Cattle and Buffaloes — Share in total livestock in Northern America
Northern America: Cattle and Buffaloes — Share in total livestock was 68.53 %LSU in 2023. ▼ Falling
Cattle and Buffaloes — Share in total livestock in Northern America, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %LSU.
Analysis
Northern America recorded 68.53 %LSU for cattle and buffaloes — share in total livestock in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 63 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.0% on the previous year and down 2.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cattle and buffaloes — share in total livestock in Northern America peaked at 82.48 %LSU in 1976 and was at its lowest, 68.53 %LSU, in 2023.
That places Northern America 7th out of 31 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the top 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 America, year by year
| Year | %LSU | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 77.72 %LSU | — |
| 1962 | 77.43 %LSU | -0.4% |
| 1963 | 78.29 %LSU | +1.1% |
| 1964 | 79.08 %LSU | +1.0% |
| 1965 | 79.49 %LSU | +0.5% |
| 1966 | 80.1 %LSU | +0.8% |
| 1967 | 78.91 %LSU | -1.5% |
| 1968 | 78.71 %LSU | -0.3% |
| 1969 | 78.35 %LSU | -0.5% |
| 1970 | 78.93 %LSU | +0.7% |
| 1971 | 77.81 %LSU | -1.4% |
| 1972 | 78.93 %LSU | +1.4% |
| 1973 | 80.08 %LSU | +1.5% |
| 1974 | 80.79 %LSU | +0.9% |
| 1975 | 82.36 %LSU | +1.9% |
| 1976 | 82.48 %LSU | +0.1% |
| 1977 | 81 %LSU | -1.8% |
| 1978 | 79.57 %LSU | -1.8% |
| 1979 | 77.77 %LSU | -2.3% |
| 1980 | 76.8 %LSU | -1.2% |
| 1981 | 77.41 %LSU | +0.8% |
| 1982 | 78.3 %LSU | +1.1% |
| 1983 | 78.8 %LSU | +0.6% |
| 1984 | 78.15 %LSU | -0.8% |
| 1985 | 77.76 %LSU | -0.5% |
| 1986 | 77.26 %LSU | -0.6% |
| 1987 | 76.48 %LSU | -1.0% |
| 1988 | 75.35 %LSU | -1.5% |
| 1989 | 74.54 %LSU | -1.1% |
| 1990 | 74.37 %LSU | -0.2% |
| 1991 | 75.62 %LSU | +1.7% |
| 1992 | 75.61 %LSU | -0.0% |
| 1993 | 75.64 %LSU | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 75.45 %LSU | -0.3% |
| 1995 | 75.72 %LSU | +0.4% |
| 1996 | 75.95 %LSU | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 74.96 %LSU | -1.3% |
| 1998 | 74.3 %LSU | -0.9% |
| 1999 | 74.24 %LSU | -0.1% |
| 2000 | 73.9 %LSU | -0.5% |
| 2001 | 73.43 %LSU | -0.6% |
| 2002 | 72.95 %LSU | -0.7% |
| 2003 | 72.36 %LSU | -0.8% |
| 2004 | 71.4 %LSU | -1.3% |
| 2005 | 71.24 %LSU | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 71.42 %LSU | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 71.24 %LSU | -0.3% |
| 2008 | 70.54 %LSU | -1.0% |
| 2009 | 70.97 %LSU | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 70.76 %LSU | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 70.45 %LSU | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 70.34 %LSU | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 70.34 %LSU | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 69.68 %LSU | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 69.52 %LSU | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 69.75 %LSU | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 69.78 %LSU | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 69.64 %LSU | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 69.34 %LSU | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 69.23 %LSU | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 69.6 %LSU | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 69.2 %LSU | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 68.53 %LSU | -1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 78.68 %LSU | 77.43 %LSU | 80.1 %LSU | 9 |
| 1970s | 79.97 %LSU | 77.77 %LSU | 82.48 %LSU | 10 |
| 1980s | 77.09 %LSU | 74.54 %LSU | 78.8 %LSU | 10 |
| 1990s | 75.19 %LSU | 74.24 %LSU | 75.95 %LSU | 10 |
| 2000s | 71.95 %LSU | 70.54 %LSU | 73.9 %LSU | 10 |
| 2010s | 69.96 %LSU | 69.34 %LSU | 70.76 %LSU | 10 |
| 2020s | 69.14 %LSU | 68.53 %LSU | 69.6 %LSU | 4 |
Countries ranked near Northern America
More environment data for Northern America
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -2.23 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -3.25 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.466 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.49 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 43.74 million t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 92.54 million t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Agricultural Use 14.64 million t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per capita 37.99 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per area of cropland 75.85 kg/ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cattle and buffaloes — share in total livestock in Northern America?
- Cattle and buffaloes — share in total livestock in Northern America was 68.53 %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 America?
- The highest recorded value was 82.48 %LSU in 1976.
- What is the lowest cattle and buffaloes — share in total livestock recorded in Northern America?
- The lowest recorded value was 68.53 %LSU in 2023.
- How does Northern America rank for cattle and buffaloes — share in total livestock?
- Northern America ranks 7th out of 31 groups with data for 2023.
- Is cattle and buffaloes — share in total livestock rising or falling in Northern America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Northern America 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.