@timofeyLARGEST RABBIT-POPULATION COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD — 2024 Rabbits are an increasingly important small-livestock resource, providing meat, breeding opportunities, income and relatively efficient animal production for smallholder farmers. Their short reproduction cycle and ability to utilize a range of feeds make rabbit farming relevant to household-level livestock production. TOP 20 COUNTRIES BY RABBIT & HARE STOCKS — 2024 1. 🇨🇳 China — 114.91 million 2. 🇰🇵 North Korea — 32.17 million 3. 🇧🇯 Benin — 15.00 million 4. 🇳🇬 Nigeria — 6.14 million 5. 🇪🇬 Egypt — 5.05 million 6. 🇺🇦 Ukraine — 3.87 million 7. 🇷🇺 Russia — 3.26 million 8. 🇩🇿 Algeria — 1.63 million 9. 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone — 1.58 million 10. 🇲🇽 Mexico — 1.43 million 11. 🇵🇪 Peru — 1.12 million 12. 🇧🇮 Burundi — 1.05 million 13. 🇷🇼 Rwanda — 839,000 14. 🇰🇪 Kenya — 780,000 15. 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan — 696,000 16. 🇨🇴 Colombia — 543,000 17. 🇦🇷 Argentina — 500,000 18. 🇪🇨 Ecuador — 467,000 19. 🇫🇷 France — 361,000 20. 🇬🇦 Gabon — 347,000 WHAT THE DATA SHOW In 2024, the available FAOSTAT observations for rabbits and hares totaled approximately 194.42 million head. China alone accounted for about 114.91 million, equivalent to roughly 59.1% of the calculated total from countries with available comparable data. RABBIT FARMING AND FOOD PRODUCTION Rabbit farming can provide farmers with a relatively fast-producing livestock enterprise. Rabbits can supply meat, breeding stock and income while requiring considerably less space than many larger livestock species. China also dominates rabbit-meat production. In 2024, FAOSTAT-based data recorded approximately 445,100 tonnes of rabbit and hare meat production in China, followed by North Korea and Egypt. DATA NOTE These figures represent animal stocks — the estimated number of live rabbits and hares — rather than annual rabbit-meat production. FAOSTAT data can include official, estimated, imputed or provisional observations. The global total is therefore the sum of available national observations and should not be interpreted as a perfect worldwide census. FAOSTAT 2024 Calculations and presentation: Terra Cultiva Follow for more verified global livestock, agriculture and animal-resource data.

@timofeyLARGEST RABBIT-POPULATION COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD — 2024 Rabbits are an increasingly important small-livestock resource, providing meat, breeding opportunities, income and relatively efficient animal production for smallholder farmers. Their short reproduction cycle and ability to utilize a range of feeds make rabbit farming relevant to household-level livestock production. TOP 20 COUNTRIES BY RABBIT & HARE STOCKS — 2024 1. 🇨🇳 China — 114.91 million 2. 🇰🇵 North Korea — 32.17 million 3. 🇧🇯 Benin — 15.00 million 4. 🇳🇬 Nigeria — 6.14 million 5. 🇪🇬 Egypt — 5.05 million 6. 🇺🇦 Ukraine — 3.87 million 7. 🇷🇺 Russia — 3.26 million 8. 🇩🇿 Algeria — 1.63 million 9. 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone — 1.58 million 10. 🇲🇽 Mexico — 1.43 million 11. 🇵🇪 Peru — 1.12 million 12. 🇧🇮 Burundi — 1.05 million 13. 🇷🇼 Rwanda — 839,000 14. 🇰🇪 Kenya — 780,000 15. 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan — 696,000 16. 🇨🇴 Colombia — 543,000 17. 🇦🇷 Argentina — 500,000 18. 🇪🇨 Ecuador — 467,000 19. 🇫🇷 France — 361,000 20. 🇬🇦 Gabon — 347,000 WHAT THE DATA SHOW In 2024, the available FAOSTAT observations for rabbits and hares totaled approximately 194.42 million head. China alone accounted for about 114.91 million, equivalent to roughly 59.1% of the calculated total from countries with available comparable data. RABBIT FARMING AND FOOD PRODUCTION Rabbit farming can provide farmers with a relatively fast-producing livestock enterprise. Rabbits can supply meat, breeding stock and income while requiring considerably less space than many larger livestock species. China also dominates rabbit-meat production. In 2024, FAOSTAT-based data recorded approximately 445,100 tonnes of rabbit and hare meat production in China, followed by North Korea and Egypt. DATA NOTE These figures represent animal stocks — the estimated number of live rabbits and hares — rather than annual rabbit-meat production. FAOSTAT data can include official, estimated, imputed or provisional observations. The global total is therefore the sum of available national observations and should not be interpreted as a perfect worldwide census. FAOSTAT 2024 Calculations and presentation: Terra Cultiva Follow for more verified global livestock, agriculture and animal-resource data.