Horses: number of animals by country
Horses: the number of live animals kept in each country. Which countries have the most?
#1 Mexico (6.42M animals), #2 United States (6.22M animals), #3 Brazil (5.7M animals). The last place is Grenada (30 animals).
How to read this number
The number of live animals in the country, from the FAO’s livestock “stocks” statistics. Item: Horses.
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: 143 (of 193)
- Data years: 2022–2024 (differs by country)
- 137 countries use 2024 data
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Ranking table
Sorted from the highest value
| Rank | Country | Horses: number of animals | Year | Bar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Mexico |
6,421,075 animals | 2024 | |
| 2 |  United States |
6,215,569 animals | 2024 | |
| 3 |  Brazil |
5,702,612 animals | 2024 | |
| 4 |  Mongolia |
4,683,233 animals | 2024 | |
| 5 |  Kazakhstan |
4,353,028 animals | 2024 | |
| 6 |  China |
3,521,000 animals | 2024 | |
| 7 |  Argentina |
2,588,704 animals | 2024 | |
| 8 |  Ethiopia |
2,293,260 animals | 2024 | |
| 9 |  Chad |
1,550,515 animals | 2024 | |
| 10 |  Russia |
1,322,642 animals | 2024 | |
| 11 |  Colombia |
964,426 animals | 2024 | |
| 12 |  Sudan |
796,418 animals | 2024 | |
| 13 |  United Kingdom |
760,529 animals | 2024 | |
| 14 |  Peru |
751,041 animals | 2024 | |
| 15 |  Mali |
644,989 animals | 2024 | |
| 16 |  Senegal |
598,995 animals | 2024 | |
| 17 |  Cuba |
570,114 animals | 2024 | |
| 18 |  Kyrgyzstan |
553,516 animals | 2024 | |
| 19 |  Venezuela |
524,139 animals | 2024 | |
| 20 |  Bolivia |
516,249 animals | 2024 | |
| 21 |  Haiti |
504,950 animals | 2024 | |
| 22 |  Germany |
486,500 animals | 2023 | |
| 23 |  Sierra Leone |
444,910 animals | 2024 | |
| 24 |  Uruguay |
410,347 animals | 2024 | |
| 25 |  Canada |
400,306 animals | 2024 | |
| 26 |  Pakistan |
382,000 animals | 2024 | |
| 27 |  Dominican Republic |
367,585 animals | 2024 | |
| 28 |  Italy |
365,414 animals | 2022 | |
| 29 |  Indonesia |
350,930 animals | 2024 | |
| 30 |  South Africa |
339,966 animals | 2024 | |
| 31 |  Chile |
295,656 animals | 2024 | |
| 32 |  Romania |
290,246 animals | 2023 | |
| 33 |  France |
289,788 animals | 2024 | |
| 34 |  Uzbekistan |
282,793 animals | 2024 | |
| 35 |  Nicaragua |
269,058 animals | 2023 | |
| 36 |  Niger |
268,765 animals | 2024 | |
| 37 |  Philippines |
248,273 animals | 2024 | |
| 38 |  Australia |
228,204 animals | 2024 | |
| 39 |  Paraguay |
223,392 animals | 2024 | |
| 40 |  Honduras |
182,378 animals | 2024 | |
| 41 |  India |
174,515 animals | 2024 | |
| 42 |  Morocco |
158,195 animals | 2024 | |
| 43 |  Poland |
157,620 animals | 2024 | |
| 44 |  Ecuador |
153,173 animals | 2024 | |
| 45 |  Ukraine |
144,800 animals | 2024 | |
| 46 |  Guatemala |
133,195 animals | 2024 | |
| 47 |  Iran |
127,751 animals | 2024 | |
| 48 |  Myanmar |
117,653 animals | 2024 | |
| 49 |  Costa Rica |
117,571 animals | 2024 | |
