Cattle and Buffaloes — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Eastern Asia
Eastern Asia: Cattle and Buffaloes — Livestock units per agricultural land area was 0.13 LSU/ha in 2023. ▲ Rising
Cattle and Buffaloes — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Eastern Asia, 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 Eastern Asia stood at 0.13 LSU/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 8.3% on the previous year and up 30.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cattle and buffaloes — livestock units per agricultural land area in Eastern Asia peaked at 0.15 LSU/ha in 1996 and was at its lowest, 0.08 LSU/ha, in 1962.
Eastern Asia ranks 24th of 31 groups on this measure, in the bottom 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 Eastern Asia, year by year
| Year | LSU/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.09 LSU/ha | — |
| 1962 | 0.08 LSU/ha | -11.1% |
| 1963 | 0.08 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 0.09 LSU/ha | +12.5% |
| 1965 | 0.09 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 0.1 LSU/ha | +11.1% |
| 1967 | 0.1 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 0.1 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 0.1 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 0.1 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 0.1 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 0.1 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 0.1 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 0.1 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 0.1 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 0.1 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 0.1 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 0.1 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 0.1 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 0.1 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 0.1 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 0.1 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 0.1 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 0.1 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 0.1 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 0.11 LSU/ha | +10.0% |
| 1987 | 0.11 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 0.11 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 0.11 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 0.11 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 0.12 LSU/ha | +9.1% |
| 1992 | 0.12 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 0.12 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 0.13 LSU/ha | +8.3% |
| 1995 | 0.14 LSU/ha | +7.7% |
| 1996 | 0.15 LSU/ha | +7.1% |
| 1997 | 0.12 LSU/ha | -20.0% |
| 1998 | 0.13 LSU/ha | +8.3% |
| 1999 | 0.14 LSU/ha | +7.7% |
| 2000 | 0.14 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 0.13 LSU/ha | -7.1% |
| 2002 | 0.13 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.13 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.13 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.13 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.12 LSU/ha | -7.7% |
| 2007 | 0.12 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.12 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.11 LSU/ha | -8.3% |
| 2010 | 0.11 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.11 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.11 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.1 LSU/ha | -9.1% |
| 2014 | 0.11 LSU/ha | +10.0% |
| 2015 | 0.11 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.11 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.1 LSU/ha | -9.1% |
| 2018 | 0.11 LSU/ha | +10.0% |
| 2019 | 0.11 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.11 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.12 LSU/ha | +9.1% |
| 2022 | 0.12 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.13 LSU/ha | +8.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0922 LSU/ha | 0.08 LSU/ha | 0.1 LSU/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.1 LSU/ha | 0.1 LSU/ha | 0.1 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.104 LSU/ha | 0.1 LSU/ha | 0.11 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.128 LSU/ha | 0.11 LSU/ha | 0.15 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.126 LSU/ha | 0.11 LSU/ha | 0.14 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.108 LSU/ha | 0.1 LSU/ha | 0.11 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.12 LSU/ha | 0.11 LSU/ha | 0.13 LSU/ha | 4 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Asia
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- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -2.3 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -2 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.309 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.98 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 98.06 million t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 137.56 million t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Export quantity 6.03 million t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Agricultural Use 25.26 million t (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Agricultural Use 9.16 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cattle and buffaloes — livestock units per agricultural land area in Eastern Asia?
- Cattle and buffaloes — livestock units per agricultural land area in Eastern Asia was 0.13 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 Eastern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.15 LSU/ha in 1996.
- What is the lowest cattle and buffaloes — livestock units per agricultural land area recorded in Eastern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.08 LSU/ha in 1962.
- How does Eastern Asia rank for cattle and buffaloes — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Eastern Asia ranks 24th out of 31 groups with data for 2023.
- Is cattle and buffaloes — livestock units per agricultural land area rising or falling in Eastern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 30.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eastern Asia 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.