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Cattle and Buffaloes — Livestock units per agricultural land area by country

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...

Countries reporting
189
Highest
2.01 LSU/ha
Belgium-Luxembourg
Lowest
0.01 LSU/ha
Niue
Median
0.22 LSU/ha
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
13,793

What the numbers show

Cattle and Buffaloes — Livestock units per agricultural land area is currently reported for 189 countries. The highest value is 2.01 LSU/ha in Belgium-Luxembourg; the lowest is 0.01 LSU/ha in Niue.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.22 LSU/ha, and the mean is 0.3381 LSU/ha.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 201.

Over the past decade 82 countries rose and 70 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 133.3%), and the largest decrease in Fiji (down 61.0%).

Cattle and Buffaloes — Livestock units per agricultural land area: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Belgium-Luxembourg 2.01 LSU/ha 1999 up 3.1% rising
2 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 1.87 LSU/ha 2023 down 4.1% rising
3 Republic of Korea 1.67 LSU/ha 2023 up 35.8% rising
4 Belgium 1.49 LSU/ha 2023 down 9.7% falling
5 Bangladesh 1.4 LSU/ha 2023 up 2.9% rising
5 Ireland 1.4 LSU/ha 2023 up 0.7% rising
7 Pakistan 1.39 LSU/ha 2023 up 40.4% volatile
8 Luxembourg 1.24 LSU/ha 2023 down 6.8% falling
9 Nepal 1.05 LSU/ha 2023 down 31.8% rising
10 Malta 1.03 LSU/ha 2023 up 15.7% rising
10 Guadeloupe 1.03 LSU/ha 2006 up 7.3% rising
12 Switzerland 0.92 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged falling
12 Ethiopia 0.92 LSU/ha 2023 up 22.7% rising
14 Costa Rica 0.91 LSU/ha 2023 up 78.4% rising
15 New Zealand 0.88 LSU/ha 2023 up 6.0% rising
16 India 0.86 LSU/ha 2023 up 3.6% rising
17 Norway 0.8 LSU/ha 2023 up 2.6% falling
17 Puerto Rico 0.8 LSU/ha 2023 down 1.2% rising
19 Egypt 0.79 LSU/ha 2023 down 51.2% rising
19 Japan 0.79 LSU/ha 2023 up 5.3% rising
21 Nicaragua 0.76 LSU/ha 2023 up 20.6% rising
22 Brazil 0.71 LSU/ha 2023 up 12.7% rising
23 Dominican Republic 0.69 LSU/ha 2023 down 6.8% rising
24 Israel 0.65 LSU/ha 2023 up 20.4% rising
24 Myanmar 0.65 LSU/ha 2023 down 32.3% rising
26 Austria 0.64 LSU/ha 2023 down 1.5% falling
26 Barbados 0.64 LSU/ha 2023 up 18.5% rising
26 Saint Lucia 0.64 LSU/ha 2023 down 3.0% rising
29 Guatemala 0.63 LSU/ha 2023 up 10.5% rising
30 Bahrain 0.6 LSU/ha 2023 down 30.2% rising
31 Germany 0.59 LSU/ha 2023 down 13.2% falling
32 Uruguay 0.58 LSU/ha 2023 up 3.6% rising
33 Honduras 0.57 LSU/ha 2023 down 1.7% rising
34 France 0.53 LSU/ha 2023 down 11.7% flat
34 Uganda 0.53 LSU/ha 2023 up 17.8% rising
36 Haiti 0.52 LSU/ha 2023 up 20.9% rising
37 Martinique 0.51 LSU/ha 2006 unchanged falling
37 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.51 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged falling
39 Colombia 0.5 LSU/ha 2023 up 38.9% rising
39 Grenada 0.5 LSU/ha 2023 up 13.6% rising
41 Denmark 0.49 LSU/ha 2023 down 10.9% falling
41 Ecuador 0.49 LSU/ha 2023 up 2.1% rising
41 Panama 0.49 LSU/ha 2023 down 9.3% rising
41 Samoa 0.49 LSU/ha 2023 up 2.1% rising
45 Trinidad and Tobago 0.47 LSU/ha 2023 up 4.4% flat
46 Cyprus 0.45 LSU/ha 2023 up 21.6% volatile
46 Slovenia 0.45 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged falling
48 Guinea-Bissau 0.44 LSU/ha 2023 up 2.3% rising
48 Paraguay 0.44 LSU/ha 2023 down 8.3% rising
48 El Salvador 0.44 LSU/ha 2023 down 13.7% falling
51 Central African Republic 0.43 LSU/ha 2023 down 2.3% volatile
51 Italy 0.43 LSU/ha 2023 up 4.9% flat
53 Qatar 0.42 LSU/ha 2023 up 133.3% volatile
54 Sweden 0.41 LSU/ha 2023 down 6.8% falling
54 Tajikistan 0.41 LSU/ha 2023 up 20.6% rising
56 French Guiana 0.4 LSU/ha 2006 up 53.8% volatile
57 Belize 0.39 LSU/ha 2023 down 22.0% rising
57 Czechoslovakia 0.39 LSU/ha 1992 down 13.3% rising
57 Réunion 0.39 LSU/ha 2006 up 50.0% rising
60 Kenya 0.38 LSU/ha 2023 up 18.8% rising
60 Rwanda 0.38 LSU/ha 2023 up 31.0% rising
62 Chad 0.37 LSU/ha 2023 up 68.2% volatile
63 Burkina Faso 0.35 LSU/ha 2023 up 2.9% rising
63 Cambodia 0.35 LSU/ha 2023 down 16.7% falling
63 Portugal 0.35 LSU/ha 2023 down 2.8% rising
66 Dominica 0.34 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
67 Argentina 0.33 LSU/ha 2023 up 13.8% rising
67 Uzbekistan 0.33 LSU/ha 2023 up 37.5% rising
67 Ethiopia PDR 0.33 LSU/ha 1992 up 22.2% rising
70 Azerbaijan 0.32 LSU/ha 2023 down 5.9% rising
70 Cuba 0.32 LSU/ha 2023 down 17.9% falling
70 Finland 0.32 LSU/ha 2023 down 11.1% falling
73 Belarus 0.31 LSU/ha 2023 up 3.3% falling
73 Suriname 0.31 LSU/ha 2023 down 20.5% falling
73 China, Hong Kong SAR 0.31 LSU/ha 2023 up 19.2% volatile
76 Cameroon 0.3 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
77 Vanuatu 0.29 LSU/ha 2023 down 48.2% rising
78 Burundi 0.28 LSU/ha 2023 up 40.0% rising
78 Philippines 0.28 LSU/ha 2023 down 3.4% falling
80 Benin 0.27 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
80 Bhutan 0.27 LSU/ha 2023 down 20.6% flat
82 Mexico 0.26 LSU/ha 2023 up 13.0% rising
82 New Caledonia 0.26 LSU/ha 2023 down 13.3% rising
82 Poland 0.26 LSU/ha 2023 up 8.3% falling
85 Antigua and Barbuda 0.25 LSU/ha 2023 down 24.2% falling
85 Guinea 0.25 LSU/ha 2023 up 38.9% volatile
85 South Sudan 0.25 LSU/ha 2023 up 19.0% rising
88 Sri Lanka 0.24 LSU/ha 2023 down 14.3% falling
89 Czechia 0.23 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged falling
89 Spain 0.23 LSU/ha 2023 up 21.1% rising
89 Fiji 0.23 LSU/ha 2023 down 61.0% falling
89 Indonesia 0.23 LSU/ha 2023 up 27.8% rising
93 Georgia 0.22 LSU/ha 2023 down 26.7% rising
93 Gambia 0.22 LSU/ha 2023 down 35.3% rising
93 Jamaica 0.22 LSU/ha 2023 down 8.3% falling
93 OECD 0.22 LSU/ha 2023 up 4.8% rising
97 Oman 0.21 LSU/ha 2023 up 16.7% rising
97 Eswatini 0.21 LSU/ha 2023 down 19.2% rising
97 Tonga 0.21 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
100 United Arab Emirates 0.2 LSU/ha 2023 up 25.0% rising
100 Canada 0.2 LSU/ha 2023 down 4.8% rising
100 Senegal 0.2 LSU/ha 2023 up 5.3% rising
100 Yugoslav SFR 0.2 LSU/ha 1991 down 13.0% falling
104 Chile 0.19 LSU/ha 2023 up 26.7% rising
104 Comoros 0.19 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged falling
104 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.19 LSU/ha 2023 down 47.2% falling
107 Armenia 0.18 LSU/ha 2023 down 25.0% falling
107 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.18 LSU/ha 2023 up 50.0% rising
107 Iraq 0.18 LSU/ha 2023 down 21.7% rising
107 Malawi 0.18 LSU/ha 2023 up 63.6% rising
107 Niger 0.18 LSU/ha 2023 up 50.0% rising
107 Singapore 0.18 LSU/ha 2023 down 5.3% volatile
107 Zimbabwe 0.18 LSU/ha 2023 down 5.3% falling
114 Croatia 0.17 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
114 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.17 LSU/ha 2023 down 37.0% volatile
114 Peru 0.17 LSU/ha 2023 up 6.2% rising
114 French Polynesia 0.17 LSU/ha 2023 up 21.4% rising
118 Kuwait 0.16 LSU/ha 2023 up 45.5% volatile
118 Mali 0.16 LSU/ha 2023 up 33.3% rising
118 Montenegro 0.16 LSU/ha 2023 down 30.4% rising
118 Seychelles 0.16 LSU/ha 2023 up 60.0% falling
118 Thailand 0.16 LSU/ha 2023 down 15.8% falling
123 Albania 0.15 LSU/ha 2023 down 40.0% rising
123 Estonia 0.15 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged falling
123 Nigeria 0.15 LSU/ha 2023 up 7.1% rising
123 Sudan (former) 0.15 LSU/ha 2011 unchanged rising
127 Eritrea 0.14 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
127 Sudan 0.14 LSU/ha 2023 up 7.7% flat
127 Slovak Republic 0.14 LSU/ha 2023 down 6.7% falling
130 China (People’s Republic of) 0.13 LSU/ha 2023 up 18.2% rising
130 Lithuania 0.13 LSU/ha 2023 down 13.3% falling
130 Serbia 0.13 LSU/ha 2023 down 18.8% falling
130 USSR 0.13 LSU/ha 1991 unchanged rising
130 Serbia and Montenegro 0.13 LSU/ha 2005 down 31.6% falling
130 China, mainland 0.13 LSU/ha 2023 up 18.2% rising
130 China, Taiwan Province of 0.13 LSU/ha 2023 up 8.3% falling
137 Latvia 0.11 LSU/ha 2023 down 15.4% falling
138 Afghanistan 0.1 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
138 Greece 0.1 LSU/ha 2023 up 25.0% falling
138 Guyana 0.1 LSU/ha 2023 down 9.1% falling
138 Hungary 0.1 LSU/ha 2023 up 11.1% falling
138 Kyrgyzstan 0.1 LSU/ha 2023 up 25.0% rising
138 Zambia 0.1 LSU/ha 2023 up 25.0% rising
138 Australia and New Zealand 0.1 LSU/ha 2023 up 11.1% rising
145 Djibouti 0.09 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged volatile
145 Ghana 0.09 LSU/ha 2023 up 50.0% rising
145 Lebanon 0.09 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged falling
145 Lesotho 0.09 LSU/ha 2023 down 25.0% rising
145 Madagascar 0.09 LSU/ha 2023 down 25.0% falling
145 Romania 0.09 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged falling
145 South Africa 0.09 LSU/ha 2023 down 10.0% rising
152 Palestine, State of 0.08 LSU/ha 2023 up 33.3% rising
152 Solomon Islands 0.08 LSU/ha 2023 down 11.1% falling
152 Sierra Leone 0.08 LSU/ha 2023 down 11.1% rising
155 Australia 0.07 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
155 Bulgaria 0.07 LSU/ha 2023 up 16.7% falling
155 Morocco 0.07 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged falling
155 North Macedonia 0.07 LSU/ha 2023 down 36.4% falling
155 Cook Islands 0.07 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged volatile
155 Brunei Darussalam 0.07 LSU/ha 2023 down 56.2% falling
161 Angola 0.06 LSU/ha 2023 up 20.0% rising
161 Malaysia 0.06 LSU/ha 2023 down 14.3% falling
161 Togo 0.06 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
161 Yemen 0.06 LSU/ha 2023 up 20.0% rising
165 Jordan 0.05 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
165 Namibia 0.05 LSU/ha 2023 up 66.7% rising
165 Somalia 0.05 LSU/ha 2023 down 16.7% rising
165 Russian Federation 0.05 LSU/ha 2023 down 16.7% falling
169 Bahamas 0.04 LSU/ha 2023 up 33.3% volatile
169 Iceland 0.04 LSU/ha 2023 up 33.3% rising
169 Papua New Guinea 0.04 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged falling
169 Turkmenistan 0.04 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
169 Tunisia 0.04 LSU/ha 2023 down 20.0% falling
174 Algeria 0.03 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
174 Equatorial Guinea 0.03 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
174 Mongolia 0.03 LSU/ha 2023 up 50.0% rising
174 Mozambique 0.03 LSU/ha 2023 up 50.0% rising
174 Ukraine 0.03 LSU/ha 2023 down 57.1% volatile
179 Botswana 0.02 LSU/ha 2023 down 50.0% falling
179 Congo 0.02 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged volatile
179 Kazakhstan 0.02 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged flat
179 Mauritania 0.02 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged falling
179 Mauritius 0.02 LSU/ha 2023 down 50.0% volatile
179 Sao Tome and Principe 0.02 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged falling
185 Faroe Islands 0.01 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged falling
185 Gabon 0.01 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged volatile
185 Liberia 0.01 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged falling
185 Libya 0.01 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged flat
185 Niue 0.01 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged volatile

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Cattle and Buffaloes — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Unit
LSU/ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
241 places, 13,793 data points, 1961–2023
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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.