Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Canada
Canada: Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area was 0.2 LSU/ha in 2023. ▲ Rising
Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Canada, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in LSU/ha.
Analysis
In 2023, cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area in Canada stood at 0.2 LSU/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area in Canada peaked at 0.24 LSU/ha in 2004 and was at its lowest, 0.17 LSU/ha, in 1961.
Canada ranks 98th of 188 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.1811 LSU/ha | 0.17 LSU/ha | 0.19 LSU/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.203 LSU/ha | 0.18 LSU/ha | 0.23 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.188 LSU/ha | 0.17 LSU/ha | 0.2 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.203 LSU/ha | 0.18 LSU/ha | 0.22 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.229 LSU/ha | 0.22 LSU/ha | 0.24 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.206 LSU/ha | 0.2 LSU/ha | 0.22 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2 LSU/ha | 0.2 LSU/ha | 0.2 LSU/ha | 4 |
Countries ranked near Canada
- 98 Senegal 0.2 LSU/ha compare
- 98 United Arab Emirates 0.2 LSU/ha compare
- 101 Chile 0.19 LSU/ha compare
- 101 Comoros, Union of the 0.19 LSU/ha compare
- 101 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 0.19 LSU/ha compare
- 101 Sri Lanka 0.19 LSU/ha compare
- 101 Yugoslav SFR 0.19 LSU/ha compare
More environment data for Canada
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.642 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.96 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 3.05 million t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 15.95 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 72,165 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import quantity 11,365 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export value 2.33 million 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity 2.13 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import value 2.59 million 1000 USD (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area in Canada?
- Cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area in Canada was 0.2 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 Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 0.24 LSU/ha in 2004.
- What is the lowest cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.17 LSU/ha in 1961.
- How does Canada rank for cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Canada ranks 98th out of 188 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Canada 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.