Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area was 0.92 LSU/ha in 2023. ▲ Rising
Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Ethiopia, 1993–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in LSU/ha.
Analysis
In 2023, cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area in Ethiopia stood at 0.92 LSU/ha. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.5% on the previous year and up 22.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area in Ethiopia peaked at 0.92 LSU/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.48 LSU/ha, in 1993.
Ethiopia ranks 10th of 190 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.52 LSU/ha | 0.48 LSU/ha | 0.58 LSU/ha | 7 |
| 2000s | 0.635 LSU/ha | 0.54 LSU/ha | 0.73 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.778 LSU/ha | 0.72 LSU/ha | 0.86 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.89 LSU/ha | 0.85 LSU/ha | 0.92 LSU/ha | 4 |
Countries ranked near Ethiopia
- 7 Luxembourg 1.24 LSU/ha compare
- 8 Guadeloupe 1.03 LSU/ha compare
- 8 Malta 1.03 LSU/ha compare
- 10 Switzerland 0.92 LSU/ha compare
- 12 Costa Rica 0.91 LSU/ha compare
- 13 New Zealand 0.88 LSU/ha compare
More environment data for Ethiopia
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.272 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.39 °C (2025)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import -50 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import 0 t per person (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value -12.85 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 0 1000 USD per person (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Recovered paper — Production 2,500 t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 11,900 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area in Ethiopia?
- Cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area in Ethiopia was 0.92 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 Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.92 LSU/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.48 LSU/ha in 1993.
- How does Ethiopia rank for cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Ethiopia ranks 10th out of 190 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 22.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ethiopia 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.