Cattle and Buffaloes — Share in total livestock in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Cattle and Buffaloes — Share in total livestock was 32.61 %LSU in 2023. ▼ Falling
Cattle and Buffaloes — Share in total livestock in Sierra Leone, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %LSU.
Analysis
Sierra Leone recorded 32.61 %LSU for cattle and buffaloes — share in total livestock in 2023.
The figure is up 2.1% on the previous year and down 17.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cattle and buffaloes — share in total livestock in Sierra Leone peaked at 72.21 %LSU in 1963 and was at its lowest, 22.86 %LSU, in 2002.
That places Sierra Leone 136th out of 188 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
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 71.33 %LSU | 70.41 %LSU | 72.21 %LSU | 9 |
| 1970s | 68.98 %LSU | 66.72 %LSU | 70.6 %LSU | 10 |
| 1980s | 63.42 %LSU | 60.56 %LSU | 66.41 %LSU | 10 |
| 1990s | 36.05 %LSU | 24.98 %LSU | 41.27 %LSU | 10 |
| 2000s | 28.78 %LSU | 22.86 %LSU | 35.03 %LSU | 10 |
| 2010s | 35.02 %LSU | 29.71 %LSU | 39.51 %LSU | 10 |
| 2020s | 32.38 %LSU | 30.76 %LSU | 34.22 %LSU | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cattle and buffaloes — share in total livestock in Sierra Leone?
- Cattle and buffaloes — share in total livestock in Sierra Leone was 32.61 %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 Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 72.21 %LSU in 1963.
- What is the lowest cattle and buffaloes — share in total livestock recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 22.86 %LSU in 2002.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for cattle and buffaloes — share in total livestock?
- Sierra Leone ranks 136th out of 188 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cattle and buffaloes — share in total livestock rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Sierra Leone 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.