Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Australia and New Zealand
Australia and New Zealand: Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area was 0.1 LSU/ha in 2023. ▲ Rising
Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Australia and New Zealand, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in LSU/ha.
Analysis
Australia and New Zealand recorded 0.1 LSU/ha for cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 25.0% on the previous year and up 11.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area in Australia and New Zealand peaked at 0.1 LSU/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.04 LSU/ha, in 1961.
That places Australia and New Zealand 136th out of 190 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.
Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Australia and New Zealand, year by year
| Year | LSU/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.04 LSU/ha | — |
| 1962 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +25.0% |
| 1963 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +20.0% |
| 1972 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +16.7% |
| 1974 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 0.06 LSU/ha | -14.3% |
| 1980 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 0.05 LSU/ha | -16.7% |
| 1984 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +20.0% |
| 1986 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +16.7% |
| 1996 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.08 LSU/ha | +14.3% |
| 2005 | 0.08 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.08 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.08 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.08 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.09 LSU/ha | +12.5% |
| 2010 | 0.08 LSU/ha | -11.1% |
| 2011 | 0.09 LSU/ha | +12.5% |
| 2012 | 0.09 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.09 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.09 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.09 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.09 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.09 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.09 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.08 LSU/ha | -11.1% |
| 2020 | 0.08 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.08 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.08 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.1 LSU/ha | +25.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0489 LSU/ha | 0.04 LSU/ha | 0.05 LSU/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.065 LSU/ha | 0.05 LSU/ha | 0.07 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.058 LSU/ha | 0.05 LSU/ha | 0.06 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.065 LSU/ha | 0.06 LSU/ha | 0.07 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.077 LSU/ha | 0.07 LSU/ha | 0.09 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.088 LSU/ha | 0.08 LSU/ha | 0.09 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.085 LSU/ha | 0.08 LSU/ha | 0.1 LSU/ha | 4 |
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More environment data for Australia and New Zealand
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -5.87 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -4.39 Percentage change (2025)
- Temperature change 1.39 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.335 °C (2025)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 4.99 million t (2024)
- Recovered paper — Production 2.98 million t (2024)
- Agricultural land — Value of agricultural production (Int. $) per Area 187.5 USD_PPP/ha (2024)
- Arable land — Area 31,787 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Area per capita 1.01 ha/cap (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area in Australia and New Zealand?
- Cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area in Australia and New Zealand was 0.1 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 Australia and New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1 LSU/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.04 LSU/ha in 1961.
- How does Australia and New Zealand rank for cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Australia and New Zealand ranks 136th out of 190 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area rising or falling in Australia and New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Australia and New Zealand 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.