Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks in Zambia
Zambia: Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks was 2.29 million LSU in 2023. ▲ Rising
Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks in Zambia, 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 Zambia is 2.29 million LSU, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of down 2.3% on the previous year and up 14.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cattle and buffaloes — stocks in Zambia peaked at 2.35 million LSU in 2022 and was at its lowest, 633,500 LSU, in 1964.
Zambia ranks 72nd of 206 countries on this measure, 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 | 672,444 LSU | 633,500 LSU | 773,500 LSU | 9 |
| 1970s | 926,027 LSU | 787,000 LSU | 1.11 million LSU | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.22 million LSU | 1.09 million LSU | 1.34 million LSU | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.36 million LSU | 1.10 million LSU | 1.50 million LSU | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.29 million LSU | 1.16 million LSU | 1.52 million LSU | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.84 million LSU | 1.27 million LSU | 2.04 million LSU | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.15 million LSU | 1.91 million LSU | 2.35 million LSU | 4 |
Countries ranked near Zambia
More environment data for Zambia
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 4.06 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 155.89 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 922 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 26.9 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 83.89 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 20,000 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 0.17 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 40.49 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 15.94 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 3,800 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cattle and buffaloes — stocks in Zambia?
- Cattle and buffaloes — stocks in Zambia was 2.29 million LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cattle and buffaloes — stocks recorded in Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 2.35 million LSU in 2022.
- What is the lowest cattle and buffaloes — stocks recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 633,500 LSU in 1964.
- How does Zambia rank for cattle and buffaloes — stocks?
- Zambia ranks 72nd out of 206 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cattle and buffaloes — stocks rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Zambia 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.