Cattle and Buffaloes — Share in total livestock in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Cattle and Buffaloes — Share in total livestock was 6.79 %LSU in 2023. ▼ Falling
Cattle and Buffaloes — Share in total livestock in Saudi Arabia, 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 Saudi Arabia is 6.79 %LSU, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of down 2.6% on the previous year and down 17.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cattle and buffaloes — share in total livestock in Saudi Arabia peaked at 21.47 %LSU in 1976 and was at its lowest, 5.95 %LSU, in 1991.
Saudi Arabia ranks 175th 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 | 18.01 %LSU | 17.22 %LSU | 18.59 %LSU | 9 |
| 1970s | 20.28 %LSU | 18.77 %LSU | 21.47 %LSU | 10 |
| 1980s | 10.84 %LSU | 6.3 %LSU | 20.51 %LSU | 10 |
| 1990s | 6.6 %LSU | 5.95 %LSU | 7.21 %LSU | 10 |
| 2000s | 8.04 %LSU | 7.15 %LSU | 10.05 %LSU | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.86 %LSU | 6.58 %LSU | 9.61 %LSU | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.51 %LSU | 6.79 %LSU | 8.15 %LSU | 4 |
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More environment data for Saudi Arabia
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.424 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.58 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 1.00 million t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 1.00 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 33,177 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import quantity 19,284 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export value 149,119 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity 252,685 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import value 818,937 1000 USD (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cattle and buffaloes — share in total livestock in Saudi Arabia?
- Cattle and buffaloes — share in total livestock in Saudi Arabia was 6.79 %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 Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 21.47 %LSU in 1976.
- What is the lowest cattle and buffaloes — share in total livestock recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.95 %LSU in 1991.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for cattle and buffaloes — share in total livestock?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 175th out of 188 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cattle and buffaloes — share in total livestock rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Saudi Arabia 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.