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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
206
Highest
2.15 LSU/ha
Micronesia (Federated States of)
Lowest
0 LSU/ha
Saudi Arabia
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 206 countries. The highest value is 2.15 LSU/ha in Micronesia (Federated States of); the lowest is 0 LSU/ha in Saudi Arabia.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.21 LSU/ha, and the mean is 0.3261 LSU/ha.

Over the past decade 91 countries rose and 72 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
2 Belgium-Luxembourg 2.01 LSU/ha 1999 up 3.1% rising
3 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 1.87 LSU/ha 2023 down 4.1% rising
4 Republic of Korea 1.67 LSU/ha 2023 up 35.8% rising
5 Belgium 1.49 LSU/ha 2023 down 9.7% falling
6 Ireland 1.4 LSU/ha 2023 up 0.7% rising
7 Bangladesh 1.32 LSU/ha 2023 up 3.1% rising
8 Luxembourg 1.24 LSU/ha 2023 down 6.8% falling
9 Malta 1.03 LSU/ha 2023 up 15.7% rising
9 Guadeloupe 1.03 LSU/ha 2006 up 7.3% rising
11 Switzerland 0.92 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged falling
11 Ethiopia 0.92 LSU/ha 2023 up 22.7% rising
13 Costa Rica 0.91 LSU/ha 2023 up 78.4% rising
14 New Zealand 0.88 LSU/ha 2023 up 6.0% rising
15 Norway 0.8 LSU/ha 2023 up 2.6% falling
15 Puerto Rico 0.8 LSU/ha 2023 down 1.2% rising
17 Japan 0.79 LSU/ha 2023 up 5.3% rising
18 Pakistan 0.77 LSU/ha 2023 up 45.3% rising
19 Nicaragua 0.76 LSU/ha 2023 up 20.6% rising
20 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.72 LSU/ha 2023 up 50.0% rising
21 Brazil 0.71 LSU/ha 2023 up 12.7% rising
22 Dominican Republic 0.69 LSU/ha 2023 down 6.8% rising
23 Israel 0.65 LSU/ha 2023 up 20.4% rising
24 Austria 0.64 LSU/ha 2023 down 1.5% falling
24 Barbados 0.64 LSU/ha 2023 up 18.5% rising
24 Saint Lucia 0.64 LSU/ha 2023 down 3.0% rising
27 Guatemala 0.63 LSU/ha 2023 up 10.5% rising
27 Nepal 0.63 LSU/ha 2023 down 30.0% rising
29 Bahrain 0.6 LSU/ha 2023 down 30.2% rising
30 Germany 0.59 LSU/ha 2023 down 13.2% falling
31 Uruguay 0.58 LSU/ha 2023 up 3.6% rising
32 Honduras 0.57 LSU/ha 2023 down 1.7% rising
33 Egypt 0.54 LSU/ha 2023 down 39.3% rising
33 India 0.54 LSU/ha 2023 up 1.9% rising
33 Myanmar 0.54 LSU/ha 2023 down 29.9% rising
33 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 0.54 LSU/ha 2023 down 1.8% rising
37 France 0.53 LSU/ha 2023 down 11.7% flat
37 Uganda 0.53 LSU/ha 2023 up 17.8% rising
39 Haiti 0.52 LSU/ha 2023 up 20.9% rising
40 Martinique 0.51 LSU/ha 2006 unchanged falling
40 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.51 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged falling
42 Colombia 0.5 LSU/ha 2023 up 38.9% rising
42 Grenada 0.5 LSU/ha 2023 up 13.6% rising
44 Denmark 0.49 LSU/ha 2023 down 10.9% falling
44 Ecuador 0.49 LSU/ha 2023 up 2.1% rising
44 Panama 0.49 LSU/ha 2023 down 9.3% rising
44 Samoa 0.49 LSU/ha 2023 up 2.1% rising
48 United Republic of Tanzania 0.48 LSU/ha 2023 up 50.0% rising
49 Timor-Leste 0.46 LSU/ha 2023 up 35.3% volatile
50 Cyprus 0.45 LSU/ha 2023 up 21.6% volatile
50 Slovenia 0.45 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged falling
52 Guinea-Bissau 0.44 LSU/ha 2023 up 2.3% rising
52 Paraguay 0.44 LSU/ha 2023 down 8.3% rising
52 El Salvador 0.44 LSU/ha 2023 down 13.7% falling
52 Caribbean 0.44 LSU/ha 2023 down 6.4% falling
56 Qatar 0.42 LSU/ha 2023 up 133.3% volatile
57 Italy 0.41 LSU/ha 2023 up 5.1% falling
57 Sweden 0.41 LSU/ha 2023 down 6.8% falling
59 Tajikistan 0.4 LSU/ha 2023 up 17.6% rising
59 Trinidad and Tobago 0.4 LSU/ha 2023 up 5.3% falling
59 French Guiana 0.4 LSU/ha 2006 up 53.8% volatile
62 Belize 0.39 LSU/ha 2023 down 22.0% rising
62 Czechoslovakia 0.39 LSU/ha 1992 down 13.3% rising
64 Kenya 0.38 LSU/ha 2023 up 18.8% rising
64 Rwanda 0.38 LSU/ha 2023 up 31.0% rising
66 Chad 0.37 LSU/ha 2023 up 68.2% volatile
67 Burkina Faso 0.35 LSU/ha 2023 up 2.9% rising
67 Portugal 0.35 LSU/ha 2023 down 2.8% rising
69 Dominica 0.34 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
70 Argentina 0.33 LSU/ha 2023 up 13.8% rising