| 50 |  Nigeria |
104,092 animals | 2024 | |
| 51 |  Portugal |
103,000 animals | 2024 | |
| 52 |  Panama |
102,460 animals | 2024 | |
| 53 |  Netherlands |
102,143 animals | 2024 | |
| 54 |  El Salvador |
98,260 animals | 2024 | |
| 55 |  Ireland |
94,100 animals | 2024 | |
| 56 |  Tajikistan |
91,626 animals | 2024 | |
| 57 |  Egypt |
89,098 animals | 2024 | |
| 58 |  Lesotho |
73,968 animals | 2024 | |
| 59 |  Türkiye |
70,360 animals | 2024 | |
| 60 |  Mauritania |
66,358 animals | 2024 | |
| 61 |  Tunisia |
57,197 animals | 2024 | |
| 62 |  Algeria |
50,860 animals | 2024 | |
| 63 |  Iceland |
50,000 animals | 2024 | |
| 64 |  Iraq |
49,640 animals | 2024 | |
| 65 |  Azerbaijan |
49,583 animals | 2024 | |
| 66 |  North Korea |
48,351 animals | 2024 | |
| 67 |  Switzerland |
48,006 animals | 2024 | |
| 68 |  Fiji |
47,707 animals | 2024 | |
| 69 |  Libya |
46,676 animals | 2024 | |
| 70 |  Vietnam |
46,406 animals | 2024 | |
| 71 |  Denmark |
45,382 animals | 2024 | |
| 72 |  Georgia |
43,491 animals | 2024 | |
| 73 |  Namibia |
40,718 animals | 2024 | |
| 74 |  Saudi Arabia |
40,470 animals | 2024 | |
| 75 |  Hungary |
40,000 animals | 2024 | |
| 76 |  Czechia |
37,087 animals | 2022 | |
| 77 |  Norway |
35,980 animals | 2024 | |
| 78 |  Timor-Leste |
35,215 animals | 2024 | |
| 79 |  Laos |
31,957 animals | 2024 | |
| 80 |  Cambodia |
31,330 animals | 2024 | |
| 81 |  New Zealand |
31,184 animals | 2024 | |
| 82 |  Gambia |
28,573 animals | 2024 | |
| 83 |  Zimbabwe |
28,160 animals | 2024 | |
| 84 |  Turkmenistan |
27,624 animals | 2024 | |
| 85 |  South Korea |
27,329 animals | 2024 | |
| 86 |  Albania |
24,199 animals | 2024 | |
| 87 |  Burkina Faso |
20,683 animals | 2024 | |
| 88 |  Belarus |
18,100 animals | 2024 | |
| 89 |  Cameroon |
16,274 animals | 2024 | |
| 90 |  Qatar |
15,744 animals | 2024 | |
| 91 |  Serbia |
14,897 animals | 2024 | |
| 92 |  Moldova |
14,849 animals | 2024 | |
| 93 |  Armenia |
14,100 animals | 2024 | |
| 94 |  Japan |
13,230 animals | 2024 | |
| 95 |  Lithuania |
12,827 animals | 2024 | |
| 96 |  Tonga |
11,900 animals | 2024 | |
| 97 |  Bhutan |
10,499 animals | 2024 | |
| 98 |  Latvia |
9,100 animals | 2024 | |
| 99 |  Afghanistan |
8,262 animals | 2024 | |
| 100 |  North Macedonia |
7,815 animals | 2024 | |
| 101 |  Syria |
6,600 animals | 2024 | |
| 102 |  Belize |
6,122 animals | 2024 | |
| 103 |  Bosnia & Herzegovina |
5,380 animals | 2024 | |
| 104 |  Thailand |
5,316 animals | 2024 | |
| 105 |  Malaysia |
4,437 animals | 2024 | |
| 106 |  Montenegro |
4,253 animals | 2024 | |
| 107 |  Luxembourg |
4,054 animals | 2024 | |
| 108 |  Jamaica |
4,008 animals | 2024 | |
| 109 |  Israel |
4,000 animals | 2024 | |
| 110 |  Guinea |
3,678 animals | 2024 | |
| 111 |  Lebanon |
3,541 animals | 2024 | |
| 112 |  Greece |
3,482 animals | 2023 | |
| 113 |  Ghana |
3,468 animals | 2024 | |
| 114 |  Botswana |
2,572 animals | 2024 | |
| 115 |  Vanuatu |
2,416 animals | 2024 | |
