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Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area by country

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...

Countries reporting
208
Highest
2.15 LSU/ha
Micronesia (Federated States of)
Lowest
0.01 LSU/ha
Niue
Median
0.21 LSU/ha
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
13,793

What the numbers show

Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area is currently reported for 208 countries. The highest value is 2.15 LSU/ha in Micronesia (Federated States of); the lowest is 0.01 LSU/ha in Niue.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.21 LSU/ha, and the mean is 0.3274 LSU/ha.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 215.

Over the past decade 92 countries rose and 74 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 133.3%), and the largest decrease in Fiji (down 61.0%).

Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Micronesia (Federated States of) 2.15 LSU/ha 2023 up 8.6% rising
1 Belgium-Luxembourg 2.01 LSU/ha 1999 up 3.1% rising
2 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 1.87 LSU/ha 2023 down 4.1% rising
2 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.72 LSU/ha 2023 up 50.0% rising
3 Republic of Korea 1.67 LSU/ha 2023 up 35.8% rising
3 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 0.54 LSU/ha 2023 down 1.8% rising
4 Belgium 1.49 LSU/ha 2023 down 9.7% falling
4 United Republic of Tanzania 0.48 LSU/ha 2023 up 50.0% rising
5 Ireland 1.4 LSU/ha 2023 up 0.7% rising
5 Timor-Leste 0.46 LSU/ha 2023 up 35.3% volatile
6 Bangladesh 1.32 LSU/ha 2023 up 3.1% rising
6 Caribbean 0.44 LSU/ha 2023 down 6.4% falling
7 Luxembourg 1.24 LSU/ha 2023 down 6.8% falling
7 Viet Nam 0.33 LSU/ha 2023 up 6.5% rising
8 Malta 1.03 LSU/ha 2023 up 15.7% rising
8 Guadeloupe 1.03 LSU/ha 2006 up 7.3% rising
8 Türkiye 0.3 LSU/ha 2023 up 20.0% flat
9 Polynesia 0.28 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
10 Switzerland 0.92 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged falling
10 Ethiopia 0.92 LSU/ha 2023 up 22.7% rising
11 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0.2 LSU/ha 2023 up 25.0% rising
12 Costa Rica 0.91 LSU/ha 2023 up 78.4% rising
13 New Zealand 0.88 LSU/ha 2023 up 6.0% rising
14 Norway 0.8 LSU/ha 2023 up 2.6% falling
14 Puerto Rico 0.8 LSU/ha 2023 down 1.2% rising
14 Micronesia 0.16 LSU/ha 2023 up 14.3% rising
15 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 0.14 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged falling
16 Japan 0.79 LSU/ha 2023 up 5.3% rising
16 Melanesia 0.11 LSU/ha 2023 down 45.0% falling
17 Pakistan 0.77 LSU/ha 2023 up 45.3% rising
17 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0.08 LSU/ha 2023 down 33.3% rising
18 Nicaragua 0.76 LSU/ha 2023 up 20.6% rising
18 Cabo Verde 0.19 LSU/ha 2023 up 35.7% rising
18 Syrian Arab Republic 0.04 LSU/ha 2023 down 33.3% rising
19 Brazil 0.71 LSU/ha 2023 up 12.7% rising
19 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.03 LSU/ha 2023 up 50.0% falling
20 Dominican Republic 0.69 LSU/ha 2023 down 6.8% rising
20 Republic of Moldova 0.02 LSU/ha 2023 down 60.0% volatile
21 Israel 0.65 LSU/ha 2023 up 20.4% rising
22 Austria 0.64 LSU/ha 2023 down 1.5% falling
22 Barbados 0.64 LSU/ha 2023 up 18.5% rising
22 Saint Lucia 0.64 LSU/ha 2023 down 3.0% rising
25 Guatemala 0.63 LSU/ha 2023 up 10.5% rising
25 Nepal 0.63 LSU/ha 2023 down 30.0% rising
27 Bahrain 0.6 LSU/ha 2023 down 30.2% rising
28 Germany 0.59 LSU/ha 2023 down 13.2% falling
29 Uruguay 0.58 LSU/ha 2023 up 3.6% rising
30 Honduras 0.57 LSU/ha 2023 down 1.7% rising
31 Egypt 0.54 LSU/ha 2023 down 39.3% rising
31 India 0.54 LSU/ha 2023 up 1.9% rising
31 Myanmar 0.54 LSU/ha 2023 down 29.9% rising
31 Côte d'Ivoire 0.03 LSU/ha 2023 down 25.0% rising
34 France 0.53 LSU/ha 2023 down 11.7% flat
34 Uganda 0.53 LSU/ha 2023 up 17.8% rising
36 Haiti 0.52 LSU/ha 2023 up 20.9% rising
37 Martinique 0.51 LSU/ha 2006 unchanged falling
37 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.51 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged falling
39 Colombia 0.5 LSU/ha 2023 up 38.9% rising
39 Grenada 0.5 LSU/ha 2023 up 13.6% rising
41 Denmark 0.49 LSU/ha 2023 down 10.9% falling
