Cattle and Buffaloes — Share in total livestock in Northern Africa
Northern Africa: Cattle and Buffaloes — Share in total livestock was 40.6 %LSU in 2023. ▼ Falling
Cattle and Buffaloes — Share in total livestock in Northern Africa, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %LSU.
Analysis
Northern Africa recorded 40.6 %LSU for cattle and buffaloes — share in total livestock in 2023.
The figure is up 0.8% on the previous year and down 10.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cattle and buffaloes — share in total livestock in Northern Africa peaked at 53.05 %LSU in 1982 and was at its lowest, 40.27 %LSU, in 2022.
That places Northern Africa 26th out of 31 groups 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.
Cattle and Buffaloes — Share in total livestock in Northern Africa, year by year
| Year | %LSU | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 45.47 %LSU | — |
| 1962 | 46.29 %LSU | +1.8% |
| 1963 | 48.33 %LSU | +4.4% |
| 1964 | 49.21 %LSU | +1.8% |
| 1965 | 48.88 %LSU | -0.7% |
| 1966 | 49.42 %LSU | +1.1% |
| 1967 | 49.46 %LSU | +0.1% |
| 1968 | 50.41 %LSU | +1.9% |
| 1969 | 50.42 %LSU | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 50.78 %LSU | +0.7% |
| 1971 | 50.81 %LSU | +0.1% |
| 1972 | 50.91 %LSU | +0.2% |
| 1973 | 51.65 %LSU | +1.5% |
| 1974 | 51.16 %LSU | -0.9% |
| 1975 | 52 %LSU | +1.6% |
| 1976 | 52.13 %LSU | +0.3% |
| 1977 | 52.17 %LSU | +0.1% |
| 1978 | 52.45 %LSU | +0.5% |
| 1979 | 52.46 %LSU | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 52.03 %LSU | -0.8% |
| 1981 | 52.66 %LSU | +1.2% |
| 1982 | 53.05 %LSU | +0.7% |
| 1983 | 51.95 %LSU | -2.1% |
| 1984 | 51.8 %LSU | -0.3% |
| 1985 | 51.35 %LSU | -0.9% |
| 1986 | 50.79 %LSU | -1.1% |
| 1987 | 51.03 %LSU | +0.5% |
| 1988 | 51.84 %LSU | +1.6% |
| 1989 | 51.62 %LSU | -0.4% |
| 1990 | 51.05 %LSU | -1.1% |
| 1991 | 50.66 %LSU | -0.8% |
| 1992 | 51.29 %LSU | +1.2% |
| 1993 | 51.01 %LSU | -0.5% |
| 1994 | 49.44 %LSU | -3.1% |
| 1995 | 49.49 %LSU | +0.1% |
| 1996 | 50.58 %LSU | +2.2% |
| 1997 | 51.06 %LSU | +0.9% |
| 1998 | 50.88 %LSU | -0.4% |
| 1999 | 51.13 %LSU | +0.5% |
| 2000 | 51.55 %LSU | +0.8% |
| 2001 | 51.85 %LSU | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 51.61 %LSU | -0.5% |
| 2003 | 51.91 %LSU | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 51.81 %LSU | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 51.85 %LSU | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 51.71 %LSU | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 51.61 %LSU | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 51.83 %LSU | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 51.13 %LSU | -1.4% |
| 2010 | 51.37 %LSU | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 51.97 %LSU | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 46.19 %LSU | -11.1% |
| 2013 | 45.55 %LSU | -1.4% |
| 2014 | 45.44 %LSU | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 45.36 %LSU | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 44.99 %LSU | -0.8% |
| 2017 | 44.48 %LSU | -1.1% |
| 2018 | 44.52 %LSU | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 41.86 %LSU | -6.0% |
| 2020 | 41.07 %LSU | -1.9% |
| 2021 | 40.5 %LSU | -1.4% |
| 2022 | 40.27 %LSU | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 40.6 %LSU | +0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 48.65 %LSU | 45.47 %LSU | 50.42 %LSU | 9 |
| 1970s | 51.65 %LSU | 50.78 %LSU | 52.46 %LSU | 10 |
| 1980s | 51.81 %LSU | 50.79 %LSU | 53.05 %LSU | 10 |
| 1990s | 50.66 %LSU | 49.44 %LSU | 51.29 %LSU | 10 |
| 2000s | 51.69 %LSU | 51.13 %LSU | 51.91 %LSU | 10 |
| 2010s | 46.17 %LSU | 41.86 %LSU | 51.97 %LSU | 10 |
| 2020s | 40.61 %LSU | 40.27 %LSU | 41.07 %LSU | 4 |
Countries ranked near Northern Africa
More environment data for Northern Africa
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -20 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -13.93 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.281 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.61 °C (2025)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 864,000 t (2024)
- Recovered paper — Production 701,000 t (2024)
- Agricultural land — Share in Land area 27.72 % (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per area of cropland 4.57 kg/ha (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita 0.84 kg/cap (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cattle and buffaloes — share in total livestock in Northern Africa?
- Cattle and buffaloes — share in total livestock in Northern Africa was 40.6 %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 Northern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 53.05 %LSU in 1982.
- What is the lowest cattle and buffaloes — share in total livestock recorded in Northern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 40.27 %LSU in 2022.
- How does Northern Africa rank for cattle and buffaloes — share in total livestock?
- Northern Africa ranks 26th out of 31 groups with data for 2023.
- Is cattle and buffaloes — share in total livestock rising or falling in Northern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Northern Africa 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.