Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area in India
India: Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area was 0.54 LSU/ha in 2023. ▲ Rising
Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area in India, 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 India stood at 0.54 LSU/ha.
The figure is up 1.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area in India peaked at 0.56 LSU/ha in 1989 and was at its lowest, 0.49 LSU/ha, in 1962.
That places India 31st out of 188 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.4978 LSU/ha | 0.49 LSU/ha | 0.5 LSU/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.501 LSU/ha | 0.5 LSU/ha | 0.51 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.54 LSU/ha | 0.52 LSU/ha | 0.56 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.555 LSU/ha | 0.54 LSU/ha | 0.56 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.532 LSU/ha | 0.51 LSU/ha | 0.55 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.532 LSU/ha | 0.52 LSU/ha | 0.54 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.5425 LSU/ha | 0.54 LSU/ha | 0.55 LSU/ha | 4 |
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- Standard Deviation 0.254 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.954 °C (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area in India?
- Cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area in India 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 India?
- The highest recorded value was 0.56 LSU/ha in 1989.
- What is the lowest cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.49 LSU/ha in 1962.
- How does India rank for cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- India ranks 31st out of 188 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this India 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.