The results of the livestock census that was carried out between from December 7th to 17th have been published. According to the results, the total number of livestock reached 66.2 million heads of livestock at the end of 2017, which is an increase of approximately 7.8% from 2016.

The number of horses increased by 303,900 (8.4%), cattle went up by 307,300 (7.5%), camels by 32,700 (8.2%), sheep by 2.2 million (8.1%) and goats by 1.7 million (6.9%).

This year, 11,500 people have participated in counting livestock, which was carried out across 21 provinces. Mongolia has been counting its livestock since 1918.