Donkeys number of animals over time (1961–2024)

Follow donkeys number of animals for the world’s countries, year by year, from 1961 to 2024.

The country ranked first changed over time: China in 1961–2008, Ethiopia in 2009–2011, Sudan in 2012–2014, Ethiopia in 2015–2024. This is the first place among today’s countries: regions that later split, such as the former Soviet Union, have no values from before the split.

Japan and the leading countries

Key years for Japan and the leading countries in 2024
Country	1961	1970	1980	1990	2000	2010	2020	2024
Ethiopia	–	–	–	–	3.06M animals	6.21M animals	10.8M animals	10.8M animals
Sudan	–	–	–	–	–	–	7.63M animals	7.68M animals
Pakistan	950K animals	1.7M animals	2.45M animals	3.42M animals	3.82M animals	4.6M animals	5.52M animals	5.94M animals
Chad	400K animals	365K animals	260K animals	264K animals	357K animals	460K animals	3.86M animals	5.04M animals
Mexico	2.89M animals	3.52M animals	3.22M animals	3.19M animals	3.25M animals	3.26M animals	3.29M animals	3.29M animals
Japan	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Countries with data	100	101	99	100	113	114	104	103

Ranking and map for any year

Choose a year to see that year’s top countries and the world map. Colors split that year’s ranking into seven steps.

2024


Rank	Country	Donkeys number of animals

Biggest changes, 1961–2024

Compared among the countries that have data in both 1961 and 2024, ranked by how much the amount grew or shrank (the difference in quantity, not a percentage).

Biggest increases
Country	1961	2024	Change	Rank
Pakistan	950K animals	5.94M animals	up 4.99M animals	#11 → #3
Chad	400K animals	5.04M animals	up 4.64M animals	#20 → #4
Niger	301K animals	2.11M animals	up 1.81M animals	#23 → #6
Burkina Faso	140K animals	1.67M animals	up 1.53M animals	#33 → #7
Mali	294K animals	1.26M animals	up 969K animals	#24 → #12

Biggest decreases
Country	1961	2024	Change	Rank
China	7.53M animals	1.3M animals	down 6.23M animals	#1 → #11
Türkiye	1.89M animals	65K animals	down 1.83M animals	#4 → #36
India	1.1M animals	51.6K animals	down 1.04M animals	#8 → #43
Iran	2.03M animals	1.57M animals	down 466K animals	#3 → #8
Brazil	1.04M animals	740K animals	down 304K animals	#9 → #15

The number of countries differs between the years, so the ranks are not directly comparable.

All countries in key years

Open the table (countries with data)

