Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Mauritania
Mauritania: Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area was 0.02 LSU/ha in 2023. ▼ Falling
Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Mauritania, 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 Mauritania stood at 0.02 LSU/ha.
The figure is down 33.3% on the previous year and unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area in Mauritania peaked at 0.03 LSU/ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 0.01 LSU/ha, in 1974.
Mauritania ranks 178th of 190 countries on this measure, in the bottom 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 | 0.0289 LSU/ha | 0.02 LSU/ha | 0.03 LSU/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.016 LSU/ha | 0.01 LSU/ha | 0.02 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.019 LSU/ha | 0.01 LSU/ha | 0.02 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.017 LSU/ha | 0.01 LSU/ha | 0.02 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.02 LSU/ha | 0.02 LSU/ha | 0.02 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.02 LSU/ha | 0.02 LSU/ha | 0.02 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0225 LSU/ha | 0.02 LSU/ha | 0.03 LSU/ha | 4 |
Countries ranked near Mauritania
- 178 Botswana 0.02 LSU/ha compare
- 178 Brunei Darussalam 0.02 LSU/ha compare
- 178 Congo 0.02 LSU/ha compare
- 178 Kazakhstan 0.02 LSU/ha compare
- 178 Mauritius 0.02 LSU/ha compare
- 178 Sao Tome and Principe 0.02 LSU/ha compare
More environment data for Mauritania
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.465 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.85 °C (2025)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import 68 % 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 163.33 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 0 1000 USD per person (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 79 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import quantity 84 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export value 55 1000 USD (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area in Mauritania?
- Cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area in Mauritania was 0.02 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 Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 0.03 LSU/ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.01 LSU/ha in 1974.
- How does Mauritania rank for cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Mauritania ranks 178th out of 190 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Mauritania 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.