Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Eswatini
Eswatini: Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area was 0.21 LSU/ha in 2023. ▲ Rising
Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Eswatini, 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 Eswatini is 0.21 LSU/ha, measured in 2023.
The figure is down 4.5% on the previous year and down 19.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area in Eswatini peaked at 0.31 LSU/ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 0.16 LSU/ha, in 1966.
That places Eswatini 94th out of 188 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.1744 LSU/ha | 0.16 LSU/ha | 0.18 LSU/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.215 LSU/ha | 0.19 LSU/ha | 0.25 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.252 LSU/ha | 0.24 LSU/ha | 0.27 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.271 LSU/ha | 0.25 LSU/ha | 0.31 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.237 LSU/ha | 0.21 LSU/ha | 0.25 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.238 LSU/ha | 0.21 LSU/ha | 0.26 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2225 LSU/ha | 0.21 LSU/ha | 0.23 LSU/ha | 4 |
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More environment data for Eswatini
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.321 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.02 °C (2025)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 3.49 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 0.0003 1000 USD per person (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Recovered paper — Production 6,000 t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 6,000 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 386 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import quantity 86 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area in Eswatini?
- Cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area in Eswatini was 0.21 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 Eswatini?
- The highest recorded value was 0.31 LSU/ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area recorded in Eswatini?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.16 LSU/ha in 1966.
- How does Eswatini rank for cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Eswatini ranks 94th out of 188 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area rising or falling in Eswatini?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eswatini 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.