Cattle and Buffaloes — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Réunion
Réunion: Cattle and Buffaloes — Livestock units per agricultural land area was 0.39 LSU/ha in 2006. ▲ Rising
Cattle and Buffaloes — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Réunion, 1961–2006
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in LSU/ha.
Analysis
Réunion recorded 0.39 LSU/ha for cattle and buffaloes — livestock units per agricultural land area in 2006. That is the highest value across all 46 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 50.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cattle and buffaloes — livestock units per agricultural land area in Réunion peaked at 0.39 LSU/ha in 2005 and was at its lowest, 0.14 LSU/ha, in 1984.
That places Réunion 57th out of 190 countries with data for 2006, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 46 years of available data.
Cattle and Buffaloes — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Réunion, year by year
| Year | LSU/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.33 LSU/ha | — |
| 1962 | 0.33 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 0.26 LSU/ha | -21.2% |
| 1964 | 0.26 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 0.26 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 0.26 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 0.24 LSU/ha | -7.7% |
| 1968 | 0.23 LSU/ha | -4.2% |
| 1969 | 0.21 LSU/ha | -8.7% |
| 1970 | 0.2 LSU/ha | -4.8% |
| 1971 | 0.19 LSU/ha | -5.0% |
| 1972 | 0.17 LSU/ha | -10.5% |
| 1973 | 0.17 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 0.16 LSU/ha | -5.9% |
| 1975 | 0.18 LSU/ha | +12.5% |
| 1976 | 0.21 LSU/ha | +16.7% |
| 1977 | 0.21 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 0.21 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 0.19 LSU/ha | -9.5% |
| 1980 | 0.17 LSU/ha | -10.5% |
| 1981 | 0.15 LSU/ha | -11.8% |
| 1982 | 0.15 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 0.15 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 0.14 LSU/ha | -6.7% |
| 1985 | 0.15 LSU/ha | +7.1% |
| 1986 | 0.15 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 0.15 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 0.15 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 0.14 LSU/ha | -6.7% |
| 1990 | 0.16 LSU/ha | +14.3% |
| 1991 | 0.17 LSU/ha | +6.3% |
| 1992 | 0.22 LSU/ha | +29.4% |
| 1993 | 0.24 LSU/ha | +9.1% |
| 1994 | 0.25 LSU/ha | +4.2% |
| 1995 | 0.26 LSU/ha | +4.0% |
| 1996 | 0.26 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 0.26 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.26 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.27 LSU/ha | +3.8% |
| 2000 | 0.28 LSU/ha | +3.7% |
| 2001 | 0.31 LSU/ha | +10.7% |
| 2002 | 0.31 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.34 LSU/ha | +9.7% |
| 2004 | 0.36 LSU/ha | +5.9% |
| 2005 | 0.39 LSU/ha | +8.3% |
| 2006 | 0.39 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.2644 LSU/ha | 0.21 LSU/ha | 0.33 LSU/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.189 LSU/ha | 0.16 LSU/ha | 0.21 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.15 LSU/ha | 0.14 LSU/ha | 0.17 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.235 LSU/ha | 0.16 LSU/ha | 0.27 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.34 LSU/ha | 0.28 LSU/ha | 0.39 LSU/ha | 7 |
Countries ranked near Réunion
- 54 Sweden 0.41 LSU/ha compare
- 54 Tajikistan 0.41 LSU/ha compare
- 56 French Guiana 0.4 LSU/ha compare
- 57 Belize 0.39 LSU/ha compare
- 57 Czechoslovakia 0.39 LSU/ha compare
- 60 Kenya 0.38 LSU/ha compare
- 60 Rwanda 0.38 LSU/ha compare
More environment data for Réunion
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Temperature change 1.77 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.351 °C (2025)
- Inland waters — Area 0.72 1000 ha (2024)
- Agricultural land — Share in Land area 15.93 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 33.69 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 9.5 1000 ha (2024)
- Agriculture — Area 39.88 1000 ha (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per area of cropland 20.5 kg/ha (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Import quantity 2,300 t (2001)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cattle and buffaloes — livestock units per agricultural land area in Réunion?
- Cattle and buffaloes — livestock units per agricultural land area in Réunion was 0.39 LSU/ha in 2006, 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 Réunion?
- The highest recorded value was 0.39 LSU/ha in 2005.
- What is the lowest cattle and buffaloes — livestock units per agricultural land area recorded in Réunion?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.14 LSU/ha in 1984.
- How does Réunion rank for cattle and buffaloes — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Réunion ranks 57th out of 190 countries with data for 2006.
- Is cattle and buffaloes — livestock units per agricultural land area rising or falling in Réunion?
- Over the last ten years it is up 50.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Réunion 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.