Horses number of animals over time (1961–2024)

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

The country ranked first changed over time: China in 1961–2003, 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.

Japan and the leading countries

Key years for Japan and the leading countries in 2024
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

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	Horses 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
United States	2.37M animals	6.22M animals	up 3.85M animals	#7 → #2
Mexico	4.05M animals	6.42M animals	up 2.37M animals	#4 → #1
Mongolia	2.5M animals	4.68M animals	up 2.18M animals	#6 → #4
Chad	150K animals	1.55M animals	up 1.4M animals	#52 → #9
Brazil	4.41M animals	5.7M animals	up 1.29M animals	#2 → #3

Biggest decreases
Country	1961	2024	Change	Rank
China	6.59M animals	3.52M animals	down 3.06M animals	#1 → #6
Poland	2.73M animals	158K animals	down 2.57M animals	#5 → #39
Argentina	4.18M animals	2.59M animals	down 1.6M animals	#3 → #7
France	1.73M animals	290K animals	down 1.44M animals	#8 → #30
Türkiye	1.31M animals	70.4K animals	down 1.24M animals	#10 → #55

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
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
China	6.59M animals	9.2M animals	11.1M animals	10.3M animals	8.91M animals	5.3M animals	3.67M animals	3.52M animals
Argentina	4.18M animals	3.62M animals	3M animals	3.4M animals	3.6M animals	3.6M animals	2.59M animals	2.59M animals
Ethiopia	–	–	–	–	1.14M animals	2.03M animals	2.15M animals	2.29M animals
Chad	150K animals	150K animals	166K animals	195K animals	202K animals	420K animals	1.32M animals	1.55M animals
Russia	–	–	–	–	1.68M animals	1.37M animals	1.31M animals	1.32M animals
Colombia	891K animals	1.12M animals	1.7M animals	1.98M animals	2.55M animals	2.13M animals	1.68M animals	964K animals
Sudan	–	–	–	–	–	–	793K animals	796K animals
United Kingdom	155K animals	145K animals	145K animals	169K animals	300K animals	497K animals	705K animals	761K animals
Peru	580K animals	667K animals	650K animals	660K animals	690K animals	735K animals	745K animals	751K animals
Mali	82K animals	170K animals	142K animals	77K animals	165K animals	478K animals	596K animals	645K animals
Senegal	94K animals	200K animals	200K animals	440K animals	471K animals	523K animals	579K animals	599K animals
Cuba	400K animals	725K animals	813K animals	629K animals	415K animals	614K animals	915K animals	570K animals
Kyrgyzstan	–	–	–	–	350K animals	378K animals	540K animals	554K animals
Venezuela	426K animals	423K animals	478K animals	495K animals	500K animals	515K animals	524K animals	524K animals
Bolivia	191K animals	290K animals	330K animals	320K animals	360K animals	478K animals	501K animals	516K animals
Haiti	268K animals	335K animals	410K animals	435K animals	500K animals	500K animals	503K animals	505K animals
Sierra Leone	–	–	–	250K animals	380K animals	422K animals	437K animals	445K animals
Uruguay	498K animals	421K animals	491K animals	465K animals	501K animals	399K animals	426K animals	410K animals
Canada	555K animals	370K animals	370K animals	415K animals	385K animals	400K animals	401K animals	400K animals
Pakistan	350K animals	385K animals	494K animals	368K animals	323K animals	352K animals	373K animals	382K animals
Dominican Republic	230K animals	180K animals	204K animals	315K animals	330K animals	350K animals	364K animals	368K animals
