Cattle and Buffaloes — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Malaysia
Malaysia: Cattle and Buffaloes — Livestock units per agricultural land area was 0.06 LSU/ha in 2023. ▼ Falling
Cattle and Buffaloes — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Malaysia, 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 Malaysia is 0.06 LSU/ha, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 63 years on record.
That represents a change of down 14.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cattle and buffaloes — livestock units per agricultural land area in Malaysia peaked at 0.15 LSU/ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 0.06 LSU/ha, in 2017.
That places Malaysia 161st out of 190 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Cattle and Buffaloes — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Malaysia, year by year
| Year | LSU/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.15 LSU/ha | — |
| 1962 | 0.15 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 0.14 LSU/ha | -6.7% |
| 1964 | 0.14 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 0.13 LSU/ha | -7.1% |
| 1966 | 0.13 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 0.13 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 0.11 LSU/ha | -15.4% |
| 1969 | 0.11 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 0.11 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 0.11 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 0.11 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 0.1 LSU/ha | -9.1% |
| 1974 | 0.11 LSU/ha | +10.0% |
| 1975 | 0.11 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 0.11 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 0.11 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 0.11 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 0.11 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 0.11 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 0.11 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 0.11 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 0.11 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 0.11 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 0.1 LSU/ha | -9.1% |
| 1986 | 0.1 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 0.1 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 0.09 LSU/ha | -10.0% |
| 1989 | 0.09 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 0.09 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 0.08 LSU/ha | -11.1% |
| 1992 | 0.08 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 0.08 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 0.08 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.08 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 0.08 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 0.08 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.08 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.08 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.08 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 0.08 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.08 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.08 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.09 LSU/ha | +12.5% |
| 2005 | 0.09 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.08 LSU/ha | -11.1% |
| 2007 | 0.09 LSU/ha | +12.5% |
| 2008 | 0.09 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.09 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.09 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.08 LSU/ha | -11.1% |
| 2012 | 0.07 LSU/ha | -12.5% |
| 2013 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.06 LSU/ha | -14.3% |
| 2018 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.1322 LSU/ha | 0.11 LSU/ha | 0.15 LSU/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.109 LSU/ha | 0.1 LSU/ha | 0.11 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.103 LSU/ha | 0.09 LSU/ha | 0.11 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.081 LSU/ha | 0.08 LSU/ha | 0.09 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.085 LSU/ha | 0.08 LSU/ha | 0.09 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.07 LSU/ha | 0.06 LSU/ha | 0.09 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.06 LSU/ha | 0.06 LSU/ha | 0.06 LSU/ha | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cattle and buffaloes — livestock units per agricultural land area in Malaysia?
- Cattle and buffaloes — livestock units per agricultural land area in Malaysia was 0.06 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 Malaysia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.15 LSU/ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest cattle and buffaloes — livestock units per agricultural land area recorded in Malaysia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.06 LSU/ha in 2017.
- How does Malaysia rank for cattle and buffaloes — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Malaysia ranks 161st out of 190 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cattle and buffaloes — livestock units per agricultural land area rising or falling in Malaysia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Malaysia 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.