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Annex 2: Number of livestock and veterinary personnel in developing countries

Country


Number of livestock (in thousands)

Number of veterinary personnel

Cattle and Horses, Camels buffaloes mules and asses

Sheep and goats

Pigs

Chickens and other poultry

Veterinarians

Animal health auxiliary personnel

Africa

Algeria

1 410

620

135

16 100

5

23 202

547

700

Angola

3 100

6


1 250

485

6 050

72

309

Benin

932

7

1 884

680

24 000

80

263


Botswana

2 350

176


1 730

11

1 300

30

1 625

Burkina Faso

1 850

473

5

8 400

496

21 600

81

425

Burundi

345


1 140

84

3 900

58

418


Cameroon

4 582

64

6 383

1 299

16 400

111

269


Cape Verde

12

7


83

70

250

8

37

Central African Republic

2 495


1 330

397

2 708

15

258


Chad

4 115

440

516

4 620

13

3 750

64

548

Comoros

86

4


106


380

1

20

Congo

70


347

50

500

72

313


Côte d'Ivoire

991

2


3 000

450

16 500

110

1 036

Djibouti

72

8

58

916



4

17

Egypt

4 600

1 971

77

2 970

15

37 730

18 220

12 210

Equatorial Guinea

5


43

5

250

9

7


Ethiopia

28 900

8 070

1 070

42 000

20

57 000

354

1 711

Gabon

10



148

155

2 150

10

35

Gambia

300

59


353

13

400

13

175

Ghana

1 150

12


4 200

550

8 000

130

977

Guinea

1 800

3


966

33

13 000



Guinea-Bissau

340

4


415

290

770

14

63

Kenya

13 457

2

800

13 825

100

24 000

802

2 968

Lesotho

530

148


2 490

73

1 000

22

78

Liberia

42



475

140

4 240

11

47

Libya

240

110

190

6 770


37 000

301

572

Madagascar

10 250



2 000

1 420

35 650

105

996

Malawi

1 100

1


1 220

220

8 500

35

679

Mali

4 880

588

235

11 300

60

22 000

536 647


Mauritania

1 260

167

810

7 500


3 700

14

208

Mauritius

33



102

10

2 029

36

33

Morocco

3 500

1 580

43

23 460

9

37 600

507

1 910

Mozambique

1 370

20


500

165

22 145

99

384

Namibia

2 060

124


9 050

49

510

38

207

Niger

3 600

810

420

11 070

37

17 000

56

954

Nigeria

12 200

950

18

39 200

1 300

200 000

1 809

5 196

Rwanda

630



1 467

100

1 215

41

549

Sao Tome and Principe

4



6

3

123

9

6

Senegal

2 673

418

8

5 086

490

11 000

68

532

Seychelles

2



4

15

315



Sierra Leone

330


510

50

5 750

21

73


Somalia

5 200

50

6 700

34 100

10

3 220

378

1 722

Sudan

22 600

692

2 900

33 000


30 000

958

894

Swaziland

660

16


362

20

800

20

264

Tanzania

14 000

173


11 650

186

33 800

304

2 677

Togo

240

5


2 250

250

5 500

61

104

Tunisia

614

357

185

6 120

4

17 300

450

394

Uganda

3 912

17


4 680

450

17 000

419

2 094

Zaire

1 450


3 940

810

19 500

896

1 585


Zambia

2 770

2


604

200

15 000

96

484

Zimbabwe

6 453

126


3 110

237

9 711

154

810

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