Cattle and Buffaloes — Share in total livestock in India
India: Cattle and Buffaloes — Share in total livestock was 82.04 %LSU in 2023. ▼ Falling
Cattle and Buffaloes — Share in total livestock in India, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %LSU.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cattle and buffaloes — share in total livestock in India is 82.04 %LSU, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 63 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cattle and buffaloes — share in total livestock in India peaked at 89.25 %LSU in 1961 and was at its lowest, 82.04 %LSU, in 2023.
India ranks 8th of 206 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 89.1 %LSU | 89.03 %LSU | 89.25 %LSU | 9 |
| 1970s | 88.62 %LSU | 87.8 %LSU | 89.03 %LSU | 10 |
| 1980s | 86.91 %LSU | 86.44 %LSU | 87.52 %LSU | 10 |
| 1990s | 85.71 %LSU | 84.92 %LSU | 86.35 %LSU | 10 |
| 2000s | 83.93 %LSU | 83.39 %LSU | 84.74 %LSU | 10 |
| 2010s | 82.83 %LSU | 82.33 %LSU | 83.46 %LSU | 10 |
| 2020s | 82.12 %LSU | 82.04 %LSU | 82.25 %LSU | 4 |
Countries ranked near India
- 5 Nicaragua 86.29 %LSU compare
- 6 Uruguay 85.65 %LSU compare
- 7 Brazil 82.74 %LSU compare
- 9 Guadeloupe 81.85 %LSU compare
- 10 United Republic of Tanzania 81.63 %LSU compare
- 11 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 80.07 %LSU compare
More environment data for India
- Standard Deviation 0.254 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.954 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 8.00 million t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 14.13 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 63,080 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import quantity 37,519 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export value 768,863 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity 1.05 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import value 1.10 million 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import quantity 1.34 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cattle and buffaloes — share in total livestock in India?
- Cattle and buffaloes — share in total livestock in India was 82.04 %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 India?
- The highest recorded value was 89.25 %LSU in 1961.
- What is the lowest cattle and buffaloes — share in total livestock recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 82.04 %LSU in 2023.
- How does India rank for cattle and buffaloes — share in total livestock?
- India ranks 8th out of 206 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cattle and buffaloes — share in total livestock rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this India 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.