Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area was 0.35 LSU/ha in 2023. ▲ Rising
Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Burkina Faso, 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 Burkina Faso is 0.35 LSU/ha, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.9% on the previous year and up 2.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area in Burkina Faso peaked at 0.35 LSU/ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.1 LSU/ha, in 1961.
That places Burkina Faso 63rd 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 Burkina Faso, year by year
| Year | LSU/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.1 LSU/ha | — |
| 1962 | 0.1 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 0.1 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 0.11 LSU/ha | +10.0% |
| 1965 | 0.13 LSU/ha | +18.2% |
| 1966 | 0.13 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 0.13 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 0.13 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 0.14 LSU/ha | +7.7% |
| 1970 | 0.14 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 0.14 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 0.13 LSU/ha | -7.1% |
| 1973 | 0.13 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 0.13 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 0.14 LSU/ha | +7.7% |
| 1976 | 0.14 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 0.14 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 0.15 LSU/ha | +7.1% |
| 1979 | 0.15 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 0.15 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 0.16 LSU/ha | +6.7% |
| 1982 | 0.16 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 0.16 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 0.16 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 0.19 LSU/ha | +18.8% |
| 1986 | 0.19 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 0.19 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 0.2 LSU/ha | +5.3% |
| 1989 | 0.2 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 0.19 LSU/ha | -5.0% |
| 1991 | 0.2 LSU/ha | +5.3% |
| 1992 | 0.2 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 0.2 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 0.2 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.21 LSU/ha | +5.0% |
| 1996 | 0.21 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 0.21 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.21 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.21 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.21 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 0.22 LSU/ha | +4.8% |
| 2002 | 0.22 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.32 LSU/ha | +45.5% |
| 2004 | 0.32 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.32 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.32 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.33 LSU/ha | +3.1% |
| 2008 | 0.33 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.33 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.33 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.33 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.34 LSU/ha | +3.0% |
| 2013 | 0.34 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.34 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.34 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.35 LSU/ha | +2.9% |
| 2017 | 0.35 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.35 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.35 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.27 LSU/ha | -22.9% |
| 2021 | 0.34 LSU/ha | +25.9% |
| 2022 | 0.34 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.35 LSU/ha | +2.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.1189 LSU/ha | 0.1 LSU/ha | 0.14 LSU/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.139 LSU/ha | 0.13 LSU/ha | 0.15 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.176 LSU/ha | 0.15 LSU/ha | 0.2 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.204 LSU/ha | 0.19 LSU/ha | 0.21 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.292 LSU/ha | 0.21 LSU/ha | 0.33 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.342 LSU/ha | 0.33 LSU/ha | 0.35 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.325 LSU/ha | 0.27 LSU/ha | 0.35 LSU/ha | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area in Burkina Faso?
- Cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area in Burkina Faso was 0.35 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 Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 0.35 LSU/ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1 LSU/ha in 1961.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Burkina Faso ranks 63rd out of 190 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Burkina Faso 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.