41 Ecuador 0.49 LSU/ha 2023 up 2.1% rising
41 Panama 0.49 LSU/ha 2023 down 9.3% rising
41 Samoa 0.49 LSU/ha 2023 up 2.1% rising
45 Cyprus 0.45 LSU/ha 2023 up 21.6% volatile
45 Slovenia 0.45 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged falling
47 Guinea-Bissau 0.44 LSU/ha 2023 up 2.3% rising
47 Paraguay 0.44 LSU/ha 2023 down 8.3% rising
47 El Salvador 0.44 LSU/ha 2023 down 13.7% falling
50 Central African Republic 0.43 LSU/ha 2023 down 2.3% volatile
51 Qatar 0.42 LSU/ha 2023 up 133.3% volatile
52 Italy 0.41 LSU/ha 2023 up 5.1% falling
52 Sweden 0.41 LSU/ha 2023 down 6.8% falling
54 Tajikistan 0.4 LSU/ha 2023 up 17.6% rising
54 Trinidad and Tobago 0.4 LSU/ha 2023 up 5.3% falling
54 French Guiana 0.4 LSU/ha 2006 up 53.8% volatile
57 Belize 0.39 LSU/ha 2023 down 22.0% rising
57 Czechoslovakia 0.39 LSU/ha 1992 down 13.3% rising
57 Réunion 0.39 LSU/ha 2006 up 50.0% rising
60 Kenya 0.38 LSU/ha 2023 up 18.8% rising
60 Rwanda 0.38 LSU/ha 2023 up 31.0% rising
62 Chad 0.37 LSU/ha 2023 up 68.2% volatile
63 Burkina Faso 0.35 LSU/ha 2023 up 2.9% rising
63 Portugal 0.35 LSU/ha 2023 down 2.8% rising
65 Dominica 0.34 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
66 Argentina 0.33 LSU/ha 2023 up 13.8% rising
66 Uzbekistan 0.33 LSU/ha 2023 up 37.5% rising
66 Ethiopia PDR 0.33 LSU/ha 1992 up 22.2% rising
69 Cuba 0.32 LSU/ha 2023 down 17.9% falling
69 Finland 0.32 LSU/ha 2023 down 11.1% falling
71 Belarus 0.31 LSU/ha 2023 up 3.3% falling
71 Suriname 0.31 LSU/ha 2023 down 20.5% falling
73 Azerbaijan 0.3 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
73 Cameroon 0.3 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
75 Vanuatu 0.29 LSU/ha 2023 down 48.2% rising
76 Burundi 0.28 LSU/ha 2023 up 40.0% rising
76 Cambodia 0.28 LSU/ha 2023 down 17.6% flat
78 Benin 0.27 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
79 Mexico 0.26 LSU/ha 2023 up 13.0% rising
79 New Caledonia 0.26 LSU/ha 2023 down 13.3% rising
79 Poland 0.26 LSU/ha 2023 up 8.3% falling
82 Antigua and Barbuda 0.25 LSU/ha 2023 down 24.2% falling
82 Guinea 0.25 LSU/ha 2023 up 38.9% volatile
82 South Sudan 0.25 LSU/ha 2023 up 19.0% rising
82 China, Hong Kong SAR 0.25 LSU/ha 2023 up 13.6% volatile
86 Czechia 0.23 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged falling
86 Spain 0.23 LSU/ha 2023 up 21.1% rising
86 Fiji 0.23 LSU/ha 2023 down 61.0% falling
89 Georgia 0.22 LSU/ha 2023 down 24.1% rising
89 Gambia 0.22 LSU/ha 2023 down 35.3% rising
89 Indonesia 0.22 LSU/ha 2023 up 37.5% rising
89 Jamaica 0.22 LSU/ha 2023 down 8.3% falling
89 OECD 0.22 LSU/ha 2023 up 4.8% rising
94 Bhutan 0.21 LSU/ha 2023 down 27.6% falling
94 Oman 0.21 LSU/ha 2023 up 16.7% rising
94 Eswatini 0.21 LSU/ha 2023 down 19.2% rising
94 Tonga 0.21 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
98 United Arab Emirates 0.2 LSU/ha 2023 up 25.0% rising
98 Canada 0.2 LSU/ha 2023 down 4.8% rising
98 Senegal 0.2 LSU/ha 2023 up 5.3% rising
101 Chile 0.19 LSU/ha 2023 up 26.7% rising
101 Comoros 0.19 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged falling
101 Sri Lanka 0.19 LSU/ha 2023 down 9.5% falling
101 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.19 LSU/ha 2023 down 47.2% falling
101 Yugoslav SFR 0.19 LSU/ha 1991 down 17.4% falling
106 Armenia 0.18 LSU/ha 2023 down 25.0% falling
106 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.18 LSU/ha 2023 up 50.0% rising
106 Malawi 0.18 LSU/ha 2023 up 63.6% rising
106 Niger 0.18 LSU/ha 2023 up 50.0% rising
106 Singapore 0.18 LSU/ha 2023 down 5.3% falling
106 Zimbabwe 0.18 LSU/ha 2023 down 5.3% falling
112 Croatia 0.17 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
112 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.17 LSU/ha 2023 down 37.0% volatile
112 Peru 0.17 LSU/ha 2023 up 6.2% rising
112 French Polynesia 0.17 LSU/ha 2023 up 21.4% rising
116 Iraq 0.16 LSU/ha 2023 down 27.3% rising
116 Kuwait 0.16 LSU/ha 2023 up 45.5% volatile
116 Mali 0.16 LSU/ha 2023 up 33.3% rising
116 Montenegro 0.16 LSU/ha 2023 down 30.4% rising
116 Seychelles 0.16 LSU/ha 2023 up 60.0% falling
121 Albania 0.15 LSU/ha 2023 down 40.0% rising
121 Estonia 0.15 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged falling
121 Nigeria 0.15 LSU/ha 2023 up 7.1% rising
