Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Egypt
Egypt: Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area was 0.54 LSU/ha in 2023. ▲ Rising
Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Egypt, 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 Egypt stood at 0.54 LSU/ha.
The figure is up 1.9% on the previous year and down 39.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area in Egypt peaked at 0.99 LSU/ha in 2008 and was at its lowest, 0.41 LSU/ha, in 1966.
That places Egypt 31st out of 190 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Egypt, year by year
| Year | LSU/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.42 LSU/ha | — |
| 1962 | 0.43 LSU/ha | +2.4% |
| 1963 | 0.44 LSU/ha | +2.3% |
| 1964 | 0.44 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 0.42 LSU/ha | -4.5% |
| 1966 | 0.41 LSU/ha | -2.4% |
| 1967 | 0.41 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 0.51 LSU/ha | +24.4% |
| 1969 | 0.52 LSU/ha | +2.0% |
| 1970 | 0.52 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 0.52 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 0.52 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 0.52 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 0.52 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 0.52 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 0.53 LSU/ha | +1.9% |
| 1977 | 0.54 LSU/ha | +1.9% |
| 1978 | 0.58 LSU/ha | +7.4% |
| 1979 | 0.56 LSU/ha | -3.4% |
| 1980 | 0.55 LSU/ha | -1.8% |
| 1981 | 0.53 LSU/ha | -3.6% |
| 1982 | 0.52 LSU/ha | -1.9% |
| 1983 | 0.51 LSU/ha | -1.9% |
| 1984 | 0.5 LSU/ha | -2.0% |
| 1985 | 0.48 LSU/ha | -4.0% |
| 1986 | 0.51 LSU/ha | +6.3% |
| 1987 | 0.63 LSU/ha | +23.5% |
| 1988 | 0.75 LSU/ha | +19.0% |
| 1989 | 0.74 LSU/ha | -1.3% |
| 1990 | 0.69 LSU/ha | -6.8% |
| 1991 | 0.94 LSU/ha | +36.2% |
| 1992 | 0.84 LSU/ha | -10.6% |
| 1993 | 0.86 LSU/ha | +2.4% |
| 1994 | 0.63 LSU/ha | -26.7% |
| 1995 | 0.58 LSU/ha | -7.9% |
| 1996 | 0.72 LSU/ha | +24.1% |
| 1997 | 0.71 LSU/ha | -1.4% |
| 1998 | 0.69 LSU/ha | -2.8% |
| 1999 | 0.69 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.75 LSU/ha | +8.7% |
| 2001 | 0.8 LSU/ha | +6.7% |
| 2002 | 0.83 LSU/ha | +3.7% |
| 2003 | 0.87 LSU/ha | +4.8% |
| 2004 | 0.88 LSU/ha | +1.1% |
| 2005 | 0.89 LSU/ha | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 0.91 LSU/ha | +2.2% |
| 2007 | 0.98 LSU/ha | +7.7% |
| 2008 | 0.99 LSU/ha | +1.0% |
| 2009 | 0.86 LSU/ha | -13.1% |
| 2010 | 0.9 LSU/ha | +4.7% |
| 2011 | 0.92 LSU/ha | +2.2% |
| 2012 | 0.94 LSU/ha | +2.2% |
| 2013 | 0.89 LSU/ha | -5.3% |
| 2014 | 0.9 LSU/ha | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 0.9 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.94 LSU/ha | +4.4% |
| 2017 | 0.8 LSU/ha | -14.9% |
| 2018 | 0.79 LSU/ha | -1.3% |
| 2019 | 0.5 LSU/ha | -36.7% |
| 2020 | 0.48 LSU/ha | -4.0% |
| 2021 | 0.49 LSU/ha | +2.1% |
| 2022 | 0.53 LSU/ha | +8.2% |
| 2023 | 0.54 LSU/ha | +1.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.4444 LSU/ha | 0.41 LSU/ha | 0.52 LSU/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.533 LSU/ha | 0.52 LSU/ha | 0.58 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.572 LSU/ha | 0.48 LSU/ha | 0.75 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.735 LSU/ha | 0.58 LSU/ha | 0.94 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.876 LSU/ha | 0.75 LSU/ha | 0.99 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.848 LSU/ha | 0.5 LSU/ha | 0.94 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.51 LSU/ha | 0.48 LSU/ha | 0.54 LSU/ha | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area in Egypt?
- Cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area in Egypt was 0.54 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 Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 0.99 LSU/ha in 2008.
- What is the lowest cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.41 LSU/ha in 1966.
- How does Egypt rank for cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Egypt ranks 31st out of 190 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is down 39.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Egypt 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.