Key years for Japan and the leading countries in 2024
Country	1961	1970	1980	1990	2000	2010	2020	2024
Ethiopia	–	–	–	–	3.06M animals	6.21M animals	10.8M animals	10.8M animals
Sudan	–	–	–	–	–	–	7.63M animals	7.68M animals
Pakistan	950K animals	1.7M animals	2.45M animals	3.42M animals	3.82M animals	4.6M animals	5.52M animals	5.94M animals
Chad	400K animals	365K animals	260K animals	264K animals	357K animals	460K animals	3.86M animals	5.04M animals
Mexico	2.89M animals	3.52M animals	3.22M animals	3.19M animals	3.25M animals	3.26M animals	3.29M animals	3.29M animals
Niger	301K animals	628K animals	1.31M animals	1.1M animals	1.34M animals	1.6M animals	1.95M animals	2.11M animals
Burkina Faso	140K animals	200K animals	230K animals	427K animals	767K animals	1.05M animals	1.4M animals	1.67M animals
Iran	2.03M animals	2.02M animals	2.2M animals	1.86M animals	1.6M animals	1.6M animals	1.56M animals	1.57M animals
Afghanistan	1.3M animals	1.3M animals	1.3M animals	600K animals	682K animals	1.41M animals	1.49M animals	1.53M animals
Nigeria	1.4M animals	840K animals	700K animals	936K animals	1M animals	1.2M animals	1.34M animals	1.34M animals
China	7.53M animals	8M animals	7.47M animals	11.1M animals	9.35M animals	5.1M animals	2.32M animals	1.3M animals
Mali	294K animals	476K animals	470K animals	576K animals	906K animals	862K animals	1.17M animals	1.26M animals
Egypt	1.53M animals	1.36M animals	1.71M animals	2.38M animals	3.05M animals	1.32M animals	663K animals	1.23M animals
Morocco	1.01M animals	1M animals	994K animals	912K animals	1.1M animals	951K animals	925K animals	798K animals
Brazil	1.04M animals	1.42M animals	1.33M animals	1.34M animals	1.24M animals	1M animals	770K animals	740K animals
Yemen	600K animals	621K animals	685K animals	500K animals	550K animals	716K animals	723K animals	717K animals
Zimbabwe	67K animals	86K animals	95K animals	103K animals	267K animals	562K animals	561K animals	687K animals
Peru	435K animals	505K animals	488K animals	500K animals	550K animals	640K animals	645K animals	650K animals
Bolivia	445K animals	650K animals	680K animals	630K animals	631K animals	635K animals	635K animals	635K animals
Senegal	65K animals	185K animals	238K animals	303K animals	399K animals	450K animals	455K animals	469K animals
Venezuela	410K animals	495K animals	450K animals	440K animals	440K animals	440K animals	440K animals	440K animals
Iraq	558K animals	566K animals	416K animals	443K animals	380K animals	380K animals	379K animals	379K animals
South Sudan	–	–	–	–	–	–	347K animals	368K animals
Mauritania	130K animals	200K animals	140K animals	151K animals	206K animals	310K animals	330K animals	362K animals
Tunisia	180K animals	180K animals	205K animals	226K animals	230K animals	240K animals	242K animals	243K animals
Tanzania	143K animals	160K animals	163K animals	174K animals	180K animals	182K animals	190K animals	191K animals
Namibia	57.4K animals	56K animals	67K animals	68K animals	168K animals	140K animals	161K animals	164K animals
Haiti	130K animals	171K animals	206K animals	215K animals	215K animals	210K animals	178K animals	160K animals
Dominican Republic	142K animals	129K animals	119K animals	143K animals	145K animals	151K animals	157K animals	158K animals
South Africa	345K animals	215K animals	210K animals	210K animals	150K animals	152K animals	140K animals	143K animals
Lesotho	53K animals	89.7K animals	105K animals	155K animals	179K animals	136K animals	88.9K animals	142K animals
Tajikistan	–	–	–	–	110K animals	180K animals	133K animals	116K animals
Saudi Arabia	55K animals	94K animals	105K animals	110K animals	98.1K animals	100K animals	98.2K animals	98.3K animals
Gambia	3K animals	10K animals	25K animals	36.6K animals	35K animals	42K animals	67.2K animals	70.2K animals
Uzbekistan	–	–	–	–	225K animals	318K animals	151K animals	66.8K animals
Türkiye	1.89M animals	1.94M animals	1.33M animals	1.08M animals	489K animals	212K animals	108K animals	65K animals
Argentina	129K animals	94K animals	90K animals	90K animals	95K animals	98K animals	62.2K animals	62.3K animals
Colombia	294K animals	327K animals	635K animals	650K animals	375K animals	172K animals	88K animals	60.1K animals
Algeria	315K animals	337K animals	506K animals	299K animals	178K animals	141K animals	83.7K animals	55.7K animals
Syria	186K animals	235K animals	242K animals	168K animals	216K animals	109K animals	61.3K animals	53K animals
