Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Lao People's Democratic Republic
Lao People's Democratic Republic: Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area was 0.72 LSU/ha in 2023. ▲ Rising
Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Lao People's Democratic Republic, 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 Lao People's Democratic Republic stood at 0.72 LSU/ha. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.9% on the previous year and up 50.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area in Lao People's Democratic Republic peaked at 0.72 LSU/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.12 LSU/ha, in 1961.
Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 2nd of 20 regions on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Lao People's Democratic Republic, year by year
| Year | LSU/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.12 LSU/ha | — |
| 1962 | 0.13 LSU/ha | +8.3% |
| 1963 | 0.13 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 0.15 LSU/ha | +15.4% |
| 1965 | 0.15 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 0.17 LSU/ha | +13.3% |
| 1967 | 0.17 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 0.17 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 0.17 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 0.17 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 0.16 LSU/ha | -5.9% |
| 1972 | 0.15 LSU/ha | -6.3% |
| 1973 | 0.15 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 0.15 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 0.16 LSU/ha | +6.7% |
| 1976 | 0.13 LSU/ha | -18.8% |
| 1977 | 0.14 LSU/ha | +7.7% |
| 1978 | 0.16 LSU/ha | +14.3% |
| 1979 | 0.16 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 0.18 LSU/ha | +12.5% |
| 1981 | 0.18 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 0.19 LSU/ha | +5.6% |
| 1983 | 0.2 LSU/ha | +5.3% |
| 1984 | 0.22 LSU/ha | +10.0% |
| 1985 | 0.25 LSU/ha | +13.6% |
| 1986 | 0.26 LSU/ha | +4.0% |
| 1987 | 0.28 LSU/ha | +7.7% |
| 1988 | 0.3 LSU/ha | +7.1% |
| 1989 | 0.32 LSU/ha | +6.7% |
| 1990 | 0.33 LSU/ha | +3.1% |
| 1991 | 0.35 LSU/ha | +6.1% |
| 1992 | 0.39 LSU/ha | +11.4% |
| 1993 | 0.4 LSU/ha | +2.6% |
| 1994 | 0.42 LSU/ha | +5.0% |
| 1995 | 0.44 LSU/ha | +4.8% |
| 1996 | 0.45 LSU/ha | +2.3% |
| 1997 | 0.45 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.41 LSU/ha | -8.9% |
| 1999 | 0.37 LSU/ha | -9.8% |
| 2000 | 0.42 LSU/ha | +13.5% |
| 2001 | 0.43 LSU/ha | +2.4% |
| 2002 | 0.42 LSU/ha | -2.3% |
| 2003 | 0.42 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.43 LSU/ha | +2.4% |
| 2005 | 0.42 LSU/ha | -2.3% |
| 2006 | 0.42 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.43 LSU/ha | +2.4% |
| 2008 | 0.43 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.43 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.44 LSU/ha | +2.3% |
| 2011 | 0.45 LSU/ha | +2.3% |
| 2012 | 0.49 LSU/ha | +8.9% |
| 2013 | 0.48 LSU/ha | -2.0% |
| 2014 | 0.48 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.49 LSU/ha | +2.1% |
| 2016 | 0.52 LSU/ha | +6.1% |
| 2017 | 0.55 LSU/ha | +5.8% |
| 2018 | 0.57 LSU/ha | +3.6% |
| 2019 | 0.61 LSU/ha | +7.0% |
| 2020 | 0.64 LSU/ha | +4.9% |
| 2021 | 0.68 LSU/ha | +6.3% |
| 2022 | 0.7 LSU/ha | +2.9% |
| 2023 | 0.72 LSU/ha | +2.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.1511 LSU/ha | 0.12 LSU/ha | 0.17 LSU/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.153 LSU/ha | 0.13 LSU/ha | 0.17 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.238 LSU/ha | 0.18 LSU/ha | 0.32 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.401 LSU/ha | 0.33 LSU/ha | 0.45 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.425 LSU/ha | 0.42 LSU/ha | 0.43 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.508 LSU/ha | 0.44 LSU/ha | 0.61 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.685 LSU/ha | 0.64 LSU/ha | 0.72 LSU/ha | 4 |
Countries ranked near Lao People's Democratic Republic
- 1 Belgium-Luxembourg 2.01 LSU/ha compare
- 2 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 1.87 LSU/ha compare
- 3 Republic of Korea 1.67 LSU/ha compare
- 4 Belgium 1.49 LSU/ha compare
- 5 Ireland 1.4 LSU/ha compare
- 5 Timor-Leste 0.46 LSU/ha compare
More environment data for Lao People's Democratic Republic
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Temperature change 0.825 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.318 °C (2025)
- Cropland — Share in Agricultural land 72.61 % (2024)
- Cropland — Area per capita 0.21 ha/cap (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Land area 6.92 % (2024)
- Agriculture — Area 2,201 1000 ha (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 500.22 1000 ha (2024)
- Agricultural land — Area 2,201 1000 ha (2024)
- Agricultural land — Value of agricultural production (Int. $) per Area 2,874 USD_PPP/ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
- Cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area in Lao People's Democratic Republic was 0.72 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 Lao People's Democratic Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 0.72 LSU/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area recorded in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.12 LSU/ha in 1961.
- How does Lao People's Democratic Republic rank for cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 2nd out of 20 regions with data for 2023.
- Is cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area rising or falling in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is up 50.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Lao People's Democratic Republic 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.