ULAN BATOR, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) -- The number of livestock in Mongolia reached 58.1 million at the end of 2025, up by 0.8 percent from the previous year, the country's National Statistics Office (NSO) said Sunday.
The preliminary results of the nationwide census showed that sheep accounted for 41.1 percent of all livestock, goats for 39.9 percent, cattle for 9.4 percent, horses for 8.8 percent, and camels for 0.9 percent, according to the NSO.
Among the Asian country's 21 provinces, the northernmost province Khuvsgul has the largest number of livestock with 5.3 million, followed by the central provinces Uvurkhangai and Arkhangai with 5.1 million and 4.4 million, respectively.
Animal husbandry is one of the main pillars of the Mongolian economy, and almost 40 percent of the country's nomadic population depends on it.
However, due to the harsh and long winter, most of Mongolia's nomadic herders lose livestock every year.
According to NSO, Mongolia had 57.6 million head of livestock at the end of 2024. ■