Mozambique	12.2K animals	19K animals	20K animals	20K animals	23K animals	47.5K animals	51.1K animals	52.2K animals
United States	15K animals	19K animals	21K animals	53K animals	52K animals	52K animals	52K animals	52K animals
India	1.1M animals	1M animals	1M animals	960K animals	757K animals	375K animals	80.1K animals	51.6K animals
Albania	57.1K animals	60K animals	80K animals	104K animals	120K animals	55K animals	49K animals	44.9K animals
Ecuador	150K animals	180K animals	207K animals	253K animals	176K animals	139K animals	35.9K animals	40.9K animals
Cameroon	39K animals	92K animals	33.7K animals	35K animals	38K animals	40K animals	40.1K animals	40.1K animals
Paraguay	21.5K animals	24K animals	29K animals	31K animals	32K animals	35K animals	35.2K animals	35.5K animals
Switzerland	380 animals	710 animals	1.5K animals	2K animals	11.4K animals	19.4K animals	33.1K animals	33.3K animals
Kazakhstan	–	–	–	–	30K animals	30K animals	29.1K animals	29.1K animals
Turkmenistan	–	–	–	–	24K animals	25K animals	24.8K animals	24.8K animals
Kyrgyzstan	–	–	–	–	65K animals	72.6K animals	27.6K animals	24.8K animals
Honduras	32K animals	24K animals	21.3K animals	22.1K animals	23K animals	23.1K animals	23.4K animals	23.5K animals
Jamaica	38.8K animals	34K animals	25K animals	23K animals	23K animals	23K animals	23K animals	23K animals
Somalia	28K animals	23K animals	23K animals	25.3K animals	20K animals	22K animals	22.7K animals	23K animals
Oman	20K animals	24K animals	25K animals	25.1K animals	28.5K animals	25K animals	22.7K animals	21.6K animals
Uganda	18K animals	16.5K animals	16K animals	16.9K animals	17.9K animals	19K animals	19.4K animals	19.4K animals
Bhutan	12K animals	15K animals	17.5K animals	18.2K animals	18.2K animals	18K animals	17.9K animals	17.9K animals
Eswatini	16.6K animals	14.7K animals	13.6K animals	11.6K animals	14.8K animals	15.5K animals	16.4K animals	16.7K animals
Cape Verde	4.85K animals	10K animals	6K animals	11K animals	13.5K animals	15K animals	16.3K animals	16.7K animals
Cuba	5K animals	4.7K animals	3.8K animals	4.9K animals	6.7K animals	12.2K animals	19.1K animals	15.7K animals
Ghana	12.3K animals	23K animals	25K animals	10.4K animals	14K animals	14.3K animals	15K animals	15.3K animals
Chile	15K animals	35K animals	29K animals	28K animals	28.5K animals	15.5K animals	15.1K animals	15K animals
Lebanon	19.4K animals	27.3K animals	10K animals	19K animals	15K animals	15K animals	13.9K animals	13.6K animals
Ukraine	–	–	–	–	11.5K animals	12K animals	11.9K animals	12.1K animals
Azerbaijan	–	–	–	–	35.5K animals	46.1K animals	23.4K animals	10.3K animals
Georgia	–	–	–	–	11.4K animals	10K animals	9.99K animals	10.1K animals
Guatemala	6.9K animals	5.3K animals	8.3K animals	8.9K animals	9.8K animals	9.96K animals	9.85K animals	9.67K animals
Belarus	–	–	–	–	8K animals	9K animals	8.93K animals	8.88K animals
Djibouti	3K animals	4.2K animals	6.7K animals	7.9K animals	8.7K animals	8.4K animals	8.43K animals	8.41K animals
Malawi	430 animals	383 animals	544 animals	1.6K animals	2.2K animals	2.2K animals	7.2K animals	7.69K animals
Costa Rica	3.6K animals	4.4K animals	6.2K animals	7K animals	7.6K animals	8K animals	7.28K animals	7.32K animals
Samoa	6K animals	6.48K animals	7K animals	7K animals	7K animals	7K animals	7K animals	7K animals
Comoros	3K animals	3K animals	3.5K animals	4.4K animals	5K animals	5.2K animals	5.46K animals	5.53K animals
Botswana	26.5K animals	42.1K animals	130K animals	158K animals	330K animals	339K animals	74K animals	5.38K animals
Guinea-Bissau	2.56K animals	2.5K animals	3K animals	4.75K animals	4.9K animals	5.2K animals	5.22K animals	5.24K animals
Israel	21.5K animals	6.6K animals	4.9K animals	5K animals	5K animals	5K animals	5K animals	5K animals
Jordan	56K animals	43.6K animals	16.4K animals	19K animals	12.7K animals	9K animals	6.24K animals	4.72K animals
Angola	3.1K animals	4K animals	5K animals	4.5K animals	4.5K animals	4.5K animals	4.49K animals	4.48K animals
Togo	1.63K animals	1.87K animals	1.49K animals	3.3K animals	3.3K animals	3.33K animals	3.45K animals	3.51K animals
El Salvador	2K animals	1.8K animals	1.9K animals	2.5K animals	3.2K animals	3.2K animals	3.28K animals	3.32K animals
Hungary	3.18K animals	3.5K animals	3.5K animals	4K animals	3.5K animals	2K animals	4.8K animals	2.9K animals
Russia	–	–	–	–	22K animals	18.4K animals	6.24K animals	2.74K animals
Guinea	2.15K animals	2.6K animals	2.8K animals	1.4K animals	1.95K animals	2.15K animals	2.33K animals	2.42K animals