Indonesia	657K animals	692K animals	616K animals	683K animals	412K animals	419K animals	384K animals	351K animals
South Africa	465K animals	252K animals	225K animals	230K animals	270K animals	300K animals	335K animals	340K animals
Chile	525K animals	478K animals	450K animals	345K animals	430K animals	308K animals	290K animals	296K animals
France	1.73M animals	697K animals	364K animals	319K animals	417K animals	423K animals	291K animals	290K animals
Uzbekistan	–	–	–	–	148K animals	181K animals	254K animals	283K animals
Niger	121K animals	200K animals	320K animals	198K animals	219K animals	234K animals	258K animals	269K animals
Philippines	197K animals	295K animals	250K animals	200K animals	230K animals	240K animals	247K animals	248K animals
Australia	598K animals	456K animals	494K animals	310K animals	220K animals	258K animals	266K animals	228K animals
Paraguay	342K animals	326K animals	310K animals	335K animals	360K animals	282K animals	228K animals	223K animals
Honduras	178K animals	172K animals	165K animals	171K animals	179K animals	181K animals	182K animals	182K animals
India	1.33M animals	1M animals	900K animals	820K animals	788K animals	619K animals	340K animals	175K animals
Morocco	450K animals	390K animals	269K animals	194K animals	152K animals	155K animals	190K animals	158K animals
Poland	2.73M animals	2.59M animals	1.78M animals	941K animals	550K animals	257K animals	185K animals	158K animals
Ecuador	186K animals	240K animals	314K animals	492K animals	376K animals	367K animals	173K animals	153K animals
Ukraine	–	–	–	–	698K animals	443K animals	224K animals	145K animals
Guatemala	166K animals	140K animals	99.6K animals	113K animals	120K animals	127K animals	132K animals	133K animals
Iran	462K animals	300K animals	293K animals	255K animals	150K animals	140K animals	126K animals	128K animals
Myanmar	21.1K animals	65.3K animals	111K animals	121K animals	120K animals	115K animals	117K animals	118K animals
Costa Rica	97K animals	109K animals	113K animals	114K animals	115K animals	124K animals	117K animals	118K animals
Nigeria	282K animals	335K animals	228K animals	208K animals	204K animals	102K animals	103K animals	104K animals
Portugal	51K animals	35.8K animals	29K animals	26K animals	59K animals	97K animals	85K animals	103K animals
Panama	160K animals	144K animals	128K animals	151K animals	161K animals	120K animals	104K animals	102K animals
Netherlands	171K animals	98.9K animals	66.5K animals	70K animals	118K animals	143K animals	90.4K animals	102K animals
El Salvador	74K animals	79K animals	88K animals	94K animals	96K animals	96K animals	98.1K animals	98.3K animals
Ireland	207K animals	124K animals	68.5K animals	53.5K animals	69.9K animals	106K animals	88.3K animals	94.1K animals
Tajikistan	–	–	–	–	72K animals	75.8K animals	83K animals	91.6K animals
Egypt	43.9K animals	35K animals	12K animals	20K animals	45K animals	66K animals	84.4K animals	89.1K animals
Lesotho	89.3K animals	110K animals	101K animals	100K animals	96.8K animals	69.8K animals	43K animals	74K animals
Türkiye	1.31M animals	1.11M animals	807K animals	545K animals	271K animals	155K animals	90K animals	70.4K animals
Mauritania	10K animals	18K animals	13K animals	17.5K animals	41.4K animals	65K animals	65.2K animals	66.4K animals