70 Uzbekistan 0.33 LSU/ha 2023 up 37.5% rising
70 Viet Nam 0.33 LSU/ha 2023 up 6.5% rising
70 Ethiopia PDR 0.33 LSU/ha 1992 up 22.2% rising
74 Cuba 0.32 LSU/ha 2023 down 17.9% falling
74 Finland 0.32 LSU/ha 2023 down 11.1% falling
76 Belarus 0.31 LSU/ha 2023 up 3.3% falling
76 Suriname 0.31 LSU/ha 2023 down 20.5% falling
78 Azerbaijan 0.3 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
78 Cameroon 0.3 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
78 Türkiye 0.3 LSU/ha 2023 up 20.0% flat
81 Vanuatu 0.29 LSU/ha 2023 down 48.2% rising
82 Burundi 0.28 LSU/ha 2023 up 40.0% rising
82 Cambodia 0.28 LSU/ha 2023 down 17.6% flat
82 Polynesia 0.28 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
85 Benin 0.27 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
86 Mexico 0.26 LSU/ha 2023 up 13.0% rising
86 New Caledonia 0.26 LSU/ha 2023 down 13.3% rising
86 Poland 0.26 LSU/ha 2023 up 8.3% falling
89 Antigua and Barbuda 0.25 LSU/ha 2023 down 24.2% falling
89 Guinea 0.25 LSU/ha 2023 up 38.9% volatile
89 South Sudan 0.25 LSU/ha 2023 up 19.0% rising
89 China, Hong Kong SAR 0.25 LSU/ha 2023 up 13.6% volatile
93 Czechia 0.23 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged falling
93 Spain 0.23 LSU/ha 2023 up 21.1% rising
93 Fiji 0.23 LSU/ha 2023 down 61.0% falling
96 Georgia 0.22 LSU/ha 2023 down 24.1% rising
96 Gambia 0.22 LSU/ha 2023 down 35.3% rising
96 Indonesia 0.22 LSU/ha 2023 up 37.5% rising
96 Jamaica 0.22 LSU/ha 2023 down 8.3% falling
96 OECD 0.22 LSU/ha 2023 up 4.8% rising
101 Bhutan 0.21 LSU/ha 2023 down 27.6% falling
101 Oman 0.21 LSU/ha 2023 up 16.7% rising
101 Eswatini 0.21 LSU/ha 2023 down 19.2% rising
101 Tonga 0.21 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
105 United Arab Emirates 0.2 LSU/ha 2023 up 25.0% rising
105 Canada 0.2 LSU/ha 2023 down 4.8% rising
105 Senegal 0.2 LSU/ha 2023 up 5.3% rising
105 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0.2 LSU/ha 2023 up 25.0% rising
109 Chile 0.19 LSU/ha 2023 up 26.7% rising
109 Comoros 0.19 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged falling
109 Sri Lanka 0.19 LSU/ha 2023 down 9.5% falling
109 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.19 LSU/ha 2023 down 47.2% falling
109 Cabo Verde 0.19 LSU/ha 2023 up 35.7% rising
109 Yugoslav SFR 0.19 LSU/ha 1991 down 17.4% falling
115 Armenia 0.18 LSU/ha 2023 down 25.0% falling
115 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.18 LSU/ha 2023 up 50.0% rising
115 Malawi 0.18 LSU/ha 2023 up 63.6% rising
115 Niger 0.18 LSU/ha 2023 up 50.0% rising
115 Singapore 0.18 LSU/ha 2023 down 5.3% falling
115 Zimbabwe 0.18 LSU/ha 2023 down 5.3% falling
121 Croatia 0.17 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
121 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.17 LSU/ha 2023 down 37.0% volatile
121 Peru 0.17 LSU/ha 2023 up 6.2% rising
121 French Polynesia 0.17 LSU/ha 2023 up 21.4% rising
125 Iraq 0.16 LSU/ha 2023 down 27.3% rising
125 Kuwait 0.16 LSU/ha 2023 up 45.5% volatile
125 Mali 0.16 LSU/ha 2023 up 33.3% rising
125 Montenegro 0.16 LSU/ha 2023 down 30.4% rising
125 Seychelles 0.16 LSU/ha 2023 up 60.0% falling
125 Micronesia 0.16 LSU/ha 2023 up 14.3% rising
131 Albania 0.15 LSU/ha 2023 down 40.0% rising
131 Estonia 0.15 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged falling
131 Nigeria 0.15 LSU/ha 2023 up 7.1% rising
131 Sudan (former) 0.15 LSU/ha 2011 unchanged rising
135 Eritrea 0.14 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
135 Sudan 0.14 LSU/ha 2023 up 7.7% flat
135 Slovakia 0.14 LSU/ha 2023 down 6.7% falling
135 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 0.14 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged falling
139 Lithuania 0.13 LSU/ha 2023 down 13.3% falling
139 Philippines 0.13 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
139 Serbia 0.13 LSU/ha 2023 down 18.8% falling
139 Thailand 0.13 LSU/ha 2023 down 13.3% falling
139 Serbia and Montenegro 0.13 LSU/ha 2005 down 31.6% falling
139 China, Taiwan Province of 0.13 LSU/ha 2023 up 8.3% rising
