Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Mexico
Mexico: Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area was 0.26 LSU/ha in 2023. ▲ Rising
Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Mexico, 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 Mexico is 0.26 LSU/ha, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 13.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area in Mexico peaked at 0.26 LSU/ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.12 LSU/ha, in 1961.
Mexico ranks 79th of 188 countries on this measure, 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 | 0.1389 LSU/ha | 0.12 LSU/ha | 0.16 LSU/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.173 LSU/ha | 0.16 LSU/ha | 0.19 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.212 LSU/ha | 0.2 LSU/ha | 0.22 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.206 LSU/ha | 0.2 LSU/ha | 0.21 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.208 LSU/ha | 0.2 LSU/ha | 0.22 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.237 LSU/ha | 0.22 LSU/ha | 0.26 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.255 LSU/ha | 0.25 LSU/ha | 0.26 LSU/ha | 4 |
Countries ranked near Mexico
- 76 Burundi 0.28 LSU/ha compare
- 76 Cambodia 0.28 LSU/ha compare
- 78 Benin 0.27 LSU/ha compare
- 79 New Caledonia 0.26 LSU/ha compare
- 79 Poland 0.26 LSU/ha compare
- 82 Antigua and Barbuda 0.25 LSU/ha compare
- 82 China, Hong Kong SAR 0.25 LSU/ha compare
- 82 Guinea 0.25 LSU/ha compare
- 82 South Sudan, Republic of 0.25 LSU/ha compare
More environment data for Mexico
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.234 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.62 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 4.87 million t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 4.96 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 46,931 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import quantity 13,905 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export value 521,754 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity 302,363 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import value 3.03 million 1000 USD (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area in Mexico?
- Cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area in Mexico was 0.26 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 Mexico?
- The highest recorded value was 0.26 LSU/ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area recorded in Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.12 LSU/ha in 1961.
- How does Mexico rank for cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Mexico ranks 79th out of 188 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area rising or falling in Mexico?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mexico 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.