Tunisia	81K animals	96K animals	50K animals	55.4K animals	57K animals	57.1K animals	57.1K animals	57.2K animals
Algeria	137K animals	143K animals	175K animals	81K animals	43.8K animals	43.7K animals	48.1K animals	50.9K animals
Iceland	30.8K animals	34.5K animals	50.1K animals	71.7K animals	74K animals	77.2K animals	58.5K animals	50K animals
Iraq	192K animals	98K animals	53K animals	60K animals	48K animals	48K animals	49.5K animals	49.6K animals
Azerbaijan	–	–	–	–	60.8K animals	76.5K animals	60.4K animals	49.6K animals
North Korea	17K animals	26K animals	37K animals	44K animals	46K animals	48K animals	48.3K animals	48.4K animals
Switzerland	95.1K animals	52.7K animals	45K animals	45.3K animals	50.3K animals	62.1K animals	47K animals	48K animals
Fiji	16.2K animals	25.5K animals	38K animals	42.5K animals	44K animals	46K animals	47.4K animals	47.7K animals
Libya	27.6K animals	25.6K animals	25K animals	20K animals	45K animals	45K animals	46.9K animals	46.7K animals
Vietnam	48.8K animals	105K animals	116K animals	141K animals	127K animals	93.1K animals	50.9K animals	46.4K animals
Denmark	125K animals	45.4K animals	50K animals	38K animals	39.7K animals	59.7K animals	43K animals	45.4K animals
Georgia	–	–	–	–	35.2K animals	40K animals	41.9K animals	43.5K animals
Namibia	33.5K animals	36K animals	45K animals	52.1K animals	61.9K animals	46.5K animals	42.3K animals	40.7K animals
Saudi Arabia	500 animals	1K animals	2.7K animals	3K animals	3K animals	22.2K animals	31.9K animals	40.5K animals
Hungary	463K animals	231K animals	126K animals	75K animals	70.1K animals	61K animals	36K animals	40K animals
Norway	102K animals	35.2K animals	17.7K animals	18.8K animals	28.5K animals	36.7K animals	34.2K animals	36K animals
Timor-Leste	83K animals	107K animals	78K animals	24.9K animals	42K animals	57.8K animals	37.8K animals	35.2K animals
Laos	20K animals	27K animals	32K animals	44K animals	29K animals	31K animals	32.2K animals	32K animals
Cambodia	3.89K animals	8.6K animals	7.5K animals	17K animals	26K animals	28K animals	30.4K animals	31.3K animals
New Zealand	70K animals	75.6K animals	69.9K animals	94K animals	73K animals	64.1K animals	38.6K animals	31.2K animals
Gambia	1K animals	7.5K animals	12.5K animals	15.6K animals	17K animals	38K animals	23.9K animals	28.6K animals
Zimbabwe	6.85K animals	13K animals	18.5K animals	23.5K animals	26K animals	28K animals	28.1K animals	28.2K animals
Turkmenistan	–	–	–	–	25K animals	24.6K animals	27.3K animals	27.6K animals
South Korea	21.4K animals	12.5K animals	3.58K animals	4.94K animals	10.6K animals	30.4K animals	28.4K animals	27.3K animals
Albania	48.9K animals	43.5K animals	45.8K animals	57.2K animals	63K animals	35K animals	30K animals	24.2K animals
Burkina Faso	22K animals	22K animals	20K animals	22.8K animals	32.4K animals	38.5K animals	19K animals	20.7K animals
Belarus	–	–	–	–	221K animals	126K animals	29.1K animals	18.1K animals
Cameroon	47K animals	45K animals	15.6K animals	14K animals	16.5K animals	17.3K animals	17.1K animals	16.3K animals
Qatar	–	–	2.5K animals	1.1K animals	2.6K animals	6K animals	10.9K animals	15.7K animals
Serbia	–	–	–	–	–	13.7K animals	13.1K animals	14.9K animals
Moldova	–	–	–	–	67.2K animals	54.4K animals	22.6K animals	14.8K animals
Armenia	–	–	–	–	11.5K animals	10.8K animals	11.4K animals	14.1K animals
Japan	638K animals	145K animals	23K animals	23.1K animals	25K animals	17K animals	13.7K animals	13.2K animals
