Cattle and Buffaloes — Share in total livestock in Jamaica
Jamaica: Cattle and Buffaloes — Share in total livestock was 25.57 %LSU in 2023. ▼ Falling
Cattle and Buffaloes — Share in total livestock in Jamaica, 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 Jamaica is 25.57 %LSU, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 63 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.4% on the previous year and down 11.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cattle and buffaloes — share in total livestock in Jamaica peaked at 62.04 %LSU in 1995 and was at its lowest, 25.57 %LSU, in 2023.
Jamaica ranks 150th of 188 countries on this measure, 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 | 52.84 %LSU | 51.77 %LSU | 54.87 %LSU | 9 |
| 1970s | 54.36 %LSU | 51.86 %LSU | 55.7 %LSU | 10 |
| 1980s | 56.54 %LSU | 51.83 %LSU | 59.96 %LSU | 10 |
| 1990s | 57.87 %LSU | 53.3 %LSU | 62.04 %LSU | 10 |
| 2000s | 42.84 %LSU | 28.7 %LSU | 53.61 %LSU | 10 |
| 2010s | 28.28 %LSU | 27.08 %LSU | 29.8 %LSU | 10 |
| 2020s | 26.17 %LSU | 25.57 %LSU | 26.82 %LSU | 4 |
Countries ranked near Jamaica
- 147 Morocco 26.26 %LSU compare
- 148 China, mainland 26.21 %LSU compare
- 149 China (People’s Republic of) 26 %LSU compare
- 151 Malawi 24.76 %LSU compare
- 152 Mauritania, Islamic Republic of 23.94 %LSU compare
- 153 Antigua and Barbuda 23.7 %LSU compare
More environment data for Jamaica
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.284 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.76 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 12,000 t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 12,000 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 6,231 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import quantity 325 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export value 342 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity 507 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import value 35,817 1000 USD (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cattle and buffaloes — share in total livestock in Jamaica?
- Cattle and buffaloes — share in total livestock in Jamaica was 25.57 %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 Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 62.04 %LSU in 1995.
- What is the lowest cattle and buffaloes — share in total livestock recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 25.57 %LSU in 2023.
- How does Jamaica rank for cattle and buffaloes — share in total livestock?
- Jamaica ranks 150th out of 188 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cattle and buffaloes — share in total livestock rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Jamaica 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.