Ulaanbaatar
67.3 million head of livestock counted nationwide
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Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ According
to the preliminary result of the annual livestock census of 2021, a total of
67.3 million head of livestock, 268.4 thousand or 0.4 percent more than in
2020, have been counted nationwide. Specifically, 4.3 million horses, 5 million
cattle, 453.8 thousand camels, 31.1 million sheep, and 26.5 million goats have been counted this year.
Sheep account for 46.2 percent
of the total number of livestock, goats 39.3 percent, horses 6.4 percent, cattle
7.5 percent, and camels 0.7 percent. Compared to the previous year, the number
of sheep decreased by 1 million or 3.4 percent, cattle by 288.8 thousand or 6.1
percent, and horses by 230.1 thousand or 5.6 percent. There was an increase of
1.3 million or 4.6 percent in the goat population and 19.1 thousand or 4
percent increase in camels.
The largest number of
livestock or 5.9 million head of livestock were counted in Khuvsgul aimag,
followed by Arkhangai aimag with 5.6 million head of livestock, Khentii aimag - 5 million, Tuv aimag – 4.7 million, and Sukhbaatar
aimag – 4.2 million.
Compared to the previous year,
livestock increased by 17.4-440 thousand in Orkhon, Selenge, Zavkhan,
Bayan-Ulgii, Dornogobi, Arkhangai, Bulgan, Khentii, Dornod, Sukhbaatar, Khovd,
Uvs and Khuvsgul aimags, while the numbers dropped by 5.2-712.8 thousand in Ulaanbaatar
city and Darkhan-Uul, Gobisumber, Tuv, Gobi-Altai, Umnugobi, Uvurkhangai,
Dundgobi, and Bayankhongor aimags.
