Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area was 0.04 LSU/ha in 2023. ▼ Falling
Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Papua New Guinea, 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 Papua New Guinea stood at 0.04 LSU/ha.
The figure is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area in Papua New Guinea peaked at 0.11 LSU/ha in 1976 and was at its lowest, 0.02 LSU/ha, in 1961.
Papua New Guinea ranks 168th 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.
Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | LSU/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.02 LSU/ha | — |
| 1962 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +50.0% |
| 1963 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +33.3% |
| 1965 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +25.0% |
| 1967 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +20.0% |
| 1969 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +16.7% |
| 1970 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 0.08 LSU/ha | +14.3% |
| 1972 | 0.09 LSU/ha | +12.5% |
| 1973 | 0.09 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 0.1 LSU/ha | +11.1% |
| 1975 | 0.1 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 0.11 LSU/ha | +10.0% |
| 1977 | 0.1 LSU/ha | -9.1% |
| 1978 | 0.1 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 0.1 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 0.1 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 0.1 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 0.09 LSU/ha | -10.0% |
| 1983 | 0.09 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 0.09 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 0.08 LSU/ha | -11.1% |
| 1986 | 0.08 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 0.07 LSU/ha | -12.5% |
| 1988 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 0.06 LSU/ha | -14.3% |
| 1991 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.05 LSU/ha | -16.7% |
| 1996 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.04 LSU/ha | -20.0% |
| 2010 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0433 LSU/ha | 0.02 LSU/ha | 0.07 LSU/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.094 LSU/ha | 0.07 LSU/ha | 0.11 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.084 LSU/ha | 0.07 LSU/ha | 0.1 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.055 LSU/ha | 0.05 LSU/ha | 0.06 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.049 LSU/ha | 0.04 LSU/ha | 0.05 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.04 LSU/ha | 0.04 LSU/ha | 0.04 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.04 LSU/ha | 0.04 LSU/ha | 0.04 LSU/ha | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area in Papua New Guinea?
- Cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area in Papua New Guinea was 0.04 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 Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 0.11 LSU/ha in 1976.
- What is the lowest cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.02 LSU/ha in 1961.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 168th out of 190 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Papua New Guinea 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.