Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Albania
Albania: Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area was 0.15 LSU/ha in 2023. ▲ Rising
Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Albania, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in LSU/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area in Albania is 0.15 LSU/ha, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 63 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 6.2% on the previous year and down 40.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area in Albania peaked at 0.45 LSU/ha in 1995 and was at its lowest, 0.15 LSU/ha, in 2023.
Albania ranks 121st of 190 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.
Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Albania, year by year
| Year | LSU/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.2 LSU/ha | — |
| 1962 | 0.2 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 0.2 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 0.2 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 0.21 LSU/ha | +5.0% |
| 1966 | 0.21 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 0.21 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 0.2 LSU/ha | -4.8% |
| 1969 | 0.2 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 0.2 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 0.2 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 0.2 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 0.22 LSU/ha | +10.0% |
| 1974 | 0.24 LSU/ha | +9.1% |
| 1975 | 0.25 LSU/ha | +4.2% |
| 1976 | 0.28 LSU/ha | +12.0% |
| 1977 | 0.28 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 0.31 LSU/ha | +10.7% |
| 1979 | 0.32 LSU/ha | +3.2% |
| 1980 | 0.33 LSU/ha | +3.1% |
| 1981 | 0.33 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 0.33 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 0.34 LSU/ha | +3.0% |
| 1984 | 0.33 LSU/ha | -2.9% |
| 1985 | 0.32 LSU/ha | -3.0% |
| 1986 | 0.33 LSU/ha | +3.1% |
| 1987 | 0.36 LSU/ha | +9.1% |
| 1988 | 0.37 LSU/ha | +2.8% |
| 1989 | 0.38 LSU/ha | +2.7% |
| 1990 | 0.34 LSU/ha | -10.5% |
| 1991 | 0.34 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 0.33 LSU/ha | -2.9% |
| 1993 | 0.35 LSU/ha | +6.1% |
| 1994 | 0.44 LSU/ha | +25.7% |
| 1995 | 0.45 LSU/ha | +2.3% |
| 1996 | 0.43 LSU/ha | -4.4% |
| 1997 | 0.41 LSU/ha | -4.7% |
| 1998 | 0.37 LSU/ha | -9.8% |
| 1999 | 0.38 LSU/ha | +2.7% |
| 2000 | 0.38 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 0.37 LSU/ha | -2.6% |
| 2002 | 0.36 LSU/ha | -2.7% |
| 2003 | 0.37 LSU/ha | +2.8% |
| 2004 | 0.35 LSU/ha | -5.4% |
| 2005 | 0.36 LSU/ha | +2.9% |
| 2006 | 0.34 LSU/ha | -5.6% |
| 2007 | 0.31 LSU/ha | -8.8% |
| 2008 | 0.27 LSU/ha | -12.9% |
| 2009 | 0.25 LSU/ha | -7.4% |
| 2010 | 0.25 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.25 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.25 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.25 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.26 LSU/ha | +4.0% |
| 2015 | 0.26 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.25 LSU/ha | -3.8% |
| 2017 | 0.24 LSU/ha | -4.0% |
| 2018 | 0.24 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.21 LSU/ha | -12.5% |
| 2020 | 0.19 LSU/ha | -9.5% |
| 2021 | 0.18 LSU/ha | -5.3% |
| 2022 | 0.16 LSU/ha | -11.1% |
| 2023 | 0.15 LSU/ha | -6.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.2033 LSU/ha | 0.2 LSU/ha | 0.21 LSU/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.25 LSU/ha | 0.2 LSU/ha | 0.32 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.342 LSU/ha | 0.32 LSU/ha | 0.38 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.384 LSU/ha | 0.33 LSU/ha | 0.45 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.336 LSU/ha | 0.25 LSU/ha | 0.38 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.246 LSU/ha | 0.21 LSU/ha | 0.26 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.17 LSU/ha | 0.15 LSU/ha | 0.19 LSU/ha | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area in Albania?
- Cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area in Albania was 0.15 LSU/ha in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area recorded in Albania?
- The highest recorded value was 0.45 LSU/ha in 1995.
- What is the lowest cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area recorded in Albania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.15 LSU/ha in 2023.
- How does Albania rank for cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Albania ranks 121st out of 190 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area rising or falling in Albania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 40.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Albania data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area. 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.