Cattle and Buffaloes — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Timor-Leste
Timor-Leste: Cattle and Buffaloes — Livestock units per agricultural land area was 0.74 LSU/ha in 2023. ▲ Rising
Cattle and Buffaloes — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Timor-Leste, 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 Timor-Leste stood at 0.74 LSU/ha.
That represents a change of up 4.2% on the previous year and up 32.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cattle and buffaloes — livestock units per agricultural land area in Timor-Leste peaked at 0.81 LSU/ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.13 LSU/ha, in 1980.
That places Timor-Leste 3rd out of 20 regions 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 Timor-Leste, year by year
| Year | LSU/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.44 LSU/ha | — |
| 1962 | 0.42 LSU/ha | -4.5% |
| 1963 | 0.43 LSU/ha | +2.4% |
| 1964 | 0.47 LSU/ha | +9.3% |
| 1965 | 0.5 LSU/ha | +6.4% |
| 1966 | 0.52 LSU/ha | +4.0% |
| 1967 | 0.48 LSU/ha | -7.7% |
| 1968 | 0.49 LSU/ha | +2.1% |
| 1969 | 0.52 LSU/ha | +6.1% |
| 1970 | 0.54 LSU/ha | +3.8% |
| 1971 | 0.56 LSU/ha | +3.7% |
| 1972 | 0.59 LSU/ha | +5.4% |
| 1973 | 0.59 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 0.58 LSU/ha | -1.7% |
| 1975 | 0.5 LSU/ha | -13.8% |
| 1976 | 0.42 LSU/ha | -16.0% |
| 1977 | 0.34 LSU/ha | -19.0% |
| 1978 | 0.25 LSU/ha | -26.5% |
| 1979 | 0.17 LSU/ha | -32.0% |
| 1980 | 0.13 LSU/ha | -23.5% |
| 1981 | 0.13 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 0.15 LSU/ha | +15.4% |
| 1983 | 0.16 LSU/ha | +6.7% |
| 1984 | 0.18 LSU/ha | +12.5% |
| 1985 | 0.2 LSU/ha | +11.1% |
| 1986 | 0.2 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 0.2 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 0.2 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 0.23 LSU/ha | +15.0% |
| 1990 | 0.24 LSU/ha | +4.3% |
| 1991 | 0.25 LSU/ha | +4.2% |
| 1992 | 0.27 LSU/ha | +8.0% |
| 1993 | 0.29 LSU/ha | +7.4% |
| 1994 | 0.38 LSU/ha | +31.0% |
| 1995 | 0.39 LSU/ha | +2.6% |
| 1996 | 0.4 LSU/ha | +2.6% |
| 1997 | 0.42 LSU/ha | +5.0% |
| 1998 | 0.47 LSU/ha | +11.9% |
| 1999 | 0.37 LSU/ha | -21.3% |
| 2000 | 0.44 LSU/ha | +18.9% |
| 2001 | 0.54 LSU/ha | +22.7% |
| 2002 | 0.53 LSU/ha | -1.9% |
| 2003 | 0.49 LSU/ha | -7.5% |
| 2004 | 0.46 LSU/ha | -6.1% |
| 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 | 0.53 LSU/ha | +3.9% |
| 2012 | 0.55 LSU/ha | +3.8% |
| 2013 | 0.56 LSU/ha | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 0.56 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.69 LSU/ha | +23.2% |
| 2016 | 0.69 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.69 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.7 LSU/ha | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 0.81 LSU/ha | +15.7% |
| 2020 | 0.73 LSU/ha | -9.9% |
| 2021 | 0.68 LSU/ha | -6.8% |
| 2022 | 0.71 LSU/ha | +4.4% |
| 2023 | 0.74 LSU/ha | +4.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.4744 LSU/ha | 0.42 LSU/ha | 0.52 LSU/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.454 LSU/ha | 0.17 LSU/ha | 0.59 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.178 LSU/ha | 0.13 LSU/ha | 0.23 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.348 LSU/ha | 0.24 LSU/ha | 0.47 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.489 LSU/ha | 0.44 LSU/ha | 0.54 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.629 LSU/ha | 0.51 LSU/ha | 0.81 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.715 LSU/ha | 0.68 LSU/ha | 0.74 LSU/ha | 4 |
Countries ranked near Timor-Leste
- 1 Belgium-Luxembourg 2.01 LSU/ha compare
- 2 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 1.87 LSU/ha compare
- 3 Republic of Korea 1.67 LSU/ha compare
- 4 Belgium 1.49 LSU/ha compare
- 5 Bangladesh 1.4 LSU/ha compare
- 5 Ireland 1.4 LSU/ha compare
More environment data for Timor-Leste
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 4.85 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 4.82 Percentage change (2025)
- Temperature change 0.973 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.313 °C (2025)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Annual growth 2.93 % (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Annual growth 5.58 % (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Annual growth US$ 5.58 % (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Annual growth US$ 2.93 % (2024)
- Roundwood — Production 64,378 m3 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cattle and buffaloes — livestock units per agricultural land area in Timor-Leste?
- Cattle and buffaloes — livestock units per agricultural land area in Timor-Leste was 0.74 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 Timor-Leste?
- The highest recorded value was 0.81 LSU/ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest cattle and buffaloes — livestock units per agricultural land area recorded in Timor-Leste?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.13 LSU/ha in 1980.
- How does Timor-Leste rank for cattle and buffaloes — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Timor-Leste ranks 3rd out of 20 regions with data for 2023.
- Is cattle and buffaloes — livestock units per agricultural land area rising or falling in Timor-Leste?
- Over the last ten years it is up 32.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Timor-Leste 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.