Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks in Malawi
Malawi: Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks was 1.09 million LSU in 2023. ▲ Rising
Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks in Malawi, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in LSU.
Analysis
Malawi recorded 1.09 million LSU for cattle and buffaloes — stocks in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
The figure is up 4.7% on the previous year and up 74.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cattle and buffaloes — stocks in Malawi peaked at 1.09 million LSU in 2023 and was at its lowest, 187,381 LSU, in 1961.
That places Malawi 100th out of 206 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 212,296 LSU | 187,381 LSU | 239,958 LSU | 9 |
| 1970s | 316,194 LSU | 245,730 LSU | 394,766 LSU | 10 |
| 1980s | 459,946 LSU | 394,764 LSU | 527,592 LSU | 10 |
| 1990s | 373,826 LSU | 299,088 LSU | 419,276 LSU | 10 |
| 2000s | 409,524 LSU | 374,514 LSU | 491,460 LSU | 10 |
| 2010s | 690,176 LSU | 534,927 LSU | 933,517 LSU | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.03 million LSU | 973,016 LSU | 1.09 million LSU | 4 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
More environment data for Malawi
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 3.67 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 157.29 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 2,420 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 19.62 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 30.17 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 1,850 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 4.6 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 282.19 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 65.23 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 4,000 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cattle and buffaloes — stocks in Malawi?
- Cattle and buffaloes — stocks in Malawi was 1.09 million LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cattle and buffaloes — stocks recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 1.09 million LSU in 2023.
- What is the lowest cattle and buffaloes — stocks recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 187,381 LSU in 1961.
- How does Malawi rank for cattle and buffaloes — stocks?
- Malawi ranks 100th out of 206 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cattle and buffaloes — stocks rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 74.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malawi 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.