Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks was 5.07 million LSU in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks in Burkina Faso, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in LSU.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cattle and buffaloes — stocks in Burkina Faso is 5.07 million LSU, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.0% on the previous year and up 13.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cattle and buffaloes — stocks in Burkina Faso peaked at 5.07 million LSU in 2023 and was at its lowest, 900,000 LSU, in 1961.
That places Burkina Faso 45th out of 206 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.08 million LSU | 900,000 LSU | 1.25 million LSU | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.26 million LSU | 1.15 million LSU | 1.35 million LSU | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.65 million LSU | 1.38 million LSU | 1.93 million LSU | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.15 million LSU | 1.93 million LSU | 2.35 million LSU | 10 |
| 2000s | 3.45 million LSU | 2.40 million LSU | 4.12 million LSU | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.60 million LSU | 4.20 million LSU | 5.02 million LSU | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.68 million LSU | 3.80 million LSU | 5.07 million LSU | 4 |
Countries ranked near Burkina Faso
More environment data for Burkina Faso
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 0.63 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 54.27 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 60 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 31.19 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 49.84 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 8,533 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 3.98 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 680.72 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 46.19 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 7,907 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cattle and buffaloes — stocks in Burkina Faso?
- Cattle and buffaloes — stocks in Burkina Faso was 5.07 million LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cattle and buffaloes — stocks recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 5.07 million LSU in 2023.
- What is the lowest cattle and buffaloes — stocks recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 900,000 LSU in 1961.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for cattle and buffaloes — stocks?
- Burkina Faso ranks 45th out of 206 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cattle and buffaloes — stocks rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Burkina Faso data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks. 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.