Cattle and Buffaloes — Share in total livestock in Nepal

Nepal: Cattle and Buffaloes — Share in total livestock was 61.73 %LSU in 2023. ▼ Falling

Latest (2023)
61.73 %LSU
Change on year
down 14.2%
World rank
61st
of 206 countries
All-time high
87.52 %LSU
in 1980
All-time low
61.73 %LSU
in 2023
Years of data
63
1961–2023

Cattle and Buffaloes — Share in total livestock in Nepal, 1961–2023

020406080196119922023

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 Nepal is 61.73 %LSU, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 63 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 14.2% on the previous year and down 20.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, cattle and buffaloes — share in total livestock in Nepal peaked at 87.52 %LSU in 1980 and was at its lowest, 61.73 %LSU, in 2023.

That places Nepal 61st out of 206 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 86.34 %LSU 85.81 %LSU 86.99 %LSU 9
1970s 86.73 %LSU 86.12 %LSU 87.24 %LSU 10
1980s 86.31 %LSU 84.8 %LSU 87.52 %LSU 10
1990s 84.09 %LSU 83.35 %LSU 84.54 %LSU 10
2000s 81.97 %LSU 81.1 %LSU 83.01 %LSU 10
2010s 76.61 %LSU 72.87 %LSU 80.74 %LSU 10
2020s 69.34 %LSU 61.73 %LSU 71.95 %LSU 4

Countries ranked near Nepal

  1. 58 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 62.29 %LSU compare
  2. 59 El Salvador 62.25 %LSU compare
  3. 60 Sudan (former) 61.96 %LSU compare
  4. 62 Finland 61.72 %LSU compare
  5. 63 USSR 61.12 %LSU compare
  6. 64 Lithuania 60.55 %LSU compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is cattle and buffaloes — share in total livestock in Nepal?
Cattle and buffaloes — share in total livestock in Nepal was 61.73 %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 Nepal?
The highest recorded value was 87.52 %LSU in 1980.
What is the lowest cattle and buffaloes — share in total livestock recorded in Nepal?
The lowest recorded value was 61.73 %LSU in 2023.
How does Nepal rank for cattle and buffaloes — share in total livestock?
Nepal ranks 61st out of 206 countries with data for 2023.
Is cattle and buffaloes — share in total livestock rising or falling in Nepal?
Over the last ten years it is down 20.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Nepal 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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Indicator
Cattle and Buffaloes — Share in total livestock
Unit
%LSU
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
241 places, 13,793 data points, 1961–2023
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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.