Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Democratic People's Republic of Korea: Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area was 0.14 LSU/ha in 2023. ▼ Falling
Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Democratic People's Republic of Korea, 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 Democratic People's Republic of Korea stood at 0.14 LSU/ha. That is the lowest value across all 63 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area in Democratic People's Republic of Korea peaked at 0.33 LSU/ha in 1988 and was at its lowest, 0.14 LSU/ha, in 1997.
Democratic People's Republic of Korea ranks 15th of 20 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Democratic People's Republic of Korea, year by year
| Year | LSU/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.2 LSU/ha | — |
| 1962 | 0.19 LSU/ha | -5.0% |
| 1963 | 0.2 LSU/ha | +5.3% |
| 1964 | 0.2 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 0.2 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 0.2 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 0.2 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 0.2 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 0.21 LSU/ha | +5.0% |
| 1970 | 0.21 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 0.22 LSU/ha | +4.8% |
| 1972 | 0.22 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 0.22 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 0.23 LSU/ha | +4.5% |
| 1975 | 0.23 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 0.24 LSU/ha | +4.3% |
| 1977 | 0.24 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 0.25 LSU/ha | +4.2% |
| 1979 | 0.26 LSU/ha | +4.0% |
| 1980 | 0.25 LSU/ha | -3.8% |
| 1981 | 0.25 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 0.26 LSU/ha | +4.0% |
| 1983 | 0.26 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 0.27 LSU/ha | +3.8% |
| 1985 | 0.29 LSU/ha | +7.4% |
| 1986 | 0.3 LSU/ha | +3.4% |
| 1987 | 0.31 LSU/ha | +3.3% |
| 1988 | 0.33 LSU/ha | +6.5% |
| 1989 | 0.29 LSU/ha | -12.1% |
| 1990 | 0.26 LSU/ha | -10.3% |
| 1991 | 0.22 LSU/ha | -15.4% |
| 1992 | 0.23 LSU/ha | +4.5% |
| 1993 | 0.23 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 0.23 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.22 LSU/ha | -4.3% |
| 1996 | 0.16 LSU/ha | -27.3% |
| 1997 | 0.14 LSU/ha | -12.5% |
| 1998 | 0.15 LSU/ha | +7.1% |
| 1999 | 0.15 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.15 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 0.15 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.15 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.15 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.14 LSU/ha | -6.7% |
| 2005 | 0.14 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.14 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.14 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.14 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.14 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.14 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.14 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.14 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.14 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.14 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.14 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.14 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.14 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.14 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.14 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.15 LSU/ha | +7.1% |
| 2021 | 0.15 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.14 LSU/ha | -6.7% |
| 2023 | 0.14 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.2 LSU/ha | 0.19 LSU/ha | 0.21 LSU/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.232 LSU/ha | 0.21 LSU/ha | 0.26 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.281 LSU/ha | 0.25 LSU/ha | 0.33 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.199 LSU/ha | 0.14 LSU/ha | 0.26 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.144 LSU/ha | 0.14 LSU/ha | 0.15 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.14 LSU/ha | 0.14 LSU/ha | 0.14 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.145 LSU/ha | 0.14 LSU/ha | 0.15 LSU/ha | 4 |
Countries ranked near Democratic People's Republic of Korea
- 12 Costa Rica 0.91 LSU/ha compare
- 13 New Zealand 0.88 LSU/ha compare
- 14 Norway 0.8 LSU/ha compare
- 14 Puerto Rico 0.8 LSU/ha compare
- 14 Micronesia 0.16 LSU/ha compare
- 16 Japan 0.79 LSU/ha compare
- 16 Melanesia 0.11 LSU/ha compare
- 17 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0.08 LSU/ha compare
- 17 Pakistan 0.77 LSU/ha compare
- 18 Cabo Verde 0.19 LSU/ha compare
- 18 Nicaragua 0.76 LSU/ha compare
- 18 Syrian Arab Republic 0.04 LSU/ha compare
More environment data for Democratic People's Republic of Korea
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.499 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.26 °C (2025)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita 0.45 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per value of agricultural 1.35 g/Int$ (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity 0 t (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Agricultural Use 12,000 t (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 2.32 g/Int$ (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 1,460 1000 ha (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 57.31 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area in Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
- Cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area in Democratic People's Republic of Korea was 0.14 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 Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
- The highest recorded value was 0.33 LSU/ha in 1988.
- What is the lowest cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area recorded in Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.14 LSU/ha in 1997.
- How does Democratic People's Republic of Korea rank for cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea ranks 15th out of 20 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area rising or falling in Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Democratic People's Republic of Korea 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.