Cattle and Buffaloes — Share in total livestock in Brazil
Brazil: Cattle and Buffaloes — Share in total livestock was 82.74 %LSU in 2023. ▲ Rising
Cattle and Buffaloes — Share in total livestock in Brazil, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %LSU.
Analysis
In 2023, cattle and buffaloes — share in total livestock in Brazil stood at 82.74 %LSU.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and down 1.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cattle and buffaloes — share in total livestock in Brazil peaked at 84.93 %LSU in 2004 and was at its lowest, 73.94 %LSU, in 1961.
That places Brazil 7th out of 190 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Cattle and Buffaloes — Share in total livestock in Brazil, year by year
| Year | %LSU | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 73.94 %LSU | — |
| 1962 | 74.13 %LSU | +0.3% |
| 1963 | 74.15 %LSU | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 74.21 %LSU | +0.1% |
| 1965 | 74.26 %LSU | +0.1% |
| 1966 | 74.48 %LSU | +0.3% |
| 1967 | 74.96 %LSU | +0.6% |
| 1968 | 75.13 %LSU | +0.2% |
| 1969 | 75.34 %LSU | +0.3% |
| 1970 | 75.76 %LSU | +0.6% |
| 1971 | 76.18 %LSU | +0.6% |
| 1972 | 76.55 %LSU | +0.5% |
| 1973 | 76.45 %LSU | -0.1% |
| 1974 | 76.94 %LSU | +0.6% |
| 1975 | 76.46 %LSU | -0.6% |
| 1976 | 78.23 %LSU | +2.3% |
| 1977 | 79.54 %LSU | +1.7% |
| 1978 | 79.66 %LSU | +0.2% |
| 1979 | 79.08 %LSU | -0.7% |
| 1980 | 80.21 %LSU | +1.4% |
| 1981 | 80.6 %LSU | +0.5% |
| 1982 | 80.51 %LSU | -0.1% |
| 1983 | 81.08 %LSU | +0.7% |
| 1984 | 81.08 %LSU | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 81.03 %LSU | -0.1% |
| 1986 | 81.05 %LSU | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 81.23 %LSU | +0.2% |
| 1988 | 81.63 %LSU | +0.5% |
| 1989 | 81.72 %LSU | +0.1% |
| 1990 | 81.79 %LSU | +0.1% |
| 1991 | 81.79 %LSU | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 81.64 %LSU | -0.2% |
| 1993 | 81.96 %LSU | +0.4% |
| 1994 | 81.88 %LSU | -0.1% |
| 1995 | 81.69 %LSU | -0.2% |
| 1996 | 83.5 %LSU | +2.2% |
| 1997 | 83.42 %LSU | -0.1% |
| 1998 | 83.48 %LSU | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 83.2 %LSU | -0.3% |
| 2000 | 83.23 %LSU | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 83.39 %LSU | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 84.19 %LSU | +1.0% |
| 2003 | 84.61 %LSU | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 84.93 %LSU | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 84.65 %LSU | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 84.36 %LSU | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 83.39 %LSU | -1.1% |
| 2008 | 83.13 %LSU | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 83.08 %LSU | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 83.19 %LSU | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 83.22 %LSU | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 83.43 %LSU | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 83.68 %LSU | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 83.16 %LSU | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 83.01 %LSU | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 83.07 %LSU | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 82.35 %LSU | -0.9% |
| 2018 | 82.01 %LSU | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 82.11 %LSU | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 82.05 %LSU | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 82.2 %LSU | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 82.39 %LSU | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 82.74 %LSU | +0.4% |
Brazil compared with similar countries
- Brazil's 82.74 %LSU is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 41.53 %LSU, 2.0× the median. (49 countries reporting)
- Brazil's 82.74 %LSU is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 56.53 %LSU, 1.5× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 74.51 %LSU | 73.94 %LSU | 75.34 %LSU | 9 |
| 1970s | 77.48 %LSU | 75.76 %LSU | 79.66 %LSU | 10 |
| 1980s | 81.01 %LSU | 80.21 %LSU | 81.72 %LSU | 10 |
| 1990s | 82.44 %LSU | 81.64 %LSU | 83.5 %LSU | 10 |
| 2000s | 83.9 %LSU | 83.08 %LSU | 84.93 %LSU | 10 |
| 2010s | 82.92 %LSU | 82.01 %LSU | 83.68 %LSU | 10 |
| 2020s | 82.34 %LSU | 82.05 %LSU | 82.74 %LSU | 4 |
Countries ranked near Brazil
- 4 Argentina 86.42 %LSU compare
- 4 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 62.29 %LSU compare
- 5 Nicaragua 86.29 %LSU compare
- 6 Lao People's Democratic Republic 58.79 %LSU compare
- 6 Uruguay 85.65 %LSU compare
- 7 Türkiye 56.33 %LSU compare
- 8 India 82.04 %LSU compare
- 9 Guadeloupe 81.85 %LSU compare
- 9 Micronesia (Federated States of) 51.5 %LSU compare
- 10 Bhutan 78.16 %LSU compare
- 10 Democratic Republic of the Congo 50.49 %LSU compare
More environment data for Brazil
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -6.93 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -8.24 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.221 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.36 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 14.48 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.155 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate -2.73 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cattle and buffaloes — share in total livestock in Brazil?
- Cattle and buffaloes — share in total livestock in Brazil was 82.74 %LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cattle and buffaloes — share in total livestock recorded in Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 84.93 %LSU in 2004.
- What is the lowest cattle and buffaloes — share in total livestock recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 73.94 %LSU in 1961.
- How does Brazil rank for cattle and buffaloes — share in total livestock?
- Brazil ranks 7th out of 190 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cattle and buffaloes — share in total livestock rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Brazil data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cattle and Buffaloes — Share in total livestock. 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.