Cattle and Buffaloes — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs): Cattle and Buffaloes — Livestock units per agricultural land area was 0.24 LSU/ha in 2023. ▲ Rising
Cattle and Buffaloes — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs), 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 Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) is 0.24 LSU/ha, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
The figure is up 4.3% on the previous year and up 20.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cattle and buffaloes — livestock units per agricultural land area in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) peaked at 0.24 LSU/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.1 LSU/ha, in 1961.
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) ranks 13th of 31 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
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 Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs), year by year
| Year | LSU/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.1 LSU/ha | — |
| 1962 | 0.1 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 0.1 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 0.1 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 0.1 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 0.11 LSU/ha | +10.0% |
| 1967 | 0.11 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 0.11 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 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 | 0.11 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 0.11 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 0.12 LSU/ha | +9.1% |
| 1976 | 0.12 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 0.12 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 0.12 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 0.13 LSU/ha | +8.3% |
| 1980 | 0.12 LSU/ha | -7.7% |
| 1981 | 0.13 LSU/ha | +8.3% |
| 1982 | 0.13 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 0.13 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 0.13 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 0.13 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 0.13 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 0.13 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 0.13 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 0.13 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 0.14 LSU/ha | +7.7% |
| 1991 | 0.14 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 0.14 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 0.14 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 0.14 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.14 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 0.15 LSU/ha | +7.1% |
| 1997 | 0.15 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.15 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.16 LSU/ha | +6.7% |
| 2000 | 0.16 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 0.16 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.16 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.17 LSU/ha | +6.3% |
| 2004 | 0.17 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.17 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.18 LSU/ha | +5.9% |
| 2007 | 0.18 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.19 LSU/ha | +5.6% |
| 2009 | 0.19 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.19 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.2 LSU/ha | +5.3% |
| 2012 | 0.2 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.2 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.21 LSU/ha | +5.0% |
| 2015 | 0.21 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.22 LSU/ha | +4.8% |
| 2017 | 0.22 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.22 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.22 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.23 LSU/ha | +4.5% |
| 2021 | 0.23 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.23 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.24 LSU/ha | +4.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.1044 LSU/ha | 0.1 LSU/ha | 0.11 LSU/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.116 LSU/ha | 0.11 LSU/ha | 0.13 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.129 LSU/ha | 0.12 LSU/ha | 0.13 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.145 LSU/ha | 0.14 LSU/ha | 0.16 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.173 LSU/ha | 0.16 LSU/ha | 0.19 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.209 LSU/ha | 0.19 LSU/ha | 0.22 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2325 LSU/ha | 0.23 LSU/ha | 0.24 LSU/ha | 4 |
Countries ranked near Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
- 10 Guadeloupe 1.03 LSU/ha compare
- 10 Malta 1.03 LSU/ha compare
- 12 Ethiopia 0.92 LSU/ha compare
- 12 Switzerland 0.92 LSU/ha compare
- 14 Costa Rica 0.91 LSU/ha compare
- 15 New Zealand 0.88 LSU/ha compare
- 16 India 0.86 LSU/ha compare
More environment data for Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Temperature change 1.34 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.221 °C (2025)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value US$ 543,041 million USD (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Agricultural Use 10.59 million t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Export quantity 4.43 million t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Import quantity 5.12 million t (2024)
- Agricultural land — Area 1.21 million 1000 ha (2024)
- Agricultural land — Share in Land area 41.05 % (2024)
- Cropland — Area 317,994 1000 ha (2024)
All data for Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is cattle and buffaloes — livestock units per agricultural land area in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- Cattle and buffaloes — livestock units per agricultural land area in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) was 0.24 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 Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.24 LSU/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest cattle and buffaloes — livestock units per agricultural land area recorded in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1 LSU/ha in 1961.
- How does Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) rank for cattle and buffaloes — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) ranks 13th out of 31 groups with data for 2023.
- Is cattle and buffaloes — livestock units per agricultural land area rising or falling in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 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.