Cattle and Buffaloes — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Japan
Japan: Cattle and Buffaloes — Livestock units per agricultural land area was 0.79 LSU/ha in 2023. ▲ Rising
Cattle and Buffaloes — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Japan, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in LSU/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cattle and buffaloes — livestock units per agricultural land area in Japan is 0.79 LSU/ha, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.6% on the previous year and up 5.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cattle and buffaloes — livestock units per agricultural land area in Japan peaked at 0.8 LSU/ha in 1993 and was at its lowest, 0.38 LSU/ha, in 1966.
Japan ranks 19th of 190 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
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 Japan, year by year
| Year | LSU/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.41 LSU/ha | — |
| 1962 | 0.42 LSU/ha | +2.4% |
| 1963 | 0.45 LSU/ha | +7.1% |
| 1964 | 0.44 LSU/ha | -2.2% |
| 1965 | 0.41 LSU/ha | -6.8% |
| 1966 | 0.38 LSU/ha | -7.3% |
| 1967 | 0.39 LSU/ha | +2.6% |
| 1968 | 0.42 LSU/ha | +7.7% |
| 1969 | 0.47 LSU/ha | +11.9% |
| 1970 | 0.49 LSU/ha | +4.3% |
| 1971 | 0.5 LSU/ha | +2.0% |
| 1972 | 0.5 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 0.5 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 0.52 LSU/ha | +4.0% |
| 1975 | 0.52 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 0.53 LSU/ha | +1.9% |
| 1977 | 0.56 LSU/ha | +5.7% |
| 1978 | 0.58 LSU/ha | +3.6% |
| 1979 | 0.6 LSU/ha | +3.4% |
| 1980 | 0.62 LSU/ha | +3.3% |
| 1981 | 0.64 LSU/ha | +3.2% |
| 1982 | 0.66 LSU/ha | +3.1% |
| 1983 | 0.68 LSU/ha | +3.0% |
| 1984 | 0.7 LSU/ha | +2.9% |
| 1985 | 0.7 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 0.71 LSU/ha | +1.4% |
| 1987 | 0.71 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 0.71 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 0.72 LSU/ha | +1.4% |
| 1990 | 0.73 LSU/ha | +1.4% |
| 1991 | 0.76 LSU/ha | +4.1% |
| 1992 | 0.78 LSU/ha | +2.6% |
| 1993 | 0.8 LSU/ha | +2.6% |
| 1994 | 0.8 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.8 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 0.79 LSU/ha | -1.3% |
| 1997 | 0.79 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.79 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.79 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.79 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 0.78 LSU/ha | -1.3% |
| 2002 | 0.79 LSU/ha | +1.3% |
| 2003 | 0.79 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.79 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.78 LSU/ha | -1.3% |
| 2006 | 0.78 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.79 LSU/ha | +1.3% |
| 2008 | 0.8 LSU/ha | +1.3% |
| 2009 | 0.8 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.8 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.77 LSU/ha | -3.8% |
| 2012 | 0.77 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.75 LSU/ha | -2.6% |
| 2014 | 0.73 LSU/ha | -2.7% |
| 2015 | 0.72 LSU/ha | -1.4% |
| 2016 | 0.72 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.72 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.73 LSU/ha | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 0.73 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.75 LSU/ha | +2.7% |
| 2021 | 0.77 LSU/ha | +2.7% |
| 2022 | 0.77 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.79 LSU/ha | +2.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.4211 LSU/ha | 0.38 LSU/ha | 0.47 LSU/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.53 LSU/ha | 0.49 LSU/ha | 0.6 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.685 LSU/ha | 0.62 LSU/ha | 0.72 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.783 LSU/ha | 0.73 LSU/ha | 0.8 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.789 LSU/ha | 0.78 LSU/ha | 0.8 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.744 LSU/ha | 0.72 LSU/ha | 0.8 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.77 LSU/ha | 0.75 LSU/ha | 0.79 LSU/ha | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cattle and buffaloes — livestock units per agricultural land area in Japan?
- Cattle and buffaloes — livestock units per agricultural land area in Japan was 0.79 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 Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8 LSU/ha in 1993.
- What is the lowest cattle and buffaloes — livestock units per agricultural land area recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.38 LSU/ha in 1966.
- How does Japan rank for cattle and buffaloes — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Japan ranks 19th out of 190 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cattle and buffaloes — livestock units per agricultural land area rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Japan 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.