Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Malawi
Malawi: Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area was 0.18 LSU/ha in 2023. ▲ Rising
Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Malawi, 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 Malawi is 0.18 LSU/ha, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.9% on the previous year and up 63.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area in Malawi peaked at 0.18 LSU/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.06 LSU/ha, in 1961.
That places Malawi 106th 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 | 0.06 LSU/ha | 0.06 LSU/ha | 0.06 LSU/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.08 LSU/ha | 0.06 LSU/ha | 0.1 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.114 LSU/ha | 0.1 LSU/ha | 0.13 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.087 LSU/ha | 0.07 LSU/ha | 0.1 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.082 LSU/ha | 0.08 LSU/ha | 0.09 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.122 LSU/ha | 0.1 LSU/ha | 0.16 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.17 LSU/ha | 0.16 LSU/ha | 0.18 LSU/ha | 4 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
- 106 Armenia, Republic of 0.18 LSU/ha compare
- 106 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.18 LSU/ha compare
- 106 Niger 0.18 LSU/ha compare
- 106 Singapore 0.18 LSU/ha compare
- 106 Zimbabwe 0.18 LSU/ha compare
More environment data for Malawi
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.254 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.07 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 1,000 t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 1,000 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 1,743 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import quantity 165 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export value 116 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity 53 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import value 15,306 1000 USD (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area in Malawi?
- Cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area in Malawi was 0.18 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 Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 0.18 LSU/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.06 LSU/ha in 1961.
- How does Malawi rank for cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Malawi ranks 106th out of 188 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 63.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malawi 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.