Mongolia’s pet ownership is small but growing, and there should be plenty of future opportunities in the country’s pet food market.
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In Mongolia, a landlocked country in East Asia, livestock far outnumber humans and pets. Only about 250,000 pets live amongst 3.5 million people based on estimates, but the population of sheep, goats, cattle, horses and camels stands at 57.6 million as of 2024.
At first glance, it seems unfeasible to find a pet food market here, where only a quarter of a million pets need to be fed. But while the domestic pet food market is small, Mongolia actually has a nascent pet food sector strategically positioned for exports using meat from its livestock industry.