121 Sudan (former) 0.15 LSU/ha 2011 unchanged rising
125 Eritrea 0.14 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
125 Sudan 0.14 LSU/ha 2023 up 7.7% flat
125 Slovakia 0.14 LSU/ha 2023 down 6.7% falling
128 Lithuania 0.13 LSU/ha 2023 down 13.3% falling
128 Philippines 0.13 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
128 Serbia 0.13 LSU/ha 2023 down 18.8% falling
128 Thailand 0.13 LSU/ha 2023 down 13.3% falling
128 Serbia and Montenegro 0.13 LSU/ha 2005 down 31.6% falling
128 China, Taiwan Province of 0.13 LSU/ha 2023 up 8.3% rising
134 USSR 0.12 LSU/ha 1991 unchanged rising
135 Latvia 0.11 LSU/ha 2023 down 15.4% falling
136 Afghanistan 0.1 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
136 Greece 0.1 LSU/ha 2023 up 25.0% falling
136 Guyana 0.1 LSU/ha 2023 down 9.1% falling
136 Hungary 0.1 LSU/ha 2023 up 11.1% falling
136 Kyrgyzstan 0.1 LSU/ha 2023 up 25.0% rising
136 Zambia 0.1 LSU/ha 2023 up 25.0% rising
136 Australia and New Zealand 0.1 LSU/ha 2023 up 11.1% rising
143 China 0.09 LSU/ha 2023 up 12.5% flat
143 Djibouti 0.09 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged volatile
143 Ghana 0.09 LSU/ha 2023 up 50.0% rising
143 Lebanon 0.09 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged falling
143 Lesotho 0.09 LSU/ha 2023 down 25.0% rising
143 Madagascar 0.09 LSU/ha 2023 down 25.0% falling
143 Romania 0.09 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged falling
143 South Africa 0.09 LSU/ha 2023 down 10.0% rising
143 China, mainland 0.09 LSU/ha 2023 up 12.5% flat
152 Palestine 0.08 LSU/ha 2023 up 33.3% rising
152 Solomon Islands 0.08 LSU/ha 2023 down 11.1% falling
152 Sierra Leone 0.08 LSU/ha 2023 down 11.1% rising
155 Australia 0.07 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
155 Bulgaria 0.07 LSU/ha 2023 up 16.7% falling
155 Morocco 0.07 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged falling
155 North Macedonia 0.07 LSU/ha 2023 down 36.4% falling
155 Cook Islands 0.07 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged volatile
160 Angola 0.06 LSU/ha 2023 up 20.0% rising
160 Malaysia 0.06 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged flat
160 Togo 0.06 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
160 Yemen 0.06 LSU/ha 2023 up 20.0% rising
164 Jordan 0.05 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
164 Namibia 0.05 LSU/ha 2023 up 66.7% rising
164 Somalia 0.05 LSU/ha 2023 down 16.7% rising
164 Russian Federation 0.05 LSU/ha 2023 down 16.7% falling
168 Bahamas 0.04 LSU/ha 2023 up 33.3% volatile
168 Iceland 0.04 LSU/ha 2023 up 33.3% rising
168 Papua New Guinea 0.04 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged falling
168 Turkmenistan 0.04 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
168 Tunisia 0.04 LSU/ha 2023 down 20.0% falling
173 Algeria 0.03 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
173 Equatorial Guinea 0.03 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
173 Mongolia 0.03 LSU/ha 2023 up 50.0% rising
173 Mozambique 0.03 LSU/ha 2023 up 50.0% rising
173 Ukraine 0.03 LSU/ha 2023 down 57.1% volatile
178 Botswana 0.02 LSU/ha 2023 down 50.0% falling
178 Congo 0.02 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged volatile
178 Kazakhstan 0.02 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged flat
178 Mauritania 0.02 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged falling
178 Mauritius 0.02 LSU/ha 2023 down 50.0% volatile
178 Sao Tome and Principe 0.02 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged falling
178 Brunei Darussalam 0.02 LSU/ha 2023 down 50.0% falling
185 Faroe Islands 0.01 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged falling
185 Gabon 0.01 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged volatile
185 Liberia 0.01 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged falling
185 Libya 0.01 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged flat
185 Niue 0.01 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged volatile

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Unit
LSU/ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
241 places, 13,793 data points, 1961–2023
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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.