
| 68 |  Nicaragua |
9,314 animals | 2023 | |
| 69 |  Belarus |
8,883 animals | 2024 | |
| 70 |  Djibouti |
8,413 animals | 2024 | |
| 71 |  Malawi |
7,689 animals | 2024 | |
| 72 |  Costa Rica |
7,322 animals | 2024 | |
| 73 |  Samoa |
7,000 animals | 2024 | |
| 74 |  Comoros |
5,529 animals | 2024 | |
| 75 |  Botswana |
5,378 animals | 2024 | |
| 76 |  Guinea-Bissau |
5,237 animals | 2024 | |
| 77 |  Israel |
5,000 animals | 2024 | |
| 78 |  Jordan |
4,716 animals | 2024 | |
| 79 |  Angola |
4,480 animals | 2024 | |
| 80 |  Togo |
3,509 animals | 2024 | |
| 81 |  El Salvador |
3,322 animals | 2024 | |
| 82 |  Hungary |
2,900 animals | 2024 | |
| 83 |  Russia |
2,739 animals | 2024 | |
| 84 |  Guinea |
2,422 animals | 2024 | |
| 85 |  Trinidad & Tobago |
2,331 animals | 2024 | |
| 86 |  Zambia |
2,261 animals | 2024 | |
| 87 |  Barbados |
2,160 animals | 2024 | |
| 88 |  Australia |
1,862 animals | 2024 | |
| 89 |  Antigua & Barbuda |
1,731 animals | 2024 | |
| 90 |  Uruguay |
1,678 animals | 2024 | |
| 91 |  Libya |
1,610 animals | 2024 | |
| 92 |  St. Vincent & Grenadines |
1,332 animals | 2024 | |
| 93 |  Armenia |
1,084 animals | 2024 | |
| 94 |  Guyana |
967 animals | 2024 | |
| 95 |  Moldova |
780 animals | 2024 | |
| 96 |  Grenada |
661 animals | 2024 | |
| 97 |  Benin |
635 animals | 2024 | |
| 98 |  St. Lucia |
612 animals | 2024 | |
| 99 |  Madagascar |
164 animals | 2024 | |
| 100 |  Mauritius |
60 animals | 2024 | |
| 101 |  São Tomé & Príncipe |
48 animals | 2024 | |
| 102 |  Thailand |
27 animals | 2024 | |
| 103 |  Mongolia |
26 animals | 2024 | |
| 104 |  Suriname |
5 animals | 2024 |
No matching countries.
Each value is the latest year available for that country (see the Year column), so the years can differ from country to country.
Data is available for 104 of 193 countries. The rest are not listed.
Source: FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Crops and livestock products. Accessed on 04 November 2026. https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/QCL Licence: CC-BY-4.0. Processed by this site. fao.org/faostat
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