The National Statistics Office of Mongolia organized a nationwide livestock census on December 7, 2025, and has presented its preliminary results.
According to the preliminary findings, Mongolia recorded 58.1 million head of livestock at the end of 2025, an increase of 445,100 head, or 0.8 percent, compared with the previous year.
By species, horses increased to 5.1 million, up 9.5 percent, leading overall growth. Cattle rose to 5.4 million (+7.2 percent), camels to 501,300 (+4.3 percent), and goats to 23.2 million (+1.1 percent). In contrast, sheep declined by 2.6 percent to 23.9 million head. Sheep account for 41.1 percent of the total herd, followed by goats (39.9 percent), cattle (9.4 percent), horses (8.8 percent), and camels (0.9 percent).
By aimag, Khuvsgul ranked first with 5.3 million head, followed by Uvurkhangai (5.1 million), Arkhangai (4.4 million), Bayankhongor (4.2 million), and Tuv (4.1 million). Livestock numbers increased by 10,300 to 325,000 head in Umnugobi, Sukhbaatar, Bayankhongor, Arkhangai, Khentii, Dornogobi, Dundgobi, Khuvsgul, Dornod, Gobisumber, Zavkhan aimags, and the Capital city. Declines of 6,300 to 354,500 head were recorded in Selenge, Uvs, Khovd, Gobi-Altai, Bayan-Ulgii, Darkhan-Uul, Tuv, Orkhon, Bulgan, and Uvurkhangai aimags. Nationwide, Umnudelger soum of Khentii aimag recorded the highest livestock number, with 532,100 head.
In addition, 313,000 herders were registered nationwide, of whom 58 percent (182,800) are men and 130,200 are women. Herders aged 35 and under account for 22 percent of the total. While a proportion of herders carry loans, another proportion pays social insurance contributions.
The number of households owning livestock reached 247,900, a decrease of 1,600 households from the previous year.

Published Date:2025-12-30