Cattle and Buffaloes — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Peru
Peru: Cattle and Buffaloes — Livestock units per agricultural land area was 0.17 LSU/ha in 2023. ▲ Rising
Cattle and Buffaloes — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Peru, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in LSU/ha.
Analysis
Peru recorded 0.17 LSU/ha for cattle and buffaloes — livestock units per agricultural land area in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
The figure is up 6.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cattle and buffaloes — livestock units per agricultural land area in Peru peaked at 0.17 LSU/ha in 1971 and was at its lowest, 0.12 LSU/ha, in 1992.
Peru ranks 114th of 190 countries 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 Peru, year by year
| Year | LSU/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.16 LSU/ha | — |
| 1962 | 0.16 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 0.15 LSU/ha | -6.3% |
| 1964 | 0.14 LSU/ha | -6.7% |
| 1965 | 0.14 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 0.15 LSU/ha | +7.1% |
| 1967 | 0.15 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 0.15 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 0.16 LSU/ha | +6.7% |
| 1970 | 0.16 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 0.17 LSU/ha | +6.3% |
| 1972 | 0.16 LSU/ha | -5.9% |
| 1973 | 0.15 LSU/ha | -6.3% |
| 1974 | 0.15 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 0.15 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 0.15 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 0.15 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 0.15 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 0.15 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 0.15 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 0.15 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 0.14 LSU/ha | -6.7% |
| 1983 | 0.13 LSU/ha | -7.1% |
| 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 | 0.13 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 0.13 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 0.12 LSU/ha | -7.7% |
| 1993 | 0.12 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 0.13 LSU/ha | +8.3% |
| 1995 | 0.14 LSU/ha | +7.7% |
| 1996 | 0.14 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 0.14 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.14 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.15 LSU/ha | +7.1% |
| 2000 | 0.15 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 0.15 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.16 LSU/ha | +6.7% |
| 2003 | 0.16 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.16 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.16 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.16 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.16 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.16 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.16 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.16 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.16 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.16 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.16 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.16 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.16 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.16 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.16 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.16 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.16 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.16 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.16 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.17 LSU/ha | +6.3% |
| 2023 | 0.17 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.1511 LSU/ha | 0.14 LSU/ha | 0.16 LSU/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.154 LSU/ha | 0.15 LSU/ha | 0.17 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.135 LSU/ha | 0.13 LSU/ha | 0.15 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.134 LSU/ha | 0.12 LSU/ha | 0.15 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.158 LSU/ha | 0.15 LSU/ha | 0.16 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.16 LSU/ha | 0.16 LSU/ha | 0.16 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.165 LSU/ha | 0.16 LSU/ha | 0.17 LSU/ha | 4 |
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- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.295 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.18 °C (2025)
- Newsprint — Import quantity, gaps filled 20,255 t (2024)
- Newsprint — Import quantity, annual growth rate 16.11 % change on previous year (2024)
- Newsprint — Import value, gaps filled 8,598 1000 USD (2024)
- Newsprint — Import value, annual growth rate -38.33 % change on previous year (2024)
- Printing and writing papers — Import quantity, annual growth rate 12.67 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cattle and buffaloes — livestock units per agricultural land area in Peru?
- Cattle and buffaloes — livestock units per agricultural land area in Peru was 0.17 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 Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 0.17 LSU/ha in 1971.
- What is the lowest cattle and buffaloes — livestock units per agricultural land area recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.12 LSU/ha in 1992.
- How does Peru rank for cattle and buffaloes — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Peru ranks 114th out of 190 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cattle and buffaloes — livestock units per agricultural land area rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Peru 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.