Cattle and Buffaloes — Share in total livestock in Faroe Islands
Faroe Islands: Cattle and Buffaloes — Share in total livestock was 12.75 %LSU in 2023. ▼ Falling
Cattle and Buffaloes — Share in total livestock in Faroe Islands, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %LSU.
Analysis
Faroe Islands recorded 12.75 %LSU for cattle and buffaloes — share in total livestock in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 6.7% on the previous year and down 10.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cattle and buffaloes — share in total livestock in Faroe Islands peaked at 20.76 %LSU in 1962 and was at its lowest, 12.34 %LSU, in 2019.
That places Faroe Islands 168th out of 188 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 18.83 %LSU | 17.71 %LSU | 20.76 %LSU | 9 |
| 1970s | 16.1 %LSU | 13.32 %LSU | 18.97 %LSU | 10 |
| 1980s | 16.02 %LSU | 15.29 %LSU | 17.28 %LSU | 10 |
| 1990s | 16.08 %LSU | 15.06 %LSU | 16.98 %LSU | 10 |
| 2000s | 16.32 %LSU | 14.88 %LSU | 17.44 %LSU | 10 |
| 2010s | 13.62 %LSU | 12.34 %LSU | 14.94 %LSU | 10 |
| 2020s | 12.89 %LSU | 12.43 %LSU | 13.67 %LSU | 4 |
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More environment data for Faroe Islands
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.468 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.67 °C (2025)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 2.55 g/Int$ (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per value of agricultural 2.7 g/Int$ (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity 53 t (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Agricultural Use 17 t (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per area of cropland 242.86 kg/ha (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita 0.31 kg/cap (2024)
- Country area — Area 1,296 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cattle and buffaloes — share in total livestock in Faroe Islands?
- Cattle and buffaloes — share in total livestock in Faroe Islands was 12.75 %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 Faroe Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 20.76 %LSU in 1962.
- What is the lowest cattle and buffaloes — share in total livestock recorded in Faroe Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 12.34 %LSU in 2019.
- How does Faroe Islands rank for cattle and buffaloes — share in total livestock?
- Faroe Islands ranks 168th out of 188 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cattle and buffaloes — share in total livestock rising or falling in Faroe Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Faroe Islands 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.