145 USSR 0.12 LSU/ha 1991 unchanged rising
146 Latvia 0.11 LSU/ha 2023 down 15.4% falling
146 Melanesia 0.11 LSU/ha 2023 down 45.0% falling
148 Afghanistan 0.1 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
148 Greece 0.1 LSU/ha 2023 up 25.0% falling
148 Guyana 0.1 LSU/ha 2023 down 9.1% falling
148 Hungary 0.1 LSU/ha 2023 up 11.1% falling
148 Kyrgyzstan 0.1 LSU/ha 2023 up 25.0% rising
148 Zambia 0.1 LSU/ha 2023 up 25.0% rising
148 Australia and New Zealand 0.1 LSU/ha 2023 up 11.1% rising
155 China 0.09 LSU/ha 2023 up 12.5% flat
155 Djibouti 0.09 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged volatile
155 Ghana 0.09 LSU/ha 2023 up 50.0% rising
155 Lebanon 0.09 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged falling
155 Lesotho 0.09 LSU/ha 2023 down 25.0% rising
155 Madagascar 0.09 LSU/ha 2023 down 25.0% falling
155 Romania 0.09 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged falling
155 China, mainland 0.09 LSU/ha 2023 up 12.5% flat
163 Palestine 0.08 LSU/ha 2023 up 33.3% rising
163 Solomon Islands 0.08 LSU/ha 2023 down 11.1% falling
163 Sierra Leone 0.08 LSU/ha 2023 down 11.1% rising
163 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0.08 LSU/ha 2023 down 33.3% rising
167 Australia 0.07 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
167 Bulgaria 0.07 LSU/ha 2023 up 16.7% falling
167 Morocco 0.07 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged falling
167 North Macedonia 0.07 LSU/ha 2023 down 36.4% falling
167 Cook Islands 0.07 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged volatile
172 Angola 0.06 LSU/ha 2023 up 20.0% rising
172 Malaysia 0.06 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged flat
172 Togo 0.06 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
172 Yemen 0.06 LSU/ha 2023 up 20.0% rising
176 Jordan 0.05 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
176 Namibia 0.05 LSU/ha 2023 up 66.7% rising
176 Somalia 0.05 LSU/ha 2023 down 16.7% rising
176 Russian Federation 0.05 LSU/ha 2023 down 16.7% falling
180 Bahamas 0.04 LSU/ha 2023 up 33.3% volatile
180 Iceland 0.04 LSU/ha 2023 up 33.3% rising
180 Papua New Guinea 0.04 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged falling
180 Turkmenistan 0.04 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
180 Tunisia 0.04 LSU/ha 2023 down 20.0% falling
180 Syrian Arab Republic 0.04 LSU/ha 2023 down 33.3% rising
186 Algeria 0.03 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
186 Equatorial Guinea 0.03 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
186 Mongolia 0.03 LSU/ha 2023 up 50.0% rising
186 Mozambique 0.03 LSU/ha 2023 up 50.0% rising
186 Ukraine 0.03 LSU/ha 2023 down 57.1% volatile
186 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.03 LSU/ha 2023 up 50.0% falling
186 Côte d'Ivoire 0.03 LSU/ha 2023 down 25.0% rising
193 Botswana 0.02 LSU/ha 2023 down 50.0% falling
193 Congo 0.02 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged volatile
193 Kazakhstan 0.02 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged flat
193 Mauritania 0.02 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged falling
193 Mauritius 0.02 LSU/ha 2023 down 50.0% volatile
193 Sao Tome and Principe 0.02 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged falling
193 Republic of Moldova 0.02 LSU/ha 2023 down 60.0% volatile
193 Brunei Darussalam 0.02 LSU/ha 2023 down 50.0% falling
201 Faroe Islands 0.01 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged falling
201 Gabon 0.01 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged volatile
201 Liberia 0.01 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged falling
201 Libya 0.01 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged flat
201 Niue 0.01 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged volatile
206 Saudi Arabia 0 LSU/ha 2023 — flat

Regions and income groups

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

About this data

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
Last refreshed

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.