Trinidad & Tobago	2K animals	2K animals	2K animals	2K animals	2K animals	2.3K animals	2.32K animals	2.33K animals
Zambia	1K animals	1K animals	1K animals	1.6K animals	1.8K animals	2K animals	2.19K animals	2.26K animals
Barbados	2K animals	2K animals	2K animals	2K animals	2K animals	2.3K animals	2.21K animals	2.16K animals
Australia	5K animals	5K animals	4.5K animals	2.31K animals	2K animals	2K animals	1.86K animals	1.86K animals
Antigua & Barbuda	2.3K animals	2.3K animals	1.7K animals	1.4K animals	1.4K animals	1.7K animals	1.73K animals	1.73K animals
Uruguay	1.5K animals	1.2K animals	1.2K animals	1.3K animals	1.35K animals	1.6K animals	1.65K animals	1.68K animals
Libya	102K animals	97.9K animals	60K animals	61.7K animals	29.5K animals	29K animals	30.3K animals	1.61K animals
St. Vincent & Grenadines	2K animals	1K animals	1K animals	1.2K animals	1.26K animals	1.3K animals	1.32K animals	1.33K animals
Armenia	–	–	–	–	6.87K animals	4.82K animals	1.49K animals	1.08K animals
Guyana	8K animals	2K animals	1K animals	1K animals	1K animals	1.01K animals	985 animals	967 animals
Moldova	–	–	–	–	3K animals	2.94K animals	1.2K animals	780 animals
Grenada	1.8K animals	1.8K animals	1K animals	650 animals	660 animals	660 animals	661 animals	661 animals
Benin	737 animals	620 animals	500 animals	500 animals	572 animals	618 animals	628 animals	635 animals
St. Lucia	500 animals	500 animals	500 animals	500 animals	500 animals	600 animals	608 animals	612 animals
Madagascar	253 animals	311 animals	340 animals	100 animals	160 animals	160 animals	162 animals	164 animals
Mauritius	50 animals	60 animals	60 animals	60 animals	60 animals	60 animals	60 animals	60 animals
São Tomé & Príncipe	110 animals	47 animals	25 animals	30 animals	35 animals	40 animals	47 animals	48 animals
Thailand	216 animals	186 animals	170 animals	40 animals	30 animals	35 animals	31 animals	27 animals
Mongolia	–	–	–	1.02K animals	890 animals	200 animals	30 animals	26 animals
Suriname	478 animals	232 animals	45 animals	20 animals	20 animals	5 animals	5 animals	5 animals
Belgium	–	–	–	–	–	2 animals	–	–
Bulgaria	257K animals	299K animals	337K animals	329K animals	208K animals	40.2K animals	–	–
Bahrain	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Democratic Republic of the Congo	200 animals	171 animals	–	–	–	–	–	–
Central African Republic	1K animals	1K animals	–	–	–	–	–	–
Cyprus	44.5K animals	44K animals	12K animals	5.2K animals	5.2K animals	5.2K animals	–	–
Spain	686K animals	386K animals	194K animals	140K animals	140K animals	142K animals	–	–
France	76.2K animals	34.1K animals	23.5K animals	21K animals	30.3K animals	32.6K animals	–	–
Greece	507K animals	376K animals	240K animals	137K animals	64.3K animals	32.8K animals	–	–
Croatia	–	–	–	–	4K animals	2.49K animals	–	–
Ireland	89.3K animals	55K animals	28K animals	13K animals	4.4K animals	6.5K animals	–	–
Italy	499K animals	293K animals	133K animals	74K animals	23K animals	24K animals	–	–
South Korea	–	342 animals	94 animals	19 animals	–	–	–	–
Malta	2.39K animals	1.48K animals	650 animals	500 animals	500 animals	490 animals	–	–
Nicaragua	6.5K animals	7.8K animals	7.5K animals	8K animals	8.6K animals	9.1K animals	9.23K animals	–
Portugal	201K animals	167K animals	183K animals	53.2K animals	34.1K animals	13.5K animals	–	–
Romania	27K animals	30.5K animals	36K animals	35K animals	30K animals	30K animals	–	–
Countries with data	100	101	99	100	113	114	104	103

Notes on reading this history

Yearly values come from the same statistics of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAOSTAT). The number of countries with data differs by year, so each year’s ranks are given only among the countries that have data that year. Countries that produce none (zero) are not ranked. Weather and harvests make the yearly values go up and down. The “latest value” on the ranking page uses each country’s latest year, so it does not always match the ranks for a single year.

Regions that later split into several countries, such as the former Soviet Union, have a value for each new country only from the year it split. So older years have fewer countries with data, and values from before a split cannot be compared country by country with today’s countries. See the “Countries with data” row in the table.

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

FAOSTAT data last updated: 2025-12-31