Cattle and Buffaloes — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Nicaragua
Nicaragua: Cattle and Buffaloes — Livestock units per agricultural land area was 0.76 LSU/ha in 2023. ▲ Rising
Cattle and Buffaloes — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Nicaragua, 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 Nicaragua stood at 0.76 LSU/ha. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.3% on the previous year and up 20.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cattle and buffaloes — livestock units per agricultural land area in Nicaragua peaked at 0.76 LSU/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.31 LSU/ha, in 1961.
That places Nicaragua 21st out of 190 countries with data for 2023, putting it 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 Nicaragua, year by year
| Year | LSU/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.31 LSU/ha | — |
| 1962 | 0.33 LSU/ha | +6.5% |
| 1963 | 0.34 LSU/ha | +3.0% |
| 1964 | 0.35 LSU/ha | +2.9% |
| 1965 | 0.36 LSU/ha | +2.9% |
| 1966 | 0.38 LSU/ha | +5.6% |
| 1967 | 0.39 LSU/ha | +2.6% |
| 1968 | 0.42 LSU/ha | +7.7% |
| 1969 | 0.45 LSU/ha | +7.1% |
| 1970 | 0.47 LSU/ha | +4.4% |
| 1971 | 0.43 LSU/ha | -8.5% |
| 1972 | 0.43 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 0.44 LSU/ha | +2.3% |
| 1974 | 0.47 LSU/ha | +6.8% |
| 1975 | 0.49 LSU/ha | +4.3% |
| 1976 | 0.51 LSU/ha | +4.1% |
| 1977 | 0.52 LSU/ha | +2.0% |
| 1978 | 0.52 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 0.47 LSU/ha | -9.6% |
| 1980 | 0.42 LSU/ha | -10.6% |
| 1981 | 0.43 LSU/ha | +2.4% |
| 1982 | 0.44 LSU/ha | +2.3% |
| 1983 | 0.39 LSU/ha | -11.4% |
| 1984 | 0.42 LSU/ha | +7.7% |
| 1985 | 0.43 LSU/ha | +2.4% |
| 1986 | 0.38 LSU/ha | -11.6% |
| 1987 | 0.34 LSU/ha | -10.5% |
| 1988 | 0.38 LSU/ha | +11.8% |
| 1989 | 0.49 LSU/ha | +28.9% |
| 1990 | 0.56 LSU/ha | +14.3% |
| 1991 | 0.43 LSU/ha | -23.2% |
| 1992 | 0.48 LSU/ha | +11.6% |
| 1993 | 0.53 LSU/ha | +10.4% |
| 1994 | 0.53 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.42 LSU/ha | -20.8% |
| 1996 | 0.39 LSU/ha | -7.1% |
| 1997 | 0.41 LSU/ha | +5.1% |
| 1998 | 0.39 LSU/ha | -4.9% |
| 1999 | 0.44 LSU/ha | +12.8% |
| 2000 | 0.45 LSU/ha | +2.3% |
| 2001 | 0.45 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.45 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.47 LSU/ha | +4.4% |
| 2004 | 0.46 LSU/ha | -2.1% |
| 2005 | 0.47 LSU/ha | +2.2% |
| 2006 | 0.48 LSU/ha | +2.1% |
| 2007 | 0.49 LSU/ha | +2.1% |
| 2008 | 0.49 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.5 LSU/ha | +2.0% |
| 2010 | 0.51 LSU/ha | +2.0% |
| 2011 | 0.57 LSU/ha | +11.8% |
| 2012 | 0.6 LSU/ha | +5.3% |
| 2013 | 0.63 LSU/ha | +5.0% |
| 2014 | 0.66 LSU/ha | +4.8% |
| 2015 | 0.7 LSU/ha | +6.1% |
| 2016 | 0.7 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.69 LSU/ha | -1.4% |
| 2018 | 0.7 LSU/ha | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 0.72 LSU/ha | +2.9% |
| 2020 | 0.72 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.74 LSU/ha | +2.8% |
| 2022 | 0.75 LSU/ha | +1.4% |
| 2023 | 0.76 LSU/ha | +1.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.37 LSU/ha | 0.31 LSU/ha | 0.45 LSU/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.475 LSU/ha | 0.43 LSU/ha | 0.52 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.412 LSU/ha | 0.34 LSU/ha | 0.49 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.458 LSU/ha | 0.39 LSU/ha | 0.56 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.471 LSU/ha | 0.45 LSU/ha | 0.5 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.648 LSU/ha | 0.51 LSU/ha | 0.72 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.7425 LSU/ha | 0.72 LSU/ha | 0.76 LSU/ha | 4 |
Countries ranked near Nicaragua
- 18 Cabo Verde 0.19 LSU/ha compare
- 18 Syrian Arab Republic 0.04 LSU/ha compare
- 19 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.03 LSU/ha compare
- 19 Egypt 0.79 LSU/ha compare
- 19 Japan 0.79 LSU/ha compare
- 20 Republic of Moldova 0.02 LSU/ha compare
- 22 Brazil 0.71 LSU/ha compare
- 23 Dominican Republic 0.69 LSU/ha compare
- 24 Israel 0.65 LSU/ha compare
- 24 Myanmar 0.65 LSU/ha compare
More environment data for Nicaragua
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 3.64 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 4.53 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Standard Deviation 0.243 °C (2024)
- Temperature change 1.89 °C (2024)
- Sawnwood — Export quantity, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Sawnwood — Export quantity, per capita 0.0017 m3 per person (2023)
- Sawnwood — Export value, annual growth rate -33.52 % change on previous year (2023)
- Sawnwood — Export value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Sawnwood — Export value, per capita 0.0006 1000 USD per person (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cattle and buffaloes — livestock units per agricultural land area in Nicaragua?
- Cattle and buffaloes — livestock units per agricultural land area in Nicaragua was 0.76 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 Nicaragua?
- The highest recorded value was 0.76 LSU/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest cattle and buffaloes — livestock units per agricultural land area recorded in Nicaragua?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.31 LSU/ha in 1961.
- How does Nicaragua rank for cattle and buffaloes — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Nicaragua ranks 21st out of 190 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cattle and buffaloes — livestock units per agricultural land area rising or falling in Nicaragua?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Nicaragua 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.