Lithuania	–	–	–	–	74.9K animals	49K animals	12.8K animals	12.8K animals
Tonga	6.86K animals	7.32K animals	11K animals	6K animals	11.4K animals	11.5K animals	11.9K animals	11.9K animals
Bhutan	10K animals	12.7K animals	15K animals	25K animals	27.9K animals	18K animals	14.6K animals	10.5K animals
Latvia	–	–	–	–	19K animals	12.6K animals	8.3K animals	9.1K animals
Afghanistan	277K animals	415K animals	405K animals	362K animals	162K animals	197K animals	164K animals	8.26K animals
North Macedonia	–	–	–	–	57.2K animals	26.7K animals	9.15K animals	7.82K animals
Syria	65.5K animals	78.4K animals	52.8K animals	41K animals	27.1K animals	14.2K animals	10.3K animals	6.6K animals
Belize	2.5K animals	3.6K animals	4.8K animals	5K animals	5K animals	5.6K animals	5.98K animals	6.12K animals
Bosnia & Herzegovina	–	–	–	–	40K animals	19.3K animals	13.7K animals	5.38K animals
Thailand	179K animals	172K animals	30.9K animals	19.8K animals	8.6K animals	5.53K animals	5.66K animals	5.32K animals
Malaysia	4.2K animals	4.69K animals	5K animals	4.5K animals	3.05K animals	3.71K animals	4.07K animals	4.44K animals
Montenegro	–	–	–	–	–	4.32K animals	3.89K animals	4.25K animals
Luxembourg	–	–	–	–	3.15K animals	4.6K animals	4.44K animals	4.05K animals
Jamaica	5.39K animals	4.6K animals	3.9K animals	3.9K animals	4K animals	4K animals	4.01K animals	4.01K animals
Israel	16K animals	5.2K animals	4K animals	4K animals	4K animals	4K animals	4K animals	4K animals
Guinea	1.43K animals	1K animals	1K animals	2K animals	2.75K animals	3.25K animals	3.58K animals	3.68K animals
Lebanon	3.2K animals	3.86K animals	2.23K animals	8.25K animals	3.58K animals	3.58K animals	3.43K animals	3.54K animals
Ghana	3.8K animals	3.8K animals	4K animals	1.37K animals	2.8K animals	2.65K animals	3.3K animals	3.47K animals
Botswana	7.66K animals	13.3K animals	21.7K animals	34.2K animals	33K animals	41.2K animals	12.9K animals	2.57K animals
Vanuatu	1.35K animals	1.2K animals	1.07K animals	3K animals	3.1K animals	6K animals	4.01K animals	2.42K animals
Guinea-Bissau	1K animals	1K animals	950 animals	1.8K animals	1.85K animals	2.2K animals	2.35K animals	2.41K animals
Guyana	2K animals	3.65K animals	2.3K animals	2.4K animals	2.4K animals	2.4K animals	2.37K animals	2.34K animals
Jordan	12.3K animals	6.81K animals	2.2K animals	4K animals	3.3K animals	2.4K animals	2.22K animals	2.21K animals
Togo	636 animals	981 animals	759 animals	1.6K animals	1.6K animals	1.66K animals	1.94K animals	2.11K animals
Kenya	4.1K animals	2K animals	2K animals	2K animals	2K animals	1.9K animals	2.08K animals	2.04K animals
Papua New Guinea	1.65K animals	975 animals	1.14K animals	1.45K animals	2K animals	2K animals	2.03K animals	2.03K animals
Samoa	2.39K animals	3.2K animals	3K animals	3K animals	1.8K animals	1.9K animals	1.93K animals	1.95K animals
Eswatini	2.44K animals	2.27K animals	1.78K animals	1.21K animals	1.4K animals	1.6K animals	1.71K animals	1.76K animals
Yemen	3K animals	3K animals	3K animals	3K animals	3K animals	1.76K animals	1.76K animals	1.7K animals
Trinidad & Tobago	1K animals	1K animals	1K animals	1K animals	1K animals	1.4K animals	1.41K animals	1.41K animals
Sri Lanka	3K animals	1.8K animals	1.5K animals	1.5K animals	1.5K animals	1.5K animals	1.31K animals	1.26K animals
Barbados	1K animals	1K animals	1K animals	1K animals	1K animals	1.25K animals	1.25K animals	1.23K animals
