Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Germany
Germany: Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area was 0.59 LSU/ha in 2023. ▼ Falling
Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Germany, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in LSU/ha.
Analysis
Germany recorded 0.59 LSU/ha for cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 63 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.7% on the previous year and down 13.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area in Germany peaked at 1.06 LSU/ha in 1985 and was at its lowest, 0.59 LSU/ha, in 2023.
Germany ranks 28th of 188 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.8478 LSU/ha | 0.81 LSU/ha | 0.9 LSU/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.946 LSU/ha | 0.9 LSU/ha | 1 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.03 LSU/ha | 1 LSU/ha | 1.06 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.866 LSU/ha | 0.78 LSU/ha | 1.02 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.713 LSU/ha | 0.67 LSU/ha | 0.77 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.67 LSU/ha | 0.63 LSU/ha | 0.69 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6 LSU/ha | 0.59 LSU/ha | 0.61 LSU/ha | 4 |
Countries ranked near Germany
More environment data for Germany
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.613 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.11 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 12.40 million t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 14.19 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 568,040 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import quantity 183,493 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export value 8.66 million 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity 8.73 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import value 4.99 million 1000 USD (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area in Germany?
- Cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area in Germany was 0.59 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 Germany?
- The highest recorded value was 1.06 LSU/ha in 1985.
- What is the lowest cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area recorded in Germany?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.59 LSU/ha in 2023.
- How does Germany rank for cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Germany ranks 28th out of 188 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area rising or falling in Germany?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Germany 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.