| 116 |  Guinea-Bissau |
2,406 animals | 2024 | |
| 117 |  Guyana |
2,340 animals | 2024 | |
| 118 |  Jordan |
2,205 animals | 2024 | |
| 119 |  Togo |
2,105 animals | 2024 | |
| 120 |  Kenya |
2,036 animals | 2024 | |
| 121 |  Papua New Guinea |
2,033 animals | 2024 | |
| 122 |  Samoa |
1,954 animals | 2024 | |
| 123 |  Eswatini |
1,756 animals | 2024 | |
| 124 |  Yemen |
1,697 animals | 2024 | |
| 125 |  Trinidad & Tobago |
1,407 animals | 2024 | |
| 126 |  Sri Lanka |
1,256 animals | 2024 | |
| 127 |  Barbados |
1,230 animals | 2024 | |
| 128 |  Benin |
1,173 animals | 2024 | |
| 129 |  Kuwait |
1,159 animals | 2024 | |
| 130 |  St. Lucia |
1,113 animals | 2024 | |
| 131 |  Angola |
1,012 animals | 2024 | |
| 132 |  Somalia |
905 animals | 2024 | |
| 133 |  Cape Verde |
597 animals | 2024 | |
| 134 |  Madagascar |
520 animals | 2024 | |
| 135 |  Antigua & Barbuda |
493 animals | 2024 | |
| 136 |  United Arab Emirates |
448 animals | 2024 | |
| 137 |  Suriname |
344 animals | 2024 | |
| 138 |  São Tomé & Príncipe |
314 animals | 2024 | |
| 139 |  Malawi |
235 animals | 2024 | |
| 140 |  Solomon Islands |
151 animals | 2024 | |
| 141 |  Mauritius |
144 animals | 2024 | |
| 142 |  Republic of the Congo |
75 animals | 2024 | |
| 143 |  Grenada |
30 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 143 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
How it has changed (1961–2024)
See how horses number of animals has changed across the world’s countries from 1961 to 2024.
- The country ranked first changed over time: China in 1961–2003, United States in 2004–2022, Mexico in 2023–2024. 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’s horses number of animals went from 638K animals in 1961 to 13.2K animals in 2024 (down 625K animals).
- Japan ranked #15 of 126 countries in 1961 and #89 of 137 in 2024. The number of countries differs between the years, so the ranks are not directly comparable.
| Country | 1961 | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2020 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 4.05M animals | 5.74M animals | 6.21M animals | 6.17M animals | 6.25M animals | 6.36M animals | 6.41M animals | 6.42M animals |
| United States | 2.37M animals | 4.14M animals | 5.01M animals | 5.07M animals | 5.24M animals | 8.89M animals | 6.73M animals | 6.22M animals |
| Brazil | 4.41M animals | 4.85M animals | 5.06M animals | 6.12M animals | 5.83M animals | 5.51M animals | 5.96M animals | 5.7M animals |
| Mongolia | 2.5M animals | 2.25M animals | 2.08M animals | 2.2M animals | 3.16M animals | 1.92M animals | 4.09M animals | 4.68M animals |
| Kazakhstan | – | – | – | – | 970K animals | 1.44M animals | 3.14M animals | 4.35M animals |
| Japan | 638K animals | 145K animals | 23K animals | 23.1K animals | 25K animals | 17K animals | 13.7K animals | 13.2K animals |
| Countries with data | 126 | 126 | 126 | 128 | 151 | 153 | 142 | 137 |
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