Cattle and Buffaloes — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic: Cattle and Buffaloes — Livestock units per agricultural land area was 0.69 LSU/ha in 2023. ▲ Rising
Cattle and Buffaloes — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Dominican Republic, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in LSU/ha.
Analysis
In 2023, cattle and buffaloes — livestock units per agricultural land area in Dominican Republic stood at 0.69 LSU/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.4% on the previous year and down 6.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cattle and buffaloes — livestock units per agricultural land area in Dominican Republic peaked at 0.78 LSU/ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 0.28 LSU/ha, in 1968.
Dominican Republic ranks 23rd of 190 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Cattle and Buffaloes — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Dominican Republic, year by year
| Year | LSU/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.31 LSU/ha | — |
| 1962 | 0.31 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 0.3 LSU/ha | -3.2% |
| 1964 | 0.3 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 0.29 LSU/ha | -3.3% |
| 1966 | 0.29 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 0.29 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 0.28 LSU/ha | -3.4% |
| 1969 | 0.28 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 0.28 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 0.34 LSU/ha | +21.4% |
| 1972 | 0.36 LSU/ha | +5.9% |
| 1973 | 0.37 LSU/ha | +2.8% |
| 1974 | 0.45 LSU/ha | +21.6% |
| 1975 | 0.46 LSU/ha | +2.2% |
| 1976 | 0.47 LSU/ha | +2.2% |
| 1977 | 0.45 LSU/ha | -4.3% |
| 1978 | 0.43 LSU/ha | -4.4% |
| 1979 | 0.45 LSU/ha | +4.7% |
| 1980 | 0.46 LSU/ha | +2.2% |
| 1981 | 0.41 LSU/ha | -10.9% |
| 1982 | 0.45 LSU/ha | +9.8% |
| 1983 | 0.49 LSU/ha | +8.9% |
| 1984 | 0.46 LSU/ha | -6.1% |
| 1985 | 0.46 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 0.47 LSU/ha | +2.2% |
| 1987 | 0.48 LSU/ha | +2.1% |
| 1988 | 0.48 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 0.51 LSU/ha | +6.3% |
| 1990 | 0.51 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 0.54 LSU/ha | +5.9% |
| 1992 | 0.54 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 0.55 LSU/ha | +1.9% |
| 1994 | 0.55 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.54 LSU/ha | -1.8% |
| 1996 | 0.57 LSU/ha | +5.6% |
| 1997 | 0.58 LSU/ha | +1.8% |
| 1998 | 0.6 LSU/ha | +3.4% |
| 1999 | 0.51 LSU/ha | -15.0% |
| 2000 | 0.48 LSU/ha | -5.9% |
| 2001 | 0.5 LSU/ha | +4.2% |
| 2002 | 0.52 LSU/ha | +4.0% |
| 2003 | 0.56 LSU/ha | +7.7% |
| 2004 | 0.65 LSU/ha | +16.1% |
| 2005 | 0.57 LSU/ha | -12.3% |
| 2006 | 0.58 LSU/ha | +1.8% |
| 2007 | 0.69 LSU/ha | +19.0% |
| 2008 | 0.72 LSU/ha | +4.3% |
| 2009 | 0.72 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.76 LSU/ha | +5.6% |
| 2011 | 0.76 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.78 LSU/ha | +2.6% |
| 2013 | 0.74 LSU/ha | -5.1% |
| 2014 | 0.74 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.74 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.72 LSU/ha | -2.7% |
| 2017 | 0.71 LSU/ha | -1.4% |
| 2018 | 0.7 LSU/ha | -1.4% |
| 2019 | 0.7 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.72 LSU/ha | +2.9% |
| 2021 | 0.73 LSU/ha | +1.4% |
| 2022 | 0.7 LSU/ha | -4.1% |
| 2023 | 0.69 LSU/ha | -1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.2944 LSU/ha | 0.28 LSU/ha | 0.31 LSU/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.406 LSU/ha | 0.28 LSU/ha | 0.47 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.467 LSU/ha | 0.41 LSU/ha | 0.51 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.549 LSU/ha | 0.51 LSU/ha | 0.6 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.599 LSU/ha | 0.48 LSU/ha | 0.72 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.735 LSU/ha | 0.7 LSU/ha | 0.78 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.71 LSU/ha | 0.69 LSU/ha | 0.73 LSU/ha | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cattle and buffaloes — livestock units per agricultural land area in Dominican Republic?
- Cattle and buffaloes — livestock units per agricultural land area in Dominican Republic was 0.69 LSU/ha in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cattle and buffaloes — livestock units per agricultural land area recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 0.78 LSU/ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest cattle and buffaloes — livestock units per agricultural land area recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.28 LSU/ha in 1968.
- How does Dominican Republic rank for cattle and buffaloes — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Dominican Republic ranks 23rd out of 190 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cattle and buffaloes — livestock units per agricultural land area rising or falling in Dominican Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Dominican Republic data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cattle and Buffaloes — Livestock units per agricultural land area. 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.