Benin	3.11K animals	3.5K animals	5.5K animals	1.05K animals	913 animals	1.1K animals	1.14K animals	1.17K animals
Kuwait	–	–	–	2.9K animals	1.18K animals	1.15K animals	1.16K animals	1.16K animals
St. Lucia	1K animals	1K animals	1K animals	1K animals	1K animals	1.1K animals	1.11K animals	1.11K animals
Angola	1K animals	1K animals	1.15K animals	850 animals	1K animals	1K animals	1.02K animals	1.01K animals
Somalia	700 animals	550 animals	700 animals	920 animals	800 animals	850 animals	898 animals	905 animals
Cape Verde	1.22K animals	1.99K animals	1.35K animals	500 animals	490 animals	525 animals	576 animals	597 animals
Madagascar	1.92K animals	1.71K animals	1.4K animals	420 animals	480 animals	485 animals	516 animals	520 animals
Antigua & Barbuda	700 animals	620 animals	560 animals	500 animals	460 animals	500 animals	490 animals	493 animals
United Arab Emirates	200 animals	200 animals	200 animals	280 animals	350 animals	420 animals	440 animals	448 animals
Suriname	495 animals	200 animals	88 animals	325 animals	360 animals	162 animals	311 animals	344 animals
São Tomé & Príncipe	422 animals	227 animals	190 animals	220 animals	240 animals	280 animals	307 animals	314 animals
Malawi	30 animals	39 animals	54 animals	60 animals	45 animals	61 animals	844 animals	235 animals
Solomon Islands	100 animals	100 animals	100 animals	100 animals	130 animals	150 animals	150 animals	151 animals
Mauritius	150 animals	150 animals	150 animals	150 animals	150 animals	150 animals	147 animals	144 animals
Republic of the Congo	–	–	80 animals	75 animals	65 animals	70 animals	75 animals	75 animals
Grenada	10 animals	12 animals	25 animals	27 animals	30 animals	30 animals	30 animals	30 animals
Austria	150K animals	52.6K animals	42.8K animals	47.6K animals	81.6K animals	83K animals	–	–
Belgium	–	–	–	–	31K animals	37K animals	–	–
Bulgaria	312K animals	182K animals	120K animals	119K animals	141K animals	69.4K animals	–	–
Bahamas	3.5K animals	3.9K animals	–	–	–	–	–	–
Democratic Republic of the Congo	1K animals	1K animals	–	–	–	–	–	–
Cyprus	2.9K animals	1.3K animals	750 animals	650 animals	–	–	–	–
Czechia	–	–	–	–	23.8K animals	29.9K animals	38.1K animals	–
Germany	1.16M animals	402K animals	446K animals	484K animals	476K animals	462K animals	454K animals	–
Estonia	–	–	–	–	3.9K animals	5.4K animals	–	–
Spain	535K animals	285K animals	248K animals	248K animals	248K animals	250K animals	–	–
Finland	235K animals	89.8K animals	33.4K animals	43.9K animals	57.6K animals	74.3K animals	–	–
Greece	327K animals	255K animals	116K animals	49.3K animals	29.6K animals	29.8K animals	5.6K animals	–
Croatia	–	–	–	–	11K animals	19K animals	–	–
Italy	408K animals	296K animals	273K animals	271K animals	280K animals	373K animals	–	–
Malta	1.91K animals	1.46K animals	850 animals	1K animals	1K animals	1.05K animals	–	–
Nicaragua	164K animals	210K animals	275K animals	250K animals	246K animals	268K animals	269K animals	–
Romania	1M animals	686K animals	566K animals	663K animals	858K animals	764K animals	408K animals	–
Sweden	194K animals	60.7K animals	57K animals	58K animals	88.6K animals	96K animals	–	–
Slovenia	–	–	–	–	14.4K animals	20K animals	–	–
Slovakia	–	–	–	–	9.34K animals	7.2K animals	–	–
Countries with data	126	126	126	128	151	153	142	137

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