Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Chad
Chad: Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area was 0.37 LSU/ha in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Chad, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in LSU/ha.
Analysis
Chad recorded 0.37 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 2.8% on the previous year and up 68.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area in Chad peaked at 0.37 LSU/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.03 LSU/ha, in 1974.
That places Chad 62nd out of 190 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Chad, year by year
| Year | LSU/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.04 LSU/ha | — |
| 1962 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +25.0% |
| 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 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 0.04 LSU/ha | -20.0% |
| 1974 | 0.03 LSU/ha | -25.0% |
| 1975 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +33.3% |
| 1978 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +25.0% |
| 1983 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +20.0% |
| 1987 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +16.7% |
| 1990 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 0.08 LSU/ha | +14.3% |
| 1993 | 0.08 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 0.09 LSU/ha | +12.5% |
| 1995 | 0.09 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 0.1 LSU/ha | +11.1% |
| 1997 | 0.1 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.11 LSU/ha | +10.0% |
| 1999 | 0.11 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.12 LSU/ha | +9.1% |
| 2001 | 0.12 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.13 LSU/ha | +8.3% |
| 2003 | 0.14 LSU/ha | +7.7% |
| 2004 | 0.14 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.15 LSU/ha | +7.1% |
| 2006 | 0.16 LSU/ha | +6.7% |
| 2007 | 0.17 LSU/ha | +6.3% |
| 2008 | 0.18 LSU/ha | +5.9% |
| 2009 | 0.19 LSU/ha | +5.6% |
| 2010 | 0.2 LSU/ha | +5.3% |
| 2011 | 0.21 LSU/ha | +5.0% |
| 2012 | 0.21 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.22 LSU/ha | +4.8% |
| 2014 | 0.24 LSU/ha | +9.1% |
| 2015 | 0.25 LSU/ha | +4.2% |
| 2016 | 0.26 LSU/ha | +4.0% |
| 2017 | 0.27 LSU/ha | +3.8% |
| 2018 | 0.29 LSU/ha | +7.4% |
| 2019 | 0.3 LSU/ha | +3.4% |
| 2020 | 0.32 LSU/ha | +6.7% |
| 2021 | 0.33 LSU/ha | +3.1% |
| 2022 | 0.36 LSU/ha | +9.1% |
| 2023 | 0.37 LSU/ha | +2.8% |
Chad compared with similar countries
- Chad's 0.37 LSU/ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 0.18 LSU/ha, 2.1× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Chad's 0.37 LSU/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.155 LSU/ha, 2.4× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Chad changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | +33.3% | 0.03 LSU/ha | 0.04 LSU/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0456 LSU/ha | 0.04 LSU/ha | 0.05 LSU/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.04 LSU/ha | 0.03 LSU/ha | 0.05 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.053 LSU/ha | 0.04 LSU/ha | 0.07 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.09 LSU/ha | 0.07 LSU/ha | 0.11 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.15 LSU/ha | 0.12 LSU/ha | 0.19 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.245 LSU/ha | 0.2 LSU/ha | 0.3 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.345 LSU/ha | 0.32 LSU/ha | 0.37 LSU/ha | 4 |
Countries ranked near Chad
More environment data for Chad
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -10.96 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -13.87 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.274 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.1 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 4.44 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 5 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area in Chad?
- Cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area in Chad was 0.37 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 Chad?
- The highest recorded value was 0.37 LSU/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area recorded in Chad?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.03 LSU/ha in 1974.
- How does Chad rank for cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Chad ranks 62nd out of 190 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area rising or falling in Chad?
- Over the last ten years it is up 68.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Chad 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.