Buffalo — Share in total livestock in Africa
Africa: Buffalo — Share in total livestock was 0.27 %LSU in 2023. ▼ Falling
Buffalo — Share in total livestock in Africa, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %LSU.
Analysis
Africa recorded 0.27 %LSU for buffalo — share in total livestock in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 63 years on record.
The figure is down 10.0% on the previous year and down 70.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, buffalo — share in total livestock in Africa peaked at 1.18 %LSU in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.27 %LSU, in 2020.
Africa ranks 12th of 24 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Buffalo — Share in total livestock in Africa, year by year
| Year | %LSU | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.97 %LSU | — |
| 1962 | 0.98 %LSU | +1.0% |
| 1963 | 0.98 %LSU | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 0.97 %LSU | -1.0% |
| 1965 | 0.96 %LSU | -1.0% |
| 1966 | 0.97 %LSU | +1.0% |
| 1967 | 0.95 %LSU | -2.1% |
| 1968 | 1.08 %LSU | +13.7% |
| 1969 | 1.07 %LSU | -0.9% |
| 1970 | 1.08 %LSU | +0.9% |
| 1971 | 1.09 %LSU | +0.9% |
| 1972 | 1.1 %LSU | +0.9% |
| 1973 | 1.12 %LSU | +1.8% |
| 1974 | 1.13 %LSU | +0.9% |
| 1975 | 1.12 %LSU | -0.9% |
| 1976 | 1.12 %LSU | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 1.11 %LSU | -0.9% |
| 1978 | 1.12 %LSU | +0.9% |
| 1979 | 1.08 %LSU | -3.6% |
| 1980 | 1.08 %LSU | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 1.08 %LSU | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 1.07 %LSU | -0.9% |
| 1983 | 1.02 %LSU | -4.7% |
| 1984 | 1.08 %LSU | +5.9% |
| 1985 | 1.07 %LSU | -0.9% |
| 1986 | 1.06 %LSU | -0.9% |
| 1987 | 1.05 %LSU | -0.9% |
| 1988 | 1.03 %LSU | -1.9% |
| 1989 | 1.04 %LSU | +1.0% |
| 1990 | 1.15 %LSU | +10.6% |
| 1991 | 1 %LSU | -13.0% |
| 1992 | 0.98 %LSU | -2.0% |
| 1993 | 1.02 %LSU | +4.1% |
| 1994 | 1.14 %LSU | +11.8% |
| 1995 | 1.15 %LSU | +0.9% |
| 1996 | 1.08 %LSU | -6.1% |
| 1997 | 1.12 %LSU | +3.7% |
| 1998 | 1.1 %LSU | -1.8% |
| 1999 | 1.12 %LSU | +1.8% |
| 2000 | 1.18 %LSU | +5.4% |
| 2001 | 1.15 %LSU | -2.5% |
| 2002 | 1.18 %LSU | +2.6% |
| 2003 | 1.17 %LSU | -0.8% |
| 2004 | 1.17 %LSU | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 1.15 %LSU | -1.7% |
| 2006 | 1.14 %LSU | -0.9% |
| 2007 | 1.13 %LSU | -0.9% |
| 2008 | 1.08 %LSU | -4.4% |
| 2009 | 1.01 %LSU | -6.5% |
| 2010 | 0.98 %LSU | -3.0% |
| 2011 | 1 %LSU | +2.0% |
| 2012 | 1 %LSU | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.92 %LSU | -8.0% |
| 2014 | 0.91 %LSU | -1.1% |
| 2015 | 0.83 %LSU | -8.8% |
| 2016 | 0.75 %LSU | -9.6% |
| 2017 | 0.74 %LSU | -1.3% |
| 2018 | 0.72 %LSU | -2.7% |
| 2019 | 0.29 %LSU | -59.7% |
| 2020 | 0.27 %LSU | -6.9% |
| 2021 | 0.28 %LSU | +3.7% |
| 2022 | 0.3 %LSU | +7.1% |
| 2023 | 0.27 %LSU | -10.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Buffalo — Share in total livestock in Africa changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | -59.7% | 0.72 %LSU | 0.29 %LSU |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.9922 %LSU | 0.95 %LSU | 1.08 %LSU | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.11 %LSU | 1.08 %LSU | 1.13 %LSU | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.06 %LSU | 1.02 %LSU | 1.08 %LSU | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.09 %LSU | 0.98 %LSU | 1.15 %LSU | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.14 %LSU | 1.01 %LSU | 1.18 %LSU | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.814 %LSU | 0.29 %LSU | 1 %LSU | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.28 %LSU | 0.27 %LSU | 0.3 %LSU | 4 |
Countries ranked near Africa
- 9 Micronesia (Federated States of) 0.48 %LSU compare
- 9 Myanmar 11.98 %LSU compare
- 10 China, mainland 8.28 %LSU compare
- 10 Micronesia 0.32 %LSU compare
- 11 China 8.2 %LSU compare
- 11 Syrian Arab Republic 0.16 %LSU compare
- 12 Thailand 7.32 %LSU compare
- 13 Iraq 4.27 %LSU compare
- 14 Bangladesh 3.9 %LSU compare
- 15 Italy 3.34 %LSU compare
More environment data for Africa
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -7.12 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -7.93 Percentage change (2025)
- Temperature change 1.32 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.213 °C (2025)
- Wood charcoal — Production 38.75 million t (2024)
- Primary wood and paper products (export/import) — Export value 5.54 million 1000 USD (2024)
- Primary wood and paper products (export/import) — Import value 11.21 million 1000 USD (2024)
- Sawlogs and veneer logs — Production 39.12 million m3 (2024)
- Sawlogs and veneer logs, coniferous — Production 9.31 million m3 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is buffalo — share in total livestock in Africa?
- Buffalo — share in total livestock in Africa was 0.27 %LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest buffalo — share in total livestock recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1.18 %LSU in 2000.
- What is the lowest buffalo — share in total livestock recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.27 %LSU in 2020.
- How does Africa rank for buffalo — share in total livestock?
- Africa ranks 12th out of 24 groups with data for 2023.
- Is buffalo — share in total livestock rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 70.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Buffalo — Share in total livestock. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Livestock Patterns domain of FAOSTAT contains data on livestock numbers, shares of major livestock species and densities of livestock units in the agricultural land area. Values are calculated using Livestock Units (LSU), which facilitate aggregating information for different livestock types. Data are available by country, with global coverage, for the period 1961 to the most recent year available with annual updates. This methodology applies the LSU coefficients reported in the "Guidelines for the preparation of livestock sector reviews" (FAO, 2011). From this publication, LSU coefficients are computed by livestock type and by country. The reference unit used for the calculation of livestock units (=1 LSU) is the grazing equivalent of one adult dairy cow producing 3000 kg of milk annually, fed without additional concentrated foodstuffs. FAOSTAT agri-environmental indicators on livestock patterns closely follow the structure of the indicators